10 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
2. Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a
considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series
of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a
long book.
3. Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration;
lingering; as, long hours of watching.
4. Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in
time; far away.
The we may us reserve both fresh and strong Against
the tournament, which is not long. --Spenser.
5. Extended to any specified measure; of a specified length;
as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that is,
extended to the measure of a mile, etc.
6. Far-reaching; extensive. `` Long views.'' --Burke.
7. (Phonetics) Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in
utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See {Short},
a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect] 22, 30.
Note: Long is used as a prefix in a large number of compound
adjectives which are mostly of obvious meaning; as,
long-armed, long-beaked, long-haired, long-horned,
long-necked, long-sleeved, long-tailed, long- worded,
etc.
{In the long run}, in the whole course of things taken
together; in the ultimate result; eventually.
{Long clam} (Zo["o]l.), the common clam ({Mya arenaria}) of
the Northern United States and Canada; -- called also
{soft-shell clam} and {long-neck clam}. See {Mya}.
{Long cloth}, a kind of cotton cloth of superior quality.
{Long clothes}, clothes worn by a young infant, extending
below the feet.
{Long division}. (Math.) See {Division}.
{Long dozen}, one more than a dozen; thirteen.
{Long home}, the grave.
{Long measure}, {Long mater}. See under {Measure}, {Meter}.
{Long Parliament} (Eng. Hist.), the Parliament which
assembled Nov. 3, 1640, and was dissolved by Cromwell,
April 20, 1653.
{Long price}, the full retail price.
{Long purple} (Bot.), a plant with purple flowers, supposed
to be the {Orchis mascula}. --Dr. Prior.
{Long suit} (Whist), a suit of which one holds originally
more than three cards. --R. A. Proctor.
{Long tom}.
(a) A pivot gun of great length and range, on the dock of
a vessel.
(b) A long trough for washing auriferous earth. [Western
U.S.]
(c) (Zo["o]l.) The long-tailed titmouse.
{Long wall} (Coal Mining), a working in which the whole seam
is removed and the roof allowed to fall in, as the work
progresses, except where passages are needed.
{Of long}, a long time. [Obs.] --Fairfax.
{To be}, or {go}, {long of the market}, {To be on the long
side of the market}, etc. (Stock Exchange), to hold stock for
a rise in price, or to have a contract under which one can
demand stock on or before a certain day at a stipulated
price; -- opposed to {short} in such phrases as, to be
short of stock, to sell short, etc. [Cant] See {Short}.
{To have a long head}, to have a farseeing or sagacious mind.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Go \Go\, n.
Something that goes or is successful; a success; as, he made
a go of it; also, an agreement.
``Well,'' said Fleming, ``is it a go?'' --Bret Harte.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
{Time bill}. Same as {Time-table}. [Eng.]
{Time book}, a book in which is kept a record of the time
persons have worked.
{Time detector}, a timepiece provided with a device for
registering and indicating the exact time when a watchman
visits certain stations in his beat.
{Time enough}, in season; early enough. ``Stanly at Bosworth
field, . . . came time enough to save his life.'' --Bacon.
{Time fuse}, a fuse, as for an explosive projectile, which
can be so arranged as to ignite the charge at a certain
definite interval after being itself ignited.
{Time immemorial}, or {Time out of mind}. (Eng. Law) See
under {Immemorial}.
{Time lock}, a lock having clockwork attached, which, when
wound up, prevents the bolt from being withdrawn when
locked, until a certain interval of time has elapsed.
{Time of day}, salutation appropriate to the times of the
day, as ``good morning,'' ``good evening,'' and the like;
greeting.
{To kill time}. See under {Kill}, v. t.
{To make time}.
(a) To gain time.
(b) To occupy or use (a certain) time in doing something;
as, the trotting horse made fast time.
{To move}, {run}, or {go}, {against time}, to move, run, or
go a given distance without a competitor, in the quickest
possible time; or, to accomplish the greatest distance
which can be passed over in a given time; as, the horse is
to run against time.
{True time}.
(a) Mean time as kept by a clock going uniformly.
(b) (Astron.) Apparent time as reckoned from the transit
of the sun's center over the meridian.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
All fours \All` fours"\ [formerly, {All` four"}.]
All four legs of a quadruped; or the two legs and two arms of
a person.
{To be}, {go}, or {run}, {on all fours} (Fig.), to be on the
same footing; to correspond (with) exactly; to be alike in
all the circumstances to be considered. ``This example is
on all fours with the other.'' ``No simile can go on all
fours.'' --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Go \Go\, v. i. [imp. {Went} (w[e^]nt); p. p. {Gone} (g[o^]n;
115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Going}. Went comes from the AS,
wendan. See {Wend}, v. i.] [OE. gan, gon, AS. g[=a]n, akin to
D. gaan, G. gehn, gehen, OHG. g[=e]n, g[=a]n, SW. g[*a], Dan.
gaae; cf. Gr. kicha`nai to reach, overtake, Skr. h[=a] to go,
AS. gangan, and E. gang. The past tense in AS., eode, is from
the root i to go, as is also Goth. iddja went. [root]47a. Cf.
{Gang}, v. i., {Wend}.]
1. To pass from one place to another; to be in motion; to be
in a state not motionless or at rest; to proceed; to
advance; to make progress; -- used, in various
applications, of the movement of both animate and
inanimate beings, by whatever means, and also of the
movements of the mind; also figuratively applied.
2. To move upon the feet, or step by step; to walk; also, to
walk step by step, or leisurely.
Note: In old writers go is much used as opposed to run, or
ride. ``Whereso I go or ride.'' --Chaucer.
You know that love Will creep in service where it
can not go. --Shak.
Thou must run to him; for thou hast staid so long
that going will scarce serve the turn. --Shak.
He fell from running to going, and from going to
clambering upon his hands and his knees.
--Bunyan.
Note: In Chaucer go is used frequently with the pronoun in
the objective used reflexively; as, he goeth him home.
3. To be passed on fron one to another; to pass; to
circulate; hence, with for, to have currency; to be taken,
accepted, or regarded.
The man went among men for an old man in the days of
Saul. --1 Sa. xvii.
12.
[The money] should go according to its true value.
--Locke.
4. To proceed or happen in a given manner; to fare; to move
on or be carried on; to have course; to come to an issue
or result; to succeed; to turn out.
How goes the night, boy ? --Shak.
I think, as the world goes, he was a good sort of
man enough. --Arbuthnot.
Whether the cause goes for me or against me, you
must pay me the reward. --I Watts.
5. To proceed or tend toward a result, consequence, or
product; to tend; to conduce; to be an ingredient; to
avail; to apply; to contribute; -- often with the
infinitive; as, this goes to show.
Against right reason all your counsels go. --Dryden.
To master the foul flend there goeth some complement
knowledge of theology. --Sir W.
Scott.
6. To apply one's self; to set one's self; to undertake.
Seeing himself confronted by so many, like a
resolute orator, he went not to denial, but to
justify his cruel falsehood. --Sir P.
Sidney.
Note: Go, in this sense, is often used in the present
participle with the auxiliary verb to be, before an
infinitive, to express a future of intention, or to
denote design; as, I was going to say; I am going to
begin harvest.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Go \Go\ (g[=o]), obs. p. p. of {Go}.
Gone. --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Go \Go\, n.
1. Act; working; operation. [Obs.]
So gracious were the goes of marriage. --Marston.
2. A circumstance or occurrence; an incident. [Slang]
This is a pretty go. --Dickens.
3. The fashion or mode; as, quite the go. [Colloq.]
4. Noisy merriment; as, a high go. [Colloq.]
5. A glass of spirits. [Slang]
6. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance;
push; as, there is no go in him. [Colloq.]
7. (Cribbage) That condition in the course of the game when a
player can not lay down a card which will not carry the
aggregate count above thirty-one.
{Great go}, {Little go}, the final and the preliminary
examinations for a degree. [Slang, Eng. Univ.]
{No go}, a failure; a fiasco. [Slang] --Thackeray.
{On the go}, moving about; unsettled. [Colloq.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Go \Go\, v. t.
1. To take, as a share in an enterprise; to undertake or
become responsible for; to bear a part in.
They to go equal shares in the booty. --L'Estrange.
2. To bet or wager; as, I'll go you a shilling. [Colloq.]
{To go halves}, to share with another equally.
{To go it}, to behave in a wild manner; to be uproarious; to
carry on; also, to proceed; to make progress. [Colloq.]
{To go it alone} (Card Playing), to play a hand without the
assistance of one's partner.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
go
adj : functioning correctly and ready for action; "all systems are
go" [ant: {no-go}]
n 1: a time for working (after which you will be relieved by
someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work" [syn: {spell},
{tour}, {turn}]
2: street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine [syn: {Adam},
{ecstasy}, {XTC}, {disco biscuit}, {cristal}, {X}, {hug
drug}]
3: a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it
a whirl" [syn: {crack}, {fling}, {pass}, {whirl}, {offer}]
4: a board game for two players who place counters on a grid;
the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's
counters [syn: {go game}]
v 1: change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does
your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by
bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for
the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an
attempt to take it before night fell" [syn: {travel}, {move},
{locomote}] [ant: {stay in place}]
2: follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther
in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go
about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go
through diplomatic channels" [syn: {proceed}, {move}]
3: move away from a place into another direction; "Go away
before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon" [syn:
{go away}, {depart}] [ant: {come}]
4: enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became
annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting
more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went
into ecstasy"; "Get going!" [syn: {become}, {get}]
5: be awarded; be allotted; "The first prize goes to Mary";
"Her money went on clothes"
6: have a particular form; "the story or argument runs as
follows"; "as the saying goes..." [syn: {run}]
7: stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or
extend between two points or beyond a certain point;
"Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge
doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth
year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of
her personal assets" [syn: {run}, {pass}, {lead}, {extend}]
8: follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how
did your interview go?" [syn: {proceed}]
9: be abolished or discarded; "These ugly billboards have to
go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge"
10: be or continue to be in a certain condition; "The children
went hungry that day"
11: make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun
went `bang'" [syn: {sound}]
12: perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't
go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run
well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore" [syn: {function},
{work}, {operate}, {run}] [ant: {malfunction}]
13: to be spent or finished; "The money had gone after a few
days"; "Gas is running low at the gas stations in the
Midwest" [syn: {run low}, {run short}]
14: progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through
several more drafts"; "run through your presentation
before the meeting" [syn: {move}, {run}]
15: continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and
food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the
backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through
several very serious accidents" [syn: {survive}, {last},