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The Meaning of go

  • (p. p.) Gone.
  • (v. i.) 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.
  • (v. i.) To move upon the feet, or step by step; to walk; also, to walk step by step, or leisurely.
  • (v. i.) To be passed on fron one to another; to pass; to circulate; hence, with for, to have currency; to be taken, accepted, or regarded.
  • (v. i.) 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.
  • (v. i.) 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.
  • (v. i.) To apply one's self; to set one's self; to undertake.
  • (v. i.) To proceed by a mental operation; to pass in mind or by an act of the memory or imagination; -- generally with over or through.
  • (v. i.) To be with young; to be pregnant; to gestate.
  • (v. i.) To move from the person speaking, or from the point whence the action is contemplated; to pass away; to leave; to depart; -- in opposition to stay and come.
  • (v. i.) To pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to perish; to decline; to decease; to die.
  • (v. i.) To reach; to extend; to lead; as, a line goes across the street; his land goes to the river; this road goes to New York.
  • (v. i.) To have recourse; to resort; as, to go to law.
  • (v. t.) To take, as a share in an enterprise; to undertake or become responsible for; to bear a part in.
  • (v. t.) To bet or wager; as, I'll go you a shilling.
  • (n.) Act; working; operation.
  • (n.) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
  • (n.) The fashion or mode; as, quite the go.
  • (n.) Noisy merriment; as, a high go.
  • (n.) A glass of spirits.
  • (n.) Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance; push; as, there is no go in him.
  • (n.) 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.

Synonyms

spell , tour , turn , Adam , ecstasy , XTC , disco biscuit , cristal , X , hug drug , crack , fling , pass , whirl , offer , go game , travel , move , locomote , proceed , move , go away , depart , become , get , run , run , pass , lead , extend , proceed , sound , function , work , operate , run , run low , run short , move , run , survive , last , live , live on , endure , hold up , hold out , die , decease , perish , exit , pass away , expire , pass , kick the bucket , cash in one's chips , buy the farm , conk , give-up the ghost , drop dead , pop off , choke , croak , snuff it , belong , start , get going , move , blend , blend in , lead , fit , rifle , plump , fail , go bad , give way , die , give out , conk out , break , break down

Antonyms

stay in place , come , malfunction , be born , stop , no-go

Homophones

gau , goe , gogh , goh

Rhymes

abaco , adagio , adolfo , aficionado , afterglow , aglow , ago , airglow , akihito , akimbo , albino , allegro , aloe , although , altiplano , amigo , ammo , angelo , appetito , apropos , arapaho , arapahoe , archipelago , arnaud , arnault , au , audio , aux , backhoe , badeau , badeaux , banjo , barbeau , bargo , barinco , barlow , barstow , beau , beaux , begnaud , belleau , below , benito , bestow , bibeau , bibeault , bilbo , bio , bleau , blow , blowe , bo , boe , boeh , boileau , boisseau , bongo , bonneau , bordeau , bordeaux , bordello , borneo , borough , borrow , boudreau , bourdeau , bourgault , bozo , braggadocio , brancheau , brasseaux , brazeau , breault , breaux , bro , broe , brousseau , browe , bruneau , brusseau , budreau , buffalo , bungalow , buteau , cabo , calico , calypso , cameo , cargo , carlow , celo , cervesato , champeau , changsho , chateau , chateaux , chau , chenault , chicago , chico , cho , choe , cicero , claudio , cloe , clow , coco , coe , cointreau , combo , commando , compeau , compo , cousteau , crapo , crepeau , cristo , cro , crossbow , croteau , crotteau , crow , crowe , cyrano , dado , daignault , dario , dau , davao , davault , deboe , dedeaux , defoe , denault , deneau , deneault , deveau , deveaux , devoe , diazo , divertimento , doe , doh , domino , dough , drapeau , dubeau , dufault , dunno , duro , dussault , dynamo , eau , eaux , ebro , eeo , elbow , embryo , enloe , enlow , enslow , escoe , escrow , eskimo , espresso , facteau , fallow , falsetto , fandango , fargo , farrow , faucheux , favreau , fecteau , figaro , flamenco , flo , floe , flow , foe , fontainebleau , forego , forgo , fregeau , fro , froh , furlaud , garceau , gateau , gau , gaudreau , gauthreaux , gautreau , gautreaux , gauvreau , genego , generalissimo , geronimo , gibeau , gibeault , gilberto , giraud , gizmo , glasgow , glo , gloe , glow , goe , gogh , gogo , goh , goudeau , goudreau , gro , groh , groleau , grotto , grow , guanaco , guano , guantanamo , guilbeault , guilbeaux , guillot , guinarou , gusto , gyro , hello , hidalgo , hirohito , ho , hoe , hoh , hollo , humberto , hurteau , hwang-ho , hydro , idaho , ido , impresario , indigo , inflow , inscoe , ivanhoe , ivo , jacquot , jandreau , jarreau , jericho , jerrico , jo , joe , joh , judo , kayo , kilo , kinko , know , ko , koh , koito , kokomo , kowtow , krogh , kroh , krowe , kyo , labeau , lamberto , lareau , laveau , lebeau , lebow , ledlow , legato , legault , leleux , lienau , lo , loe , loew , loewe , loh , longbow , lotto , low , lowe , lozeau , ludlow , lumbago , luo , malveaux , manifesto , manseau , marceau , marceaux , margaux , marlowe , martineau , massimo , mau , meadow , meaux , medico , memo , metro , mexico , michaud , michaux , micheaux , michelangelo , micro , migneault , mineau , miro , mistletoe , mo , moe , monaco , monroe , montevideo , moreau , morneau , morneault , moro , moscow , mousseau , mow , munro , murto , mustachio , nadeau , navajo , neault , new-mexico , ngo , no , noe , noh , norberto , nouveau , o , oh , oleo , oregano , ortho , ostinato , otto , outflow , outgo , outgrow , overflow , overthrow , ow , owe , oxbow , papo , paseo , patio , pernod , perot , perreault , petrow , peugeot , photo , picaro , piccolo , pinsoneault , pinto , pistachio , plateau , plough , po , poe , pogo , polio , politico , pompano , ponto , ponzo , portfolio , portico , potato , presidio , presto , primeau , primeaux , primo , pro , promo , prudhoe , pruneau , puerto , puipoe , punto , queau , quito , quo , radio , rainbow , rambeau , ratio , reaux , renaud , renault , reneau , rheault , rhino , rho , riendeau , rio-de-janeiro , risotto , ro , rococo , rodeo , roe , roh , rohe , romano , romeo , rondeau , rougeau , rouleau , row , rowe , saito , schmo , scorpio , seago , sego , segundo , sergio , sew , sgro , shadow , shinto , show , sideshow , sloe , slow , snow , snowe , so , so-so , soileau , solo , spirito , staccato , steptoe , stereo , stow , stowe , stretto , strow , studio , swatow , tableau , taekwondo , tarot , tasso , tebeau , tempo , tetreault , thebeau , theriault , therriault , thibault , thibeau , tho , thoreau , though , throe , throw , thurnau , tiptoe , titlow , tobacco , toe , tokyo , tomato , tomorrow , tondreau , tornado , torpedo , torso , tourtelot , tow , towe , trio , trow , trudeau , truffaut , tso , tupelo , turbot , udo , umberto , undergo , undertow , unesco , ungo , uno , van-gogh , veilleux , vertigo , veto , viau , vieau , vienneau , vigneau , vigneault , virago , vo , whitlow , whoa , willow , winnow , wo , woe , wroe , yau , yo , yoe , yoh , zoh , zorro , zydeco