Definition: a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
Main entry: whirl, crack, offer, pass, fling, go
Definition: a usually brief attempt
Usage: he took a crack at it; I gave it a whirl
Main entry: X, XTC, Adam, disco biscuit, cristal, ecstasy, hug drug, go
Definition: street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine
Main entry: spell, go, tour, turn
Definition: a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)
Usage: it's my go; a spell of work
Definition: enter or assume a certain state or condition
Usage: He became annoyed when he heard the bad news; It must be getting more serious; her face went red with anger; She went into ecstasy; Get going!
Definition: follow a certain course
Usage: The inauguration went well; how did your interview go?
Main entry: snuff it, buy the farm, choke, cash in one's chips, pop off, kick the bucket, give-up the ghost, go, pass, pass away, perish, die, decease, conk, drop dead, croak, exit, expire
Definition: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Usage: She died from cancer; The children perished in the fire; The patient went peacefully; The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
Main entry: go
Definition: be abolished or discarded
Usage: These ugly billboards have to go!; These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge
Main entry: break, break down, die, conk out, go, go bad, give out, give way, fail
Definition: stop operating or functioning
Usage: The engine finally went; The car died on the road; The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town; The coffee maker broke; The engine failed on the way to town; her eyesight went after the accident
Definition: progress by being changed
Usage: The speech has to go through several more drafts; run through your presentation before the meeting
Definition: give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
Usage: I plumped for the losing candidates
Definition: have a turn; make one's move in a game
Usage: Can I go now?
Main entry: go, run low, run short
Definition: to be spent or finished
Usage: The money had gone after a few days; Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest
Main entry: go
Definition: be spent
Usage: All my money went for food and rent
Definition: go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
Usage: Who rifled through my desk drawers?
Main entry: operate, run, work, go, function
Definition: perform as expected when applied
Usage: The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in; Does this old car still run well?; This old radio doesn't work anymore
Main entry: go, locomote, travel, move
Definition: change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
Usage: How fast does your new car go?; We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus; The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect; The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell; news travelled fast
Main entry: go, go away, depart
Definition: move away from a place into another direction
Usage: Go away before I start to cry; The train departs at noon
Main entry: start, go, get going
Definition: begin or set in motion
Usage: I start at eight in the morning; Ready, set, go!
Definition: make a certain noise or sound
Usage: She went `Mmmmm'; The gun went `bang'
Definition: follow a procedure or take a course
Usage: We should go farther in this matter; She went through a lot of trouble; go about the world in a certain manner; Messages must go through diplomatic channels
Main entry: go
Definition: pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action
Usage: How is it going?; The day went well until I got your call
Main entry: go
Definition: be or continue to be in a certain condition
Usage: The children went hungry that day
Main entry: go, hold out, hold up, live, live on, last, endure, survive
Definition: continue to live through hardship or adversity
Usage: We went without water and food for 3 days; These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America; The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents; how long can a person last without food and water?
Main entry: go
Definition: be awarded; be allotted
Usage: The first prize goes to Mary; Her money went on clothes
Definition: be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
Usage: This piece won't fit into the puzzle
Main entry: extend, run, lead, go, pass
Definition: stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
Usage: Service runs all the way to Cranbury; His knowledge doesn't go very far; My memory extends back to my fourth year of life; The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets
Definition: lead, extend, or afford access
Usage: This door goes to the basement; The road runs South
Main entry: go, blend, blend in
Definition: blend or harmonize
Usage: This flavor will blend with those in your dish; This sofa won't go with the chairs
Main entry: go
Definition: be sounded, played, or expressed
Usage: How does this song go again?
Main entry: go
Definition: be contained in
Usage: How many times does 18 go into 54?
Definition: have a particular form
Usage: the story or argument runs as follows; as the saying goes...
Main entry: go
Definition: be ranked or compare
Usage: This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go
Definition: be in the right place or situation
Usage: Where do these books belong?; Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government; Where do these books go?
Main entry: go
Definition: functioning correctly and ready for action
Usage: all systems are go