sike, Scot. and North Eng. burn; channel, waterway, watercourse; branch, offshoot, tributary,
street, n. 1. public road, thoroughfare, main road, Inf. drag, artery, highroad, roadway; avenue, boulevard, concourse, strip, pavement; lane, drive, terrace, circle, row.
2. walk, walkway, sidewalk, path, pathway; passage, passageway, alley, by-path, byway, crosscut, short cut; by-road, by-street, side road or street.
3. highway, turnpike, pike, tollroad, state highway; freeway, expressway, parkway, causeway, throughway, U.S. Inf interstate; speedway, autobahn, superhighway.
4. residents, locals, inhabitants, occupants, dwellers; neighborhood, quarter, district, section, precinct.
streetwalker, n. prostitute, harlot, whore, woman of the streets; lady of the evening, woman of the profession, Mrs. Warren, call girl, Fr. fille de joie; strumpet, trollop, Archaic, wench, trull, drab, quean, painted woman, bar girl, Inf. pick-up; slut, hussy, cocotte, demimondaine, loose woman, wanton, fallen woman, woman of ill repute, white slave; All Sl. cat, tart, hustler, bim, moll, hooker, floozie, working girl, Brit. Sl. bird, Mexican Sl. caliente, bitch, broad, chippy. See - prostitute {def. 1).
strength, n. 1. muscular power, power, muscles, muscularity, brute force, might, mightiness, brawn, brawniness, thews, Inf huskiness, Inf. heftiness, Inf beefiness, burliness, sinewiness; force, forcefulness, dint, Literary, puissance; vigor, lustiness, Archaic. lustihood, vitality, energy, dynamism; hardiness, sturdiness, robustness, stoutness, toughness, steeliness; sinew, sinews, resilience, resiliency.
2. courage, fortitude, intrepidity, backbone, firmness; pluck, grit, will power, nerve, Sl. guts, Sl. gutsiness, Inf. intestinal fortitude; tenacity, pertinacity, perseverance, resoluteness, persistence; determination, red-bloodedness, full-bloodedness, doughtiness, Inf stick-to-it-iveness; boldness, gameness, Inf. spunk.
3.. greatness, magnitude, immensity, largeness, bigness, enormity; sway, control, dominance; seriousness, gravity, import, urgency.
4. efficacy, effectiveness, efficiency, potency, potence; weight, substance, pith, solidity; cogency, incisiveness; validity, soundness, stability; reliability, dependability, trustworthiness.
5. durability, durableness, toughness, hardness, callosity; solidity, impregnability, impenetrability, imperviousness; resistance, renitency; imperishability, incorruptibility.
6. intensity, intentness, concentration; fullness, richness; fervor, ardor, fervency, warmth, glow, fire, heat; excitement, enthusiasm, eagerness, keenness; animation, Inf punch, Inf pep, Inf. ginger; clarity, clearness, brightness, vividness; pungency, sharpness.
7. mainstay, chief support; refuge, security, foundation, base.
8. on the strength of on the basis of, based on, relying on.
strengthen, v. 1. make strong or stronger, give strength to, fortify; renew, restore, reinforce; energize, vitalize, invigorate; nourish, build up, promote; nerve, brace, steel; indurate, harden; buttress, prop up, shore up.
2. substantiate, back up, give body to, authenticate, validate, confirm.
3. intensify, heighten, enhance, aggravate, exaggerate, magnify; give a boost to, step up, Inf jazz up.
4. gain strength, grow stronger; recuperate, recover, improve, revive; perk up, come around, rally; convalesce, get well, mend, heal.