godown /gō-downˈ/

In Eastern countries, a warehouse, or a storeroom

down¹ /down/

1. (passing into adj in predicative use) to a lower position, level or state
2. Away from a centre (capital, city, university, etc)
3. Southwards
4. To leeward
5. In a low or lowered position or state
6. Below
7. On or to the ground
8. Downstairs
9. Under the surface
10. From earlier to later times
11. To a further stage in a series
12. From greater to less (in size, grain, activity, intensity, etc)
13. To a standstill, exhaustion or conclusion
14. To a final state of defeat, subjection, silence, etc
15. In a fallen state
16. In adversity
17. At a disadvantage
18. Ill
19. Behindhand
20. In writing or record, in black and white
21. In flood
22. On the spot, immediately in cash
23. In readiness to pounce
24. In a state of alert awareness and understanding
25. In watchful opposition or hostility (with on, upon)
26. Broken, not operational (computing)

—Also used elliptically, passing into an interjection or verb by omission of go, come or put, etc, often followed by with

1. Going, reaching, directed towards or having a lower position or level
2. Depressed
3. Low
4. Broken, not operational (computing)

1. In a descent along, through or by
2. To or in a lower position on or in
3. Along in the direction of the current
4. Along

1. A descent
2. A low place
3. A reverse of fortune, a time of comparative bad luck
4. An act of throwing or putting down
5. A tendency to treat one harshly
6. A feeling of dislike
7. One of four consecutive periods of play, during which a team must score or advance the ball 10 yards in order to retain possession (American football)

1. To knock, throw, shoot or put down
2. To put down, overthrow
3. To depress
4. To swallow

1. Ordering (esp a dog) to go or stay down
2. (with with) expressing a wish for the downfall of someone or something

downˈer noun (slang)

1. A depressant drug
2. A state of depression
3. Any depressing experience, etc
4. A downward trend
5. A feeling of prejudice or dislike, antipathy

downˈward /-wərd/ or downˈwards /-wərdz/ adverb

1. From higher to lower
2. From source to outlet
3. From more ancient to modern
4. In the lower part

downˈward adjective

downˈwardly adverb

downˈwardness noun

1. A sinking tendency
2. A state of being low

downˈ-and-dirtˈy adjective (US informal)

1. Basic
2. Brutal

downˈ-and-outˈ adjective

1. At the end of one's resources
2. Destitute and rejected by, or rejecting, society

downˈ-and-outˈ noun

downˈ-and-outˈer noun

downˈ-at-heelˈ adjective

1. Having the back of the shoe trodden down
2. Generally shabby

downˈbeat noun

1. A downward movement of the conductor's baton
2. An accented beat

adjective (informal)

1. Relaxed, unworried
2. Unemphatic
3. Depressed
4. Gloomy
5. Depressing

downˈbow noun (music)

A movement of the bow over the strings beginning at the nut end

downˈburst same as microburst

downˈcast adjective

1. Dejected
2. Looking down

noun

1. A current of air into a mine
2. A shaft carrying it (downˈcast-shaftˈ)
3. A downward throw
4. A downthrow

downˈ-come noun

1. A fall, ruin
2. A heavy pour of rain

downˈ-draught noun

A current of air downwards

downˈ-eastˈer noun (US)

Someone living down east from the speaker, a New Englander, and esp an inhabitant of Maine

downˈfall noun

1. Fall, failure, humiliation, ruin
2. A heavy fall of rain

downˈfallen adjective

Ruined

downˈflow noun

1. A running or flowing down
2. Something that runs or flows down

downˈforce noun

Aerodynamically-caused downward force in a car, etc which eg improves its road holding

downˈ-going adjective

down-goˈing (or /downˈ/) noun

downˈgrade noun

A downward slope or course

adjective and adverb

Downhill

transitive verb

1. To reduce in status, etc
2. To belittle, underrate

downˈ-gyved adjective (Shakespeare)

Hanging down like fetters

downˈhaul noun

A rope by which a jib, etc is hauled down when set

downheartˈed adjective

Dejected

downˈhill adjective

Descending, sloping (also noun)

downhillˈ adverb

downˈhole adjective

1. Of the drills, measuring instruments, and equipment used down a borehole (mining)
2. Applied to equipment that is used within the well (oil)

downˈ-home adjective (US informal)

1. Characteristic of the Southern states of the USA
2. Characteristic of the country or country-dwellers
3. Homemade
4. Friendly

downˈlighter noun

A downward-directed light-fitting, attached to or recessed in the ceiling

downˈ-line noun

The line of a railway leading from the capital, or other important centre, to the provinces

downˈlink noun

A connection in a telecommunications system between a space vehicle or satellite and the earth (also transitive verb)

downloadˈ transitive verb and intransitive verb (computing)

1. To transfer (data or programs, esp on the Internet) from another computer to one's own
2. To broadcast programmes of material for specialist groups (eg doctors) outside normal broadcasting hours (often to be recorded on videotape for viewing later)

noun /downˈ/

1. An act or the process of downloading
2. Something downloaded

downloadˈable adjective

downˈlooked adjective (Dryden)

Downcast, gloomy

downˈ-lyˈing noun (dialect)

1. Time of retiring to rest
2. A woman's confinement during childbirth

downmarˈket adjective

Of (buying, selling or using) goods and services of relatively low price, quality or prestige (also adverb)

downˈmost adverb and adjective

Superlative of down

down payment noun

A deposit on an article, service, etc

downˈpipe noun

A drainpipe that takes rainwater from the gutter of a roof

downˈplay transitive verb

To play down

downˈpour noun

A heavy fall of rain, etc

downˈright adverb

1. In plain terms
2. Utterly

adjective

1. Plain-spoken
2. Brusque
3. Utter, out-and-out (as in downright madness)
4. Thorough
5. Perpendicular (obsolete)

downˈrightness noun

downrivˈer adverb

With the current

adjective

Further down the river

downˈrush noun

A rushing down (as of gas, hot air, etc)

downˈscale transitive verb and intransitive verb (US)

To reduce in scale

adjective

Downmarket

downˈ-settˈing noun

A setting down, a snub

downˈshift intransitive verb

1. To select a lower gear in a vehicle
2. To choose a less affluent lifestyle in order to enhance one's life in non-material ways, esp in having more leisure time

downˈshifter noun

downˈshifting noun

downˈside noun

1. The adverse or disadvantageous aspect of a situation (also adjective)
2. (the risk of) a drop in share prices (finance)

downˈ-sittˈing noun

1. Sitting down, time of rest (Psalm 139.2)
2. A sitting, session (Scot)
3. A settlement, establishment (esp by marriage; Scot)

downˈsize transitive verb

1. To reduce in size (esp a workforce by redundancy)
2. To design or make a smaller model of (a car, etc)

intransitive verb

To sell one's home and move to a smaller property

downˈsizer noun

downˈsizing noun

downˈspout noun (N American)

A downpipe, drainpipe

downˈstageˈ adverb

Towards the footlights (also adjective)

downˈstair or downˈstairs adjective

downstairsˈ adverb

1. In or towards a lower storey
2. Belowstairs, in the servants' quarters

noun

A lower storey, usu the ground floor

downˈstateˈ adjective and adverb (US)

In or to a southerly or rural part of a state

noun

A downstate area

downstream' adverb

With the current

adjective /down'/

1. Further down the stream
2. Going with the current
3. In the hydrocarbons industry, denoting any stage subsequent to oil production, eg refining, the production of oil derivatives, etc (sometimes with of)
4. In any process or activity, denoting a subsequent stage

downˈstroke noun

A downward line made by the pen in writing

downˈswing noun

1. A downward trend in volume of trade, etc
2. The part of the swing where the club is moving down towards the ball (golf)

downˈ-the-line adjective

1. (of a ballet-dancer) inconspicuously placed, unimportant
2. Thorough, unwavering (US)

downˈthrow noun

1. An act of throwing down, or state of being thrown down
2. The amount of vertical displacement of the relatively lowered strata at a fault (geology)

downˈtime noun

A period when work is halted, due to equipment failure, lack of materials, bad weather, etc

downˈ-to-earthˈ adjective

1. Sensible
2. Practical
3. Realistic
4. Plain-speaking

downˈtownˈ adjective and adverb

In or towards the lower part or (esp N American) the business and shopping centre of the town

noun

This part of a town

downˈ-train noun

A railway train that leaves from the chief terminus

downˈtrend noun

A downward trend

downˈ-trod or downˈtrodden adjective

1. Trampled on
2. Tyrannized over

downˈturn noun

A downward trend, decline

downˈturned adjective

Folded or turned down

downˈwash noun

The downward current of air disturbed by an aerofoil

downˈwindˈ adjective and adverb

1. In the direction in which the wind is blowing
2. In or to a position (relative to someone or something) in this direction (often with of)

down east (US)

In or into Maine and adjoining parts of New England

down in the mouth

In low spirits

down on one's luck

In unfortunate circumstances

down south (US)

In the Southern states

down to (slang)

The fault or responsibility of

down tools

To stop work, strike

down to the ground (informal)

Completely

down town

In or towards the centre of a town

down under

In or to Australia and New Zealand

down with

1. Put down (imperative)
2. Swallow (imperative)
3. An interjection expressing a wish to depose, get rid of or abolish
4. In tune with, in sympathy with (informal)

go down

1. (often with with) to be received (well or badly) (by)
2. (often with with) to be acceptable (to)
3. (with with) to contract (an illness)

go downhill

To deteriorate (in health, prosperity or morality)

go downstream

To begin operating the downstream stages of oil exploitation

up and down

1. Alternately well and ill
2. To and fro

go¹ /gō/

1. Used to express futurity or intent
2. To pass from one place to another
3. To be in motion
4. (of a path, etc) to lead or give access (to)
5. To proceed
6. To run (in words or notes)
7. (of verse) to flow smoothly
8. To walk (obsolete)
9. To depart
10. To work, to be in operation
11. (of eg a bell or gun) to sound
12. To make a (specified) noise, as in go bang, go moo
13. To take a direction, turn, follow a course
14. To extend
15. (with to) to attend once or habitually (the cinema, church, etc)
16. (of a rumour, story, etc) to be current
17. To be valid, hold true
18. To be reckoned, to be regarded (as)
19. To be known (by or under a name)
20. To be on the whole or ordinarily
21. To tend, serve as a means
22. To be or continue in a particular state (as in fear, in rags)
23. To elapse
24. To be sold
25. To be spent, consumed
26. To move or act in a way shown or specified
27. To be assigned or awarded (to)
28. (of colours, etc) to harmonize
29. To break down, fail
30. To die
31. (with by or (up)on) to be directed by, to act according to
32. (with on) to become chargeable to (an account, etc)
33. (with to) to subject oneself (to expense, trouble, etc)
34. (of a female) to be (eg a specific number of months) pregnant (with child, young, foal, etc)
35. (of a female animal) to copulate (with to)
36. To become, or become as if
37. To be considered generally as a concept
38. To be compared or ranked with others
39. To change to a new system, as in go decimal, go metric
40. To happen in a particular way
41. To be accepted as ultimately authoritative
42. To turn out
43. To fare
44. To contribute (to or towards a whole, purpose or result)
45. To be contained
46. To be able to pass
47. To be finished or done away with
48. To give way
49. To urinate (informal)
50. (with an infinitive without to) to move off with the intention of doing something, as in go see (N American; see also go and below)

1. To pass through or over
2. To stake, bet
3. To call, bid or declare (cards)
4. To eat or drink (a specific thing), usu in the phrase I could go a… (informal)
5. To say (used when reporting speech; dialect)

1. A going
2. A success (informal)
3. Energy, activity (informal)
4. A spell, turn, bout (informal)
5. A portion supplied at one time (informal)
6. An attempt (informal)
7. An affair, matter (informal; archaic)
8. (with the) the current fashion (informal; archaic)
9. A bargain, deal (informal; archaic)
10. Failure to play (cribbage)
11. A score for an opponent's failure to play (cribbage)

1. Ready
2. In perfect condition

(called to start a race, etc) begin

gōˈer noun

1. A lively, energetic person
2. A sexually promiscuous person, esp a woman
3. Used in combination, denoting a person who regularly goes to or attends a particular place, institution, etc, as in cinema-goer
4. Something that travels very fast

gōˈey adjective (informal)

Enterprising, go-ahead

gōˈing noun see separate entry

goˈ-ahead adjective

1. Dashing, energetic
2. Enterprisingly progressive

Permission to proceed

goˈ-around noun

1. An act or instance of going, taking a route, around something (as in air-traffic control, etc)
2. An evasion, runaround
3. A round, cycle, sequence (that is repeated)

goˈ-as-you-please adjective

1. Not limited by rules
2. Informal

goˈ-between noun (pl goˈ-betweens)

An intermediary

goˈ-by noun

1. Any intentional disregard, as in give (someone) the go-by
2. (in coursing) the act of passing by or ahead in motion
3. Escape by artifice
4. Evasion

goˈ-cart noun

1. A wheeled apparatus for teaching children to walk (archaic)
2. A form of child's carriage (archaic)
3. Same as go-kart below

goˈ-devil noun (oil)

A cylindrical plug with brushes, scrapers and rollers able to move, under the oil pressure, through a pipeline to clean it

goˈ-down noun

1. A cutting in the bank of a stream allowing animals to get to the water (US)
2. See also separate entry godown

go-faster stripes plural noun (informal; facetious)

Matching horizontal stripes painted along the sides of a car for sporty effect, which unaccountably give (esp young male) drivers of cars bearing them a sense of superior power and road skill

goˈ-forward noun (informal)

Momentum

goˈ-getter noun (informal)

A forceful ambitious person, determined to get what he or she wants

goˈ-getting adjective

Forcefully ambitious

goˈ-kart noun

1. A low racing vehicle consisting of a frame with wheels, engine, and steering gear (now often simply kart)
2. A child's home-made vehicle for riding on

goˈ-off noun (informal; old)

Start

go-slow see go slow below.

go'-to adjective (informal)

To be resorted to with confidence in an emergency

go-to-meeting see under Sunday

all systems go

1. Everything in the spacecraft is operating as it should
2. Everything in readiness

all the go (informal; old)

Very fashionable

a pretty go (archaic informal; ironic)

An awkward turn of events

as far as it goes

Bearing in mind certain limitations

at one go

In a single attempt or effort, simultaneously

be going on for

To be approaching (a particular age)

from the word go

From the very beginning

give it a go (informal)

To try, make an attempt at something

go about

1. To pass from place to place
2. To busy oneself with
3. To seek, endeavour to (with gerund)
4. (of a rumour, etc) to circulate
5. (of a ship) to change course

go about one's business

1. To attend to one's own affairs
2. To be off, to leave or depart

go abroad

1. To go to a foreign country or (old) out of doors
2. (of rumour, etc) to circulate

go against

1. To turn out unfavourably for
2. To be repugnant to
3. To be in conflict with

go ahead

To proceed at once

go all out for

To endeavour to achieve with great vigour

go along with

To agree with, support

go along with you (informal)

None of that!, away with you!, get away!

go and (informal)

1. To be so stupid or unfortunate as to (eg hurt oneself)
2. To go in order to (do something)

go around (or round) with

To be a regular companion of

go aside

1. To err (archaic)
2. To withdraw, retire

go at

To attack vigorously

go back

To have known someone for a long or specified time

go back on

To betray, fail to keep (a promise, etc)

go bail see under bail¹

go by

To be guided by or act in accordance with

go down

1. To sink, decline
2. To deteriorate
3. To be swallowed, believed, received or accepted (esp with pleasure)
4. (of a computer or other electronic system) to break down
5. To fail to fulfil one's contract (bridge)
6. To leave a university
7. To happen (US sl)
8. To be sent to prison (slang)
9. To be defeated in a competition

go down on (vulgar sl)

To perform fellatio or cunnilingus on

go down the drain, the toilet or the tubes (informal)

1. To be wasted
2. To become valueless

go down with (informal)

To contract (an illness)

go Dutch see under Dutch

go far

1. To go a long way (lit and figurative)
2. To achieve success

go for

1. To assail
2. To set out to secure
3. To go to get or fetch
4. To be attracted by (informal)
5. To be true of

go for broke see under broke

go for it (informal)

To make every effort to succeed in an undertaking

go for nothing

To have no value

go great guns see under gun

go halves see under half

go hang (slang)

1. To be forgotten, neglected
2. To be no longer of concern

go hard (with) see under hard¹

go in

1. To enter
2. (of the sun or moon) to become concealed behind cloud
3. To begin batting (cricket)

go in and out

To come and go freely

go in for

1. To make a practice of
2. To take up as a career or special interest
3. To take part in (a competition, etc)

go into

1. To enter
2. To examine thoroughly, investigate or elaborate on
3. To adopt as a profession, etc
4. (of a whole number) to be capable of dividing a number

go in unto (Bible)

To have sexual intercourse with

go in with

1. To enter into partnership with
2. To join, combine with

go it

To act in a striking or dashing manner (often in imperative by way of encouragement)

go it alone see under alone

go live /līv/ (informal; of a radio station, automation equipment, etc)

To go into operation

go native

To assimilate oneself to an alien culture or to the way of life of a foreign country (usu less advanced than one's own)

go off

1. To leave
2. To explode
3. (of an alarm) to sound
4. To deteriorate
5. (of food) to become rotten and inedible
6. To proceed to an expected conclusion
7. To cease to like or be fond of (a person, etc) (informal)
8. To go to sleep
9. To experience an orgasm (slang)
10. To scold, reprimand (with at; Aust sl)
11. To be raided by the police (old Aust sl)
12. To get married (old Aust sl)
13. To cease to operate
14. To die (Shakespeare)

go off with

1. To go away with
2. To remove, take away (informal)

go on

1. To continue, proceed
2. An exclamation expressing disbelief (informal)
3. To behave, conduct oneself (informal)
4. To happen, as in What's going on?
5. To talk at length (informal)
6. To be capable of being fitted onto
7. To appear on stage
8. To fare
9. To begin to function
10. To proceed from (as in nothing to go on)

go on at

To carp at persistently

go one better

In some card games, to take a bet and increase the stake (also go better)

go one better (than)

1. To outdo, excel
2. To cap a performance
3. To achieve something more impressive, effective, etc (than someone or something)

go one's own way, go one's way see under way¹

go out

1. To become extinguished
2. To become unfashionable
3. To be broadcast
4. To mingle in society (old)

go out with

To have a romantic relationship with

go over

1. To examine or check in review
2. To recall
3. To revise

go over to

To transfer allegiance to

go places

1. To travel widely
2. To go far in personal advancement

go round

To be enough for all

go slow

(of workers) deliberately to restrict output or effort in order to obtain concessions from employers (go-slowˈ adjective and noun)

go slow with

To be sparing with

go steady

To court romantically, date regularly (with with)

go the whole hog see under whole

go through

1. To perform to the end, often perfunctorily
2. To examine in order
3. To undergo
4. To be approved
5. To use up or spend (informal)

go through fire and water

To undertake any trouble or risks (from the usage in ancient ordeals)

go through with

To carry out

go to (archaic)

Come now (a kind of interjection, like the L agedum, the Gr age nyn)

go to pieces see under piece

go to show (or prove)

To serve as an illustration for or as evidence of

go to the country see under country

go to the wall see under wall

go under

1. To become submerged, overwhelmed or ruined, eg (of a business) to fail, fold
2. To die (archaic)

go up

1. To ascend
2. To be erected
3. To be destroyed by fire or explosion
4. (of costs, prices, etc) to increase
5. To enter a university

go with

1. To accompany
2. To agree with, accord with
3. To court romantically

go without

To suffer the lack of

go without saying

To be self-evident (a Gallicism; Fr cela va sans dire)

great go

1. At Cambridge University, a degree examination, contrasted with little go (last held in 1961), a preliminary examination
2. At Oxford University, Greats (obsolete)

have a go (informal)

1. To make an attempt
2. (of a member of the public) to tackle a criminal

have a go at (informal)

1. To criticize severely
2. To attack physically
3. To tease or pick on

have something going for one (informal)

To enjoy the advantage of something

I could go (informal)

I could do with, I wouldn't mind (a drink, rest, etc)

let go see under let¹

make a go of

To make a valiant attempt to succeed at something

no go

1. Not possible
2. Futile
3. In vain

no-go area

A part of a city, etc to which normal access is prevented by the erection of barricades, esp by local militants, a paramilitary group, etc

on the go

Very active

to be going on with (informal)

For the moment, in the meantime

to go (usu N American)

(of food or drink from a restaurant or cafe) to be consumed off the premises

• spraining
• sprains
• spraint
• spraints
• sprang
• sprangle
• sprangled
• sprangles
• sprangling
• sprat
• sprats
• sprattle
• sprattled
• sprattles
• sprattling
• sprat to catch a herring
• sprat to catch a mackerel
• sprat to catch a whale
• sprat-weather
• sprauchle
• sprauncier
• spraunciest
• sprauncy
• sprawl
• sprawled