street
- nounADJECTIVE▪ broad, wide▪ narrow▪ bustling, busy, congested, crowded▪ pedestrian, pedestrianized (BrE)▪
It really irritates me when people ride bicycles in pedestrian streets.
▪ deserted, desolate, empty, lonely, quiet▪ noisy▪ dark, darkened▪ bright, well-lit▪ dim, dimly lit, gloomy▪ winding▪ steep▪ cobbled (esp. BrE), cobblestone (esp. AmE), paved▪ unpaved▪ clean▪ dirty, dusty, filthy, muddy▪ rainy▪ flooded▪ dangerous, mean, unsafe▪He grew up on the mean streets of one of the city's toughest areas.
▪ leafy (esp. BrE), tree-lined▪ one-way, two-way▪ dead-end (esp. AmE)▪ main, principal▪ back (usually backstreet), side▪a rundown house in the backstreets of Cairo
▪a bar in a side street off the Champs-Élysées
▪ city, village (esp. BrE)▪ right▪ wrong▪You've taken the wrong street.
▪ shopping (esp. BrE)▪the town's main shopping street
▪ high (BrE), main (AmE)▪Sales on the UK high street are in decline.
▪high-street retailers
▪He works at a small store on Main Street.
▪ downtown (AmE), residential, suburban, urbanVERB + STREET▪ go along (esp. BrE), go down, go up, take, turn down, turn into, turn up▪Take the second street on the right after the bridge.
▪We turned down a dead-end street by mistake.
▪ cross▪ block, block off, clog (esp. BrE), clog up (BrE)▪ cordon off (esp. BrE)▪ patrol▪The police have been patrolling the streets in this area since the murder.
▪ stroll, stroll down, stroll through▪ walk, walk down▪ cruise, prowl, roam, wander▪Gangs roamed the streets at night.
▪ crowd, fill, flood, line, pack, throng▪Spectators lined the streets.
▪ clear▪Police were told to clear the streets of drug dealers before the Olympics.
▪ litter▪Dead bodies littered the streets.
▪ widenSTREET + VERB▪ go, lead, run▪ bend, curve, turn▪ be lined with sth▪streets lined with cafes
▪ be packed with sb, teem with sth▪The streets were packed with people shopping.
▪The streets are teeming with traffic.
▪ be named sth, be named after sb/sth▪Mozart is remembered by a street named after him.
STREET + NOUN▪ corner▪ map, plan▪ layout, pattern▪the dense street pattern of the old town
▪ name, number, sign▪Most street names were changed under the new regime.
▪The houses had no street numbers on.
▪ lamp, light, lighting▪ crime, gang▪ punk, thug (both esp. AmE)▪ people (esp. AmE)▪ attack, battle, brawl, fight, fighting, robbery, violence▪He suffered extensive injuries in a street attack.
▪street fighting between police and stone-throwing youths
▪ demonstration, protest▪ fair, festival, party (esp. BrE), procession▪ cleaner (esp. BrE), sweeper▪ door (esp. BrE)▪There were photographers outside the street door so she used a back entrance.
▪ market▪ entertainer, entertainment, musician, performer, theatre/theater▪ dealer, pedlar/peddler, seller, trader (esp. BrE), vendor (esp. AmE)▪ hustler (esp. AmE)▪Tourists need to be wary of street hustlers near the station.
▪ selling (AmE), trading (BrE)▪people engaged in informal street selling
▪He pleaded guilty to illegal street trading.
▪ cred, credibility (both informal)▪His spell in prison gained him a lot of street cred.
▪ smarts (AmE, informal), wisdom▪ clothes (esp. AmE), culture, fashion, slang▪the street culture of working-class youth
▪ life▪ scene▪a painting of a typical Parisian street scene
▪ collection (BrE)▪The charity is having a street collection in aid of the local hospital.
▪ child, kid (informal), urchin▪a charity set up to house street children
▪ boy, girl▪ hustler (informal, esp. AmE), prostitute▪ price, value▪drugs with a street value of £5 million
PREPOSITION▪ across a/the street▪He could see her across the street.
▪ along a/the street▪They walked along the street.
▪ down a/the street, up a/the street▪A band was playing a little way down the street.
▪She lives just up the street here.
▪ in a/the street▪She parks her car in the street.
▪A couple were arguing out in the street.
▪We live in Barker Street. (BrE)
▪ into a/the street▪She stepped out into the street.
▪He turned into a side street. (BrE)
▪ off a/the street▪a club just off William Street
▪a plan to keep teenagers off the streets
▪ on a/the street▪people dealing drugs on the street
▪I was living on 10th Street off Hudson. (AmE)
▪ on the streets, out on the streets▪Thousands of people were out on the streets for the protest.
▪ onto a/the street▪She was thrown onto the street.
▪He turned onto a side street. (AmE)
▪ through the streets▪He wandered through the streets of Calcutta.
PHRASES▪ above street level, at street level, below street level▪ the end of the street, the top of the street▪ the other side of the street▪ the street on the left, the street on the right▪ hit the streets (= start to be available or seen in public)▪Her shocking autobiography is about to hit the streets.
▪ take to the streets▪Argentinians took to the streets in protest.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
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street — W1S1 [stri:t] n [: Old English; Origin: strAt] 1.) a public road in a city or town that has houses, shops etc on one or both sides ▪ We moved to Center Street when I was young. ▪ I walked on further down the street . ▪ Someone just moved in… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Street — (str[=e]t), n. [OE. strete, AS. str[=ae]t, fr. L. strata (sc. via) a paved way, properly fem. p. p. of sternere, stratum, to spread; akin to E. strew. See {Strew}, and cf. {Stratum}, {Stray}, v. & a.] 1. Originally, a paved way or road; a public… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
street — [ strit ] noun count *** a road in a town or city with houses or other buildings along it: State Street/Fourth Street Mamaroneck Avenue is the town s main street. down/along/across/into etc. the street: I just saw Bill walking down the street.… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Street — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Ben Street (* ?), US amerikanischer Jazz Bassist Cecil Street (1884–1965), britischer Schriftsteller und Armeeoffizier Gabby Street (1882–1951), US amerikanischer Baseballspieler Jessie Street… … Deutsch Wikipedia
street — (n.) O.E. stret (Mercian, Kentish), stræt (W.Saxon) street, high road, an early West Germanic borrowing from L.L. strata, used elliptically for via strata paved road, from fem. pp. of L. sternere lay down, spread out, pave, from PIE *stre to to… … Etymology dictionary
street — [strēt] n. [ME < OE stræt, akin to Ger strasse < early WGmc loanword < LL strata < L strata ( via), paved (road), fem. of stratus: see STRATUM] 1. a public road in a town or city; esp. a paved thoroughfare with sidewalks and buildings … English World dictionary
street — ► NOUN 1) a public road in a city, town, or village. 2) (before another noun ) relating to the subculture of fashionable urban youth: street style. 3) (before another noun ) homeless: street children. ● not in the same street Cf. ↑not in the same … English terms dictionary
street — index avenue (route), causeway Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 street … Law dictionary
street — street; street·ful; street·let; street·ward; … English syllables
Street TV — started during 2007 in Australia. It was the first interactive made for mobile TV show in Australia. The show contains a selection of popular Australian music, arts and contemporary culture. It is currently screened free of charge on Vodafone… … Wikipedia
street — [pron. STRIT] s. n. stradă. (< engl. street) Trimis de raduborza, 09.12.2007. Sursa: MDN … Dicționar Român
