noun
- The act of going.
- A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- An attempt, a try.
- An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
- An act; the working or operation.
- A circumstance or occurrence; an incident, often unexpected.
- The fashion or mode.
- Noisy merriment.
- A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
- Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
- A period of activity.
- (British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
Synonyms: attempt, bash, shot, stab, try, energy, flair, liveliness, perseverance, pizzazz, spirit, verve, vigour, vim, vitality, zest, gage, measure, green light, mode, style, trend, move, stint, turn
verb
- To move:
- (chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- To start; to begin (an action or process).
- To take a turn, especially in a game.
- To attend.
- To proceed:
- To follow or travel along (a path):
- To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- To lead (to a place); to give access to.
- To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.)
- To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- To come to (a certain condition or state).
- To change (from one value to another) in the meaning of wend.
- To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- To tend (toward a result).
- To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- To pass, to be used up:
- To die.
- To be discarded.
- To be lost or out:
- To break down or apart:
- To be sold.
- To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- To have a certain record.
- To be authoritative, accepted, or valid:
- To say (something), to make a sound:
- To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- To resort (to).
- To apply or subject oneself to:
- To fit (in a place, or together with something):
- To date.
- To attack:
- To be in general; to be usually.
- To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- To yield or weigh.
- To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
- To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
- To urinate or defecate.
Synonyms: become, change into, turn, cross, draw, drift, fare, move, tread, wend, date, go out (with), see, function, operate, work, make one's move, move, take one’s turn
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