streets
/stษนiหts/IPA: /S T R IY1 T S/
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A paved part of road, usually in a village or a town.
โWalk down the street until you see a hotel on the right.โ
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A road as above but including the sidewalks (pavements) and buildings.
โI live on the street down from Joyce Avenue.โ
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The people who live in such a road, as a neighborhood.
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The people who spend a great deal of time on the street in urban areas, especially, the young, the poor, the unemployed, and those engaged in illegal activities.
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An illicit or contraband source, especially of drugs.
โI got some pot cheap on the street.โ
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Streetwise slang.
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A great distance.
โHe's streets ahead of his sister in all the subjects in school.โ
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Each of the three opportunities that players have to bet, after the flop, turn and river.
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Living in the streets.
โa street cat; a street urchinโ
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(urban toponymy) By restriction, the streets that run perpendicular to avenues.
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To build or equip with streets.
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To eject; to throw onto the streets.
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(by extension) To heavily defeat.
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To go on sale.
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To proselytize in public.
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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/street, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/streets