(stream • lines , stream lin ing , stream • lined )
to give something like a car or boat a long, smooth shape so that it can go fast through air or water
to make an organization or a way of doing things work better by making it simpler
Street Ф / strit/ noun [count] ( abbreviation St.) a road in a city or town with buildings along the sides I saw Anna walking down the street. I live on Main Street. ♦ 264 Chestnut St. Thesaurus
road a hard surface made for vehicles to travel on. The short way of writing "Road" in addresses is Rd. : My address is 32 Danfield Rd., St Louis. ♦ country/mountain roads ♦ Where does this road go? ♦ I live on a very busy road. ♦ Take the first road on the left.
street a road in a city or town that has buildings on one or both sides. The short way of writing "Street" in addresses is St. : 1281 Tobin St. ♦ a street map of San Francisco ♦ You can't drive down there. It's a one-way street. ♦ They live across the street from us. highway a big road that connects cities and towns: Highway 101 between Ventura and Los Angeles ♦ Take the highway to Flagstaff. ♦ There was a traffic jam on the highway.
lane one part of a larger road, marked with painted lines to keep lines of traffic separate: a four-lane highway ♦ You're in the wrong lane for turning right. avenue a wide street in a city or town. This word is often used in the names of city streets, and can be written as Ave. : 109 Fifth Ave. ♦ We stayed at a hotel on Lexington Avenue.
street • car / ' stritkar / noun [ count ]
an electric bus that runs along metal tracks (called rails ) in the road
—SYNONYM trolley
street • light / ' stritiait / noun [ count ]
a light on a tall post in the street
strength Ф / stregk6 / noun [ noncount ]
1 how strong or powerful you are
don't have the strength to lift this box — it's too heavy.
how strong a feeling or an opinion is
I was surprised at the strength of her feelings.
a good quality or ability that someone or something has His greatest strength is his honesty.
—ANTONYM weakness
streng • then / ' stregkQan /verb
(streng thens, streng • then ing , streng • thened )
to become or to make someone or something stronger The wind had strengthened overnight.
StreSS 1 Ф J И / stres Inoun (plural stress es)
[ count, noncount ] a feeling of being very worried because of problems in your life
Mom's been suffering from stress since Dad got sick.
[ noncount ] special attention that you give to something because you think it is important
There should be more stress on learning foreign languages in school.
[ count, noncount ] ( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS ) saying one word or part of a word more strongly than another
In the word "dictionary," the stress is on the first part of the word.
stress 2 AWL / stres / verb ( stress • es , stress ing , stressed )
1 to say something strongly to show that it is important
must stress how important this meeting is.
—SYNONYM emphasize
to say one word or part of a word more strongly than another
You should stress the first part of the word "happy." stress out ; stress someone out ( informal )
to feel worried and unable to relax; to cause someone to feel this way
Sam's really stressing out over his biology exam.
stress • fulaw / ' stresfl / e
causing you to worry a lot a stressful job
