Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter G - Page 30

Going (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Go

Go (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.

Go (v. i.) To move upon the feet, or step by step; to walk; also, to walk step by step, or leisurely.

Go (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.

Go (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.

Go (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.

Go (v. i.) To apply one's self; to set one's self; to undertake.

Go (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.

Go (v. i.) To be with young; to be pregnant; to gestate.

Go (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.

Go (v. i.) To pass away; to depart forever; to be lost or ruined; to perish; to decline; to decease; to die.

Go (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.

Go (v. i.) To have recourse; to resort; as, to go to law.

Go (v. t.) To take, as a share in an enterprise; to undertake or become responsible for; to bear a part in.

Go (v. t.) To bet or wager; as, I'll go you a shilling.

Go (n.) Act; working; operation.

Go (n.) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.

Go (n.) The fashion or mode; as, quite the go.

Go (n.) Noisy merriment; as, a high go.

Go (n.) A glass of spirits.

Go (n.) Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance; push; as, there is no go in him.

Go (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.

Goa (n.) A species of antelope (Procapra picticauda), inhabiting Thibet.

Goad (v. t.) A pointed instrument used to urge on a beast; hence, any necessity that urges or stimulates.

Goaded (imp. & p. p.) of Goad

Goading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Goad

Goad (v. t.) To prick; to drive with a goad; hence, to urge forward, or to rouse by anything pungent, severe, irritating, or inflaming; to stimulate.

Goafs (pl. ) of Goaf

Goaves (pl. ) of Goaf

Goaf (n.) That part of a mine from which the mineral has been partially or wholly removed; the waste left in old workings; -- called also gob .

Goal (n.) The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the constestants run, or from which they start to return to it again; the place at which a race or a journey is to end.

Goal (n.) The final purpose or aim; the end to which a design tends, or which a person aims to reach or attain.

Goal (n.) A base, station, or bound used in various games; in football, a line between two posts across which the ball must pass in order to score; also, the act of kicking the ball over the line between the goal posts.

Goa powder () A bitter powder (also called araroba) found in the interspaces of the wood of a Brazilian tree (Andira araroba) and used as a medicine. It is the material from which chrysarobin is obtained.

Goar (n.) Same as lst Gore.

Goarish (a.) Patched; mean.

Goat (n.) A hollow-horned ruminant of the genus Capra, of several species and varieties, esp. the domestic goat (C. hircus), which is raised for its milk, flesh, and skin.

Goatee (n.) A part of a man's beard on the chin or lower lip which is allowed to grow, and trimmed so as to resemble the beard of a goat.

Goatfish (n.) A fish of the genus Upeneus, inhabiting the Gulf of Mexico. It is allied to the surmullet.

Goatherd (n.) One who tends goats.

Goatish (a.) Characteristic of a goat; goatlike.

Goatlike (a.) Like a goat; goatish.

Goatskin (n.) The skin of a goat, or leather made from it.

Goatskin (a.) Made of the skin of a goat.

Goatsucker (n.) One of several species of insectivorous birds, belonging to Caprimulgus and allied genera, esp. the European species (Caprimulgus Europaeus); -- so called from the mistaken notion that it sucks goats. The European species is also goat-milker, goat owl, goat chaffer, fern owl, night hawk, nightjar, night churr, churr-owl, gnat hawk, and dorhawk.

Goaves (n.) Old workings. See Goaf.

Gob (n.) Same as Goaf.

Gob (n.) A little mass or collection; a small quantity; a mouthful.

Gob (n.) The mouth.

Gobbet (n.) A mouthful; a lump; a small piece.

Gobbet (v. t.) To swallow greedily; to swallow in gobbets.

Gobbetly (adv.) In pieces.

Gobbing (n.) The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob stuff.

Gobbing (n.) The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.

Gobbled (imp. & p. p.) of Gobble

Gobbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gobble

Gobble (v. t.) To swallow or eat greedily or hastily; to gulp.

Gobble (v. t.) To utter (a sound) like a turkey cock.

Gobble (v. i.) To eat greedily.

Gobble (v. i.) To make a noise like that of a turkey cock.

Gobble (n.) A noise made in the throat.

Gobbler (n.) A turkey cock; a bubbling Jock.

Gobelin (a.) Pertaining to tapestry produced in the so-called Gobelin works, which have been maintained by the French Government since 1667.

Gobemouche (n.) Literally, a fly swallower; hence, once who keeps his mouth open; a boor; a silly and credulous person.

Gobet (n.) See Gobbet.

Go-between (n.) An intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer; -- usually in a disparaging sense.

Gobioid (a.) Like, or pertaining to, the goby, or the genus Gobius.

Gobioid (n.) A gobioid fish.

Goblet (n.) A kind of cup or drinking vessel having a foot or standard, but without a handle.

Goblin (n.) An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome.

Gobline (n.) One of the ropes or chains serving as stays for the dolphin striker or the bowsprit; -- called also gobrope and gaubline.

Goblinize (v. t.) To transform into a goblin.

Gobies (pl. ) of Goby

Goby (n.) One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus Gobius and allied genera.

Go-by (n.) A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the go-by.

Gocart (n.) A framework moving on casters, designed to support children while learning to walk.

God (a. & n.) Good.

God (n.) A being conceived of as possessing supernatural power, and to be propitiated by sacrifice, worship, etc.; a divinity; a deity; an object of worship; an idol.

God (n.) The Supreme Being; the eternal and infinite Spirit, the Creator, and the Sovereign of the universe; Jehovah.

God (n.) A person or thing deified and honored as the chief good; an object of supreme regard.

God (n.) Figuratively applied to one who wields great or despotic power.

God (v. t.) To treat as a god; to idolize.

Godchild (n.) One for whom a person becomes sponsor at baptism, and whom he promises to see educated as a Christian; a godson or goddaughter. See Godfather.

Goddaughter (n.) A female for whom one becomes sponsor at baptism.

Goddess (n.) A female god; a divinity, or deity, of the female sex.

Goddess (n.) A woman of superior charms or excellence.

Gode (a. & n.) Good.

Godelich (a.) Goodly.

Godfather (n.) A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction.

Godfather (v. t.) To act as godfather to; to take under one's fostering care.

God-fearing (a.) Having a reverential and loving feeling towards God; religious.

Godhead (n.) Godship; deity; divinity; divine nature or essence; godhood.

Godhead (n.) The Deity; God; the Supreme Being.

Godhead (n.) A god or goddess; a divinity.

Godhood (n.) Divine nature or essence; deity; godhead.

Godild () A corruption of God yield, i. e., God reward or bless.

Godless (a.) Having, or acknowledging, no God; without reverence for God; impious; wicked.

Godlike (a.) Resembling or befitting a god or God; divine; hence, preeminently good; as, godlike virtue.

Godlily (adv.) Righteously.

Godliness (n.) Careful observance of, or conformity to, the laws of God; the state or quality of being godly; piety.

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