streets

1. a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildingsExamples: "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street"Synonyms: street

2. the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travelExamples: "be careful crossing the street"Synonyms: street

3. the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and derelictionExamples: "she tried to keep her children off the street"Synonyms: street

4. a situation offering opportunitiesExamples: "he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street"Synonyms: street

5. people living or working on the same streetExamples: "the whole street protested the absence of street lights"Synonyms: street