by¹ /bī/

1. At the side of
2. Near to
3. Along a route passing through, via
4. Past
5. (in oaths) in the presence of, or with the witness of
6. Through (denoting the agent, cause, means, etc)
7. To the extent of
8. In quantity measurable in terms of
9. In accordance with
10. In respect of
11. (of time) not after
12. During (day, night, etc)
13. Multiplied into, or combined with another dimension of
14. In succession to
15. (of horses, etc) sired by
16. Besides (Scot)
17. In comparison with (Scot)

1. By the time that (archaic and Scot)
2. Than (Scot)

1. Near
2. Aside
3. Away
4. Past
5. In reserve
6. To or at one's home

by- or bye- prefix

1. Near
2. Aside
3. Past
4. Side, subsidiary
5. Indirect
6. Incidental

by-and-byˈ noun (N American)

The future, a future occasion

adverb

In succession (Spenser)

byˈ-blow noun

1. A side blow
2. An illegitimate child (archaic)

byˈcatch noun

Fish that are inadvertently caught along with the desired catch, esp immature fish or fish of a protected species

byˈ-corner noun

An out-of-the-way place

byˈ-drinking noun (Shakespeare)

Drinking between meals

byˈ-election noun

A parliamentary election for a seat during the sitting of parliament

byˈ-end noun

A subsidiary aim

byˈ-form noun

1. A subsidiary form
2. A form varying from the usual one

byˈ-going noun

The action of passing by (esp in in the by-going, in passing)

byˈgone /-gon/ adjective

Former, past

byˈgones plural noun

1. Past happenings or grievances
2. Ornaments, household articles, etc of former times which are not fine enough, or not old enough, to be valued as antiques (also in sing)

byˈ-lane noun

A side lane or passage out of the common road

byˈlaw or byeˈ-law see separate entry.

byˈline noun

1. A line at the head of a newspaper or magazine article or photograph naming the author or photographer
2. The touchline (football)

byˈ-mōtive noun

An unavowed motive

byˈ-name or byˈname noun

1. A nickname
2. Another name by which a person is known

byˈ-ordinar adjective (Scot)

Extraordinary

byˈpass noun

A road, route or passage for carrying traffic, fluids, electricity, etc round an obstruction, congested place, etc (cardiopulmonary bypass a method whereby (in cardiac surgery) circulation and oxygenation of blood are maintained artificially, bypassing the heart and lungs; coronary bypass a surgical operation to bypass a blocked coronary artery with a grafted blood vessel from eg the patient's leg)

transitive verb

1. To supply with a bypass
2. To direct (eg fluid) along a bypass
3. To go round and beyond by a bypass
4. To ignore, leave out
5. To evade

byˈ-passage noun

A side passage

byˈ-past adjective (Shakespeare)

1. Past
2. Gone by

byˈpath noun

A secluded or indirect path

byˈplace noun

A secluded place

byˈ-play noun

Action subordinate to and apart from the main action, esp in a play

byˈ-plot noun

A subsidiary plot

byˈ-product noun

1. A product created incidentally in the process of making something else
2. An unintended side effect

byˈroad noun

A minor or side road

byˈroom noun (Shakespeare)

A side or private room

byˈ-speech noun (obsolete)

An incidental speech, an aside

byˈstander noun

1. Someone who stands by or near one
2. An onlooker

byˈ-street noun

An obscure street

byˈ-thing noun (archaic)

A thing of minor importance

byˈ-time noun (archaic)

Leisure time

byˈway noun

1. A sideroad, a private, secluded or obscure way
2. An obscure or minor area of interest

byˈword noun

1. A common saying, proverb
2. An object of scorn
3. Someone or something noted for a specified characteristic

byˈ-work noun (obsolete)

Work done in leisure time

by and by

1. At some future time
2. Before long, presently
3. In the course of time
4. In succession, in order of succession (obsolete)

by and large

1. Speaking generally
2. On the whole
3. Whether close-hauled or before the wind (nautical)

by oneself

1. Alone
2. Without assistance

by the by (or bye) or by the way

In passing, incidentally

cardiopulmonary bypass and coronary bypass see bypass above.

let bygones be bygones

Let past quarrels be ignored

without (so much as) a by-your-leave

Without (even) asking permission

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abide¹ /ə-bīdˈ/

1. To bide or wait for
2. (usu with negatives and questions) to meet, face or sustain
3. To endure
4. To tolerate

1. To remain
2. To dwell or stay
3. To conform to, adhere to, comply with or obey (with by)

abīdˈance noun

abīdˈing adjective

Continual, permanent or lasting

A continuance

abīdˈingly adverb

bear¹ /bār/

1. To carry
2. To have
3. To convey
4. To remove from the board in the final stage of the game (backgammon)
5. To sustain or support
6. To thrust or drive
7. To endure, tolerate
8. To admit of
9. To purport
10. To behave or conduct (oneself)
11. To bring forth, give birth to (pap born /börn/ in passive uses except with by)
12. To display on one's heraldic shield, to be entitled to (heraldry)

1. To suffer
2. To be patient
3. (with on or upon) to have reference to
4. To press (on or upon)
5. To lie in, or take, a direction
6. To be capable of sustaining weight
7. To be productive

1. A burden
2. Also (Spenser) a bier (see bier)

bearˈable adjective

Able to be borne or endured

bearˈableness noun

bearˈably adverb

bearˈer noun

1. A person who or that which bears
2. The actual holder of a cheque, etc
3. A person who helps to carry the coffin at a funeral, a pall-bearer
4. A carrier or messenger
5. Formerly in India, a personal, household or hotel servant

bearˈing noun

1. Demeanour
2. Direction
3. A supporting surface
4. Relation, relevance
5. A heraldic device or coat of arms
6. The part of a machine that bears friction, esp part of a shaft or axle and its support (sometimes in pl; see ball-bearing under ball¹)

bearer bill, bond, security, etc noun

A bond, etc which has been made out to be payable to the person in possession of it

bearing cloth noun (historical)

A gown worn at a child's baptism

bearing rein noun

A fixed rein between the bit and the saddle, by which a horse's head is held up and its neck made to arch

bear a hand see under hand

bear away

1. To sail away
2. To carry away

bear down

1. To overthrow
2. To press downwards
3. In childbirth, to exert downward muscular pressure
4. (with upon or towards) to sail with the wind (towards)
5. (with upon) to approach (someone or something) rapidly and purposefully

bear hard (Shakespeare)

To have ill-will to

bear hard or heavily upon (lit and figurative)

1. To press heavily on
2. To oppress, afflict

bear in hand

1. To make out, maintain (archaic)
2. To keep in expectation, to flatter someone's hopes (Shakespeare)

bear in mind

1. To remember (that)
2. To think of, take into consideration

bear in upon

(usu in passive) to impress upon, or to make realize, esp by degrees

bear out

To corroborate

bear up

To keep up one's spirits

bear up for

To sail towards (a place)

bear with

To make allowance for, be patient with

bear witness see witness

bring to bear

To bring into operation (against or upon)

find, get (or lose) one's bearings

To ascertain (or to become uncertain of) one's position or orientation

benefit /benˈi-fit/

1. Any advantage, natural or other
2. A performance, match, etc whose proceeds go to one of the company, a player, or other particular person or cause (also adjective)
3. Money or services enjoyed as a right under social security or insurance schemes
4. A kindness
5. A favour

1. To do good to
2. To be to the advantage of

To obtain advantage or good (with from or by)

benefit of clergy noun

Originally an exemption of clergymen, in certain cases, from criminal process before a secular judge, but later covering the first offence of all who could read

benefit of inventory noun (Scots law; historical)

An heir's privilege of securing himself or herself against unlimited liability for his or her ancestor, by producing within a year an inventory of his or her heritage or real estate, to the extent of which alone he or she was liable

benefit of the doubt noun

Presumption of innocence when culpability is uncertain

benefit society noun

A friendly society

benefit tourism noun

The practice of visiting a country in order to claim social security benefits without seeking work

benefit tourist noun

bestead² or bested /bi-stedˈ/ (Spenser bestad or bestadde /bi-stadˈ/)

1. Set about (with)
2. Beset (with by, foes; with with, dangers, etc)
3. Situated (usu with ill, hard, etc)

bye¹ or by /bī/

1. Anything of minor importance, a side issue, a thing not directly aimed at
2. (in games) the state of a player or team that has not drawn an opponent, and passes without contest to the next round
3. (in golf) the holes remaining after the match is decided, played as a subsidiary game (obsolete)
4. (in cricket) a run made from a ball that passes the batsman but is not struck or touched by him, credited to the batsman's team but not his individual score
5. (in cockfighting) a battle not forming part of a main (see main³; obsolete).

1. Subsidiary
2. Part
3. Indirect

by the bye see under by¹

close¹ /klōs/

1. Near, in time or place (often with to or by)
2. Shut up or shut tight with no opening
3. Strictly confined
4. Narrow
5. Nearly equal or even
6. Near the surface, short
7. Tight in fit
8. Compact
9. Crowded, dense
10. Stifling, unventilated, airless
11. Intimate
12. Stingy, miserly
13. (of money, finance, etc) difficult to obtain
14. Private, restricted to a certain class or group
15. Reserved
16. Hidden or secluded
17. Secret
18. Thorough, detailed
19. Rigorous, careful
20. (of a vowel) pronounced with slight opening, or with the tongue tense

1. In a close manner or position
2. Tightly
3. Nearly
4. Densely
5. Secretly

1. An enclosed place
2. A small enclosed field
3. A small, quiet, esp dead-end road
4. A narrow passage off a street, esp leading to a tenement stairway or courtyard
5. The precinct of a cathedral

closeˈly adverb

closeˈness noun

close-bandˈed adjective

Closely united

closeˈ-barred adjective

Firmly closed

close-bodˈied adjective

Fitting close to the body

Close Brethren plural noun

The Exclusive Brethren, a branch of the Plymouth Brethren whose members will not associate with (eg eat in company with) people outside their group

close call noun

A narrow escape

close company noun

A firm controlled by five, or fewer, people who own a majority of the shares

close corporation noun

A corporation which fills up its own vacancies, without outside interference

closeˈ-cropped adjective

1. (of hair) cut very short
2. (of grass, etc) cut, or eaten by animals, down to the level of the ground

close-coupˈled adjective

(of two parts) attached close together

close encounter noun

A direct personal confrontation with an extraterrestrial being (also figurative)

close-fistˈed or close-handˈed adjective

Penurious, covetous

closeˈ-fitting adjective

(of clothes) designed to fit tightly

closeˈ-grained adjective

With the particles, fibres, etc close together, compact

close harmony noun (music)

Harmony in which the notes of chords lie close together

closeˈ-hauled adjective (nautical)

(in trim for) sailing as near as possible towards where the wind is coming from

closeˈhead noun (Scot)

The entrance to a close, or the gossips that congregate there

close-inˈ adjective

Positioned or operating at a small distance

closeˈ-knit adjective

(of communities, etc) closely connected, bound together

close-lippedˈ or close-mouthedˈ adjective

Reticent, saying little

close quarters see at close quarters below.

close-rangeˈ adjective

In, at or within a short distance

closeˈ-reefed adjective (nautical)

Having all reefs taken in

close-runˈ adjective

(of a contest) fiercely contested, with a narrow margin of victory

close season or closed season noun

1. A time of the year when it is illegal to kill certain game or fish, usu the breeding season
2. A prohibited or inactive period

close-setˈ adjective

(of eyes) positioned close together

close shave or close thing noun

A close call

closeˈ-stool noun

A chamberpot enclosed in a box or stool

close tennis noun

Real tennis, distinguished from lawn tennis

closeˈ-tongued adjective (archaic)

Cautious in speaking, reticent

closeˈ-up noun

1. A photograph or film taken near at hand and thus detailed and big in scale
2. A close scrutiny

at close quarters

1. (of fighting) hand-to-hand or at close range
2. In close proximity

close at or to hand

Easily accessible

close on

Almost, nearly

close to the chest

Without revealing one's intentions

close to home

Too near to one's own situation to be comfortable

run someone close

To be very near someone in standard or achievement

end /end/

1. The last point or portion
2. Termination or close
3. Death
4. Consequence
5. An object aimed at
6. A fragment or odd piece
7. Half a unit length of cloth
8. A warp thread
9. A waxed thread ending in a bristle (shoemaker's end)
10. One of the two sides of a field, court, pitch, etc defended by a team, player, etc (sport)
11. Part of a game played from one end (of the bowling green, archery-ground, etc)
12. A player positioned at the extremity of the line of scrimmage (American football)
13. The part of an undertaking for which one is responsible
14. An outer district
15. A region
16. A cottage room (Scot)

1. To bring to an end
2. To destroy

1. To come to an end
2. To cease
3. To be at the end

endˈed adjective

1. Brought to an end
2. Having ends

endˈing noun

1. A termination
2. A conclusion
3. Death
4. Extremity
5. Something that is at the end
6. The final syllable or portion of a word, esp an inflection (grammar)

1. Concluding
2. Finishing
3. Completing
4. Dying

endˈless adjective

1. Having or seeming to have no end
2. Returning upon itself
3. Everlasting
4. Incessant
5. Objectless

endˈlessly adverb

endˈlessness noun

endˈlong (Scot endˈlang) adverb

1. From end to end (archaic)
2. Continuously (archaic)
3. Straight on (archaic)

Along

Set on end

endˈmost adjective

Farthest

endˈways or endˈwise adverb

1. On end
2. With the end forward

endˈ-all noun

Something that ends everything (see also be-all and end-all under be)

endˈgame noun

1. The final stage of a game of chess or certain other games
2. A person's manner of playing the endgame

endˈgate noun (N American)

A tailboard

endless chain noun

A chain whose ends are joined

endless gearing, endless screw or endless worm noun

An arrangement for producing slow motion in machinery, consisting of a screw whose thread gears into a wheel with skew teeth

end man noun

The man at the end of a row of performers, etc

endˈnote noun

An explanatory note at the end of a chapter or volume

end-of-the-pier' adjective

Impudent, frivolous and bawdy (in the style of variety shows traditionally performed at seaside piers)

endˈ-onˈ adverb and adjective

In the direction in which the end points

end organ noun

A specialized sensory or motor structure at a nerve-end

endˈpaper noun

A paper at the beginning or end of a book, pasted to the binding and leaving an additional flyleaf

endˈplay transitive verb (bridge)

To place (an opponent) in a situation where no lead can be made which does not cost a trick (also noun)

endˈ-product noun

The final product of a series of operations

endˈ-reader noun

One who peeps at the end of a novel to see the outcome

end result noun

The final result or outcome

end run noun (US)

1. In American football, an attempt to run wide of the end of a defensive line rather than try to break through it
2. An act of circumventing a problem rather than confronting it

endˈship noun (obsolete)

A village

endˈ-stopped adjective (poetry)

Having a pause at the end of each line (of verse)

end use noun

The final use to which anything, esp a manufactured article, is put

endˈ-user noun

1. The person, company, etc who will be the recipient of a product being sold
2. (usu end-user certificate) in international trade, documentation naming the end-user of a product being sold, required eg in the exporting of arms

endˈzone noun (American football)

One of the areas at either end of the field of play into which the offensive team attempts to take the ball

all ends up

1. Completely
2. Convincingly

at a loose end or at loose ends

1. With nothing to do
2. In a state of uncertainty or confusion as to one's course of action

at an end

1. Terminated
2. Discontinued
3. Exhausted

at one's wit's end see under wit¹

at the end of one's tether see under tether

be the end of

To cause the death of (often an informal exaggeration)

end for end

With the position of the ends reversed

end it all

To commit suicide

end of story

See under story¹

end up

1. To arrive or find oneself eventually or finally
2. To finish (with with or by)
3. To become in the end

get hold of the wrong end of the stick

To misunderstand

get or have one's end away (slang)

To have sexual intercourse

in the end

1. After all
2. At last

keep one's end up

1. To maintain one's part, position, appearance, etc
2. To be content to keep one's wicket standing without trying to score (cricket)

loose end

(often in pl) an unfinished, unsettled or unexplained matter

make (both) ends meet

To live within one's income (both ends meaning both ends of the year)

no end (informal)

Very much

no end of (informal)

A great deal of

on end

1. Erect
2. At a stretch

the end

1. The last straw
2. The limit

the end of the road (or line)

The point beyond which one can no longer continue or survive

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

hook /hŭk/

1. An object bent so that it can catch or hold something
2. A sharply bent line
3. A snare, trap, attraction, etc
4. An advantageous hold
5. A curved instrument for cutting grain, branches, etc
6. A spit of land with a hooked end
7. A boxer's swinging blow made with the elbow bent
8. The curve of a ball in flight (sport)
9. An inadvertent stroke causing the ball to move in the air from right to left (for a right-handed player) or from left to right (for a left-handed player) (golf)
10. An attacking stroke played with a horizontal bat sending the ball from shoulder height or above onto the leg-side behind the wicket (cricket)
11. An act of hooking
12. In pop music, a catchy phrase
13. A twist or interesting point in a story (slang)
14. An excuse or pretext (slang)

1. To catch, fasten, or hold with or as if with a hook
2. To form into a hook
3. To make with a hook
4. To make (a hooked rug) by drawing yarn through a prepared backing with a hooked tool
5. To ensnare, trap
6. To attract
7. To hit (the ball) so that it inadvertently moves in the air from right to left (for a right-handed player), or from left to right (for a left-handed player) (golf)
8. To hit (the ball) with a horizontal bat from shoulder height or above onto the leg-side behind the wicket (cricket)
9. To punch with a swinging blow, with the elbow bent
10. To obtain possession of (the ball) in the scrum by using the foot to kick it backwards (rugby)

1. To bend
2. To be curved
3. To pull abruptly
4. To act as hooker (rugby)
5. (of a ball) to move in the air from right to left (for a right-handed player), or from left to right (for a left-handed player) (golf)

hooked /hŭkt/ adjective

1. Curved like a hook
2. Physically dependent (on drugs)
3. (with on or by) addicted (to a drug, activity or indulgence)
4. Enthralled

hookˈedness noun

hookˈer noun

1. Someone who hooks
2. The forward in the front row whose task it is to hook the ball (rugby)
3. A prostitute (informal)

hookˈy adjective

hookˈ-climber noun

A climbing plant that clings to its support by means of hooks

hookˈ-nosed adjective

hookˈ-pin noun

An iron pin with a hooked head used for pinning the frame of a floor or roof together

hook shot noun (basketball)

A shot made by a player side-on to the basket by curving up the farther-away arm

hookˈ-tip noun

A moth with forewings that have hooked ends

hookˈ-up noun

1. A connection
2. A temporary linking up of separate broadcasting stations for a special transmission

hookˈworm noun

1. A parasitic nematode with hooks in the mouth
2. The disease it causes, ankylostomiasis or miner's anaemia

by hook or by crook

By one method or another

hook and eye

A contrivance for fastening garments by means of a hook that catches in a loop or eye

hook into (informal)

To form a connection or association with

hook it (slang)

To decamp, make off

hook, line and sinker

Complete or completely

hook up

1. To fasten or be fastened with a hook or hooks
2. To connect or be connected electronically
3. To meet, esp by arrangement (informal)

off the hook

1. Ready-made
2. Out of difficulty or trouble
3. (of a telephone handset) not on its rest, so that incoming calls cannot be received

off the hooks

1. Out of gear
2. Superseded
3. Dead

on one's own hook

On one's own responsibility, initiative or account

sling or take one's hook (slang)

To get out, run away, make off

lee-lane /lēˈlānˈ/ (Scot)

Used only in phrases (by) my, his, her, etc lee-lane quite alone (also leeˈsome-lane)

obsecrate /obˈsi-krāt/

1. To beseech
2. To implore

obsecrāˈtion noun

1. Supplication
2. One of the clauses in the Litany beginning with by (Christianity)

repair¹ /ri-pārˈ/

1. To mend, fix, put right (something broken, out of order or condition, etc)
2. To make amends for
3. To make good
4. To restore, refresh, revivify (Shakespeare)

1. Restoration after injury, loss or deterioration
2. Sound condition
3. Condition in terms of soundness
4. A part that has been mended or made sound

repairˈable adjective

1. Capable of being mended (esp of material things)
2. Liable to be repaired (with by; law)

repairˈer noun

reparability /rep-ər-ə-bilˈi-ti/ noun

reparable /repˈər-ə-bl/ adjective

1. Capable of being made good or (rare) being mended
2. Falling to be repaired

repˈarably adverb

reparāˈtion noun

1. Repair
2. Supply of what is wasted
3. Amends
4. Compensation, often (in pl) to a country after it has suffered by war

reparative /ri-parˈə-tiv/ or reparˈatory adjective

repairˈman noun

A person who does repairs, esp on something mechanical

repairˈ-shop noun

salmon² /samˈən/ or salamon /salˈə-mən/ (obsolete)

A word used in old oaths such as by (the) salmon, supposed to refer to the Mass

unanˈimated adjective

1. Not alive
2. Not animated or lively
3. Not actuated (with by)

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