'The street' definitions:
Definition of 'the Street'
From: WordNet
noun
Used to allude to the securities industry of the United States [syn: Wall Street, the Street]
Definition of 'The street'
From: GCIDE
- Street \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 highway; now commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by dwellings or business houses. [1913 Webster]
- He removed [the body of] Amasa from the street unto the field. --Coverdale. [1913 Webster]
- At home or through the high street passing. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In an extended sense, street designates besides the roadway, the walks, houses, shops, etc., which border the thoroughfare. [1913 Webster]
- His deserted mansion in Duke Street. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. the roadway of a street[1], as distinguished from the sidewalk; as, children playing in the street. [PJC]
- 3. the inhabitants of a particular street; as, the whole street knew about their impending divorce. [PJC]
- The street (Broker's Cant), that thoroughfare of a city where the leading bankers and brokers do business; also, figuratively, those who do business there; as, the street would not take the bonds.
- on the street, (a) homeless. (b) unemployed. (a) not in prison, or released from prison; the murderer is still on the street.
- Street Arab, Street broker, etc. See under Arab, Broker, etc.
- Street door, a door which opens upon a street, or is nearest the street.
- street person, a homeless person; a vagrant. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- Syn: See Way. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'the street'
From: GCIDE
- Wall Street \Wall Street\ A street towards the southern end of the borough of Manhattan, New York City, extending from Broadway to the East River; -- so called from the old wall which extended along it when the city belonged to the Dutch. It is the chief financial center of the United States, hence the name is often used for the money market and the financial interests of the country; -- in American financial publications, also referred to as the street. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
Words containing 'The street'
- Street,
- on the street,
- By-street,
- Easy Street,
- Fifth Street,
- Grub Street,
- Lombard Street,
- Milton Street,
- Stacey Street,
- Street Arab,
- Street broker,
- Street car,
- Street door,
- To milk the street,
- Wall Street,
- Willow Street,
- back street,
- cross street,
- downing street,
- fleet street,
- harley street,
- high street,
- local street,
- main street,
- man in the street,
- off-street,
- on-street,
- side street,
- street address,
- street child,
- street cleaner,
- street clothes,
- street corner,
- street cred,
- street credibility,
- street drug,
- street fight,
- street fighter,
- street girl,
- street lamp,
- street name,
- street organ,
- street person,
- street sign,
- street smart,
- street smarts,
- street sweeper,
- street theater,
- street urchin,
- woman of the street,
- Fifth Street, TX,
- Stacey Street, FL,
- To spin street yarn,
- Willow Street, PA,
- street-walk,
- dead-end street,
- one-way street,
- two-way street