streets

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of street.

   Crews repaved the downtown streets over the long weekend.

   Protesters filled the streets around the capitol building.

   Note

   A regular plural with a plain -s, spelled exactly like the verb form (the council streets the new estate). In the plural, the word often widens from roads to a whole urban setting: protesters fill the streets, and the phrase means the public life of the city, not just its paving. The article usually settles which word is meant: "the streets" is the noun.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of street.

   Note

   One -s form serves a surprisingly wide verb. A developer streets farmland by laying out roads. A landlord who streets a tenant throws them out, and by extension a side that streets its rivals defeats them heavily. A new release streets when it goes on sale, and in Mormon usage a missionary streets by preaching in public. The subject and object show which meaning is meant.

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