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street in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
    "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street"
    street 
  2. the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel
    "be careful crossing the street"
    street 
  3. people living or working on the same street
    "the whole street protested the absence of street lights"
    street 
  4. the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction
    "she tried to keep her children off the street"
    street 
  5. a situation offering opportunities
    "he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street"
    street 
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