street /strit/
1. a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street"
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2. the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel; "be careful crossing the street"
synset: street
3. 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"
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4. a situation offering opportunities; "he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street"
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5. people living or working on the same street; "the whole street protested the absence of street lights"
synset: street
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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