going
going is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 8 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Departure. Milton.
- 2.Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing. Crew.
- 3.pl. Course of life; behavior; doings; ways. His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. Job xxxiv.
- 4.Going barrel. (Horology) (a) A barrel containing the mainspring, and having teeth on its periphery to drive the train. (b) A device for maintaining a force to drive the train while the timepiece is being wound up. -- Going forth. (Script.) (a) Outlet; way of exit. "Every going forth of the sanctuary." Ezek. xliv.
- 5.(b) A limit; a border. "The going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea." Num. xxxiv.
- 6.-- Going out, or Goings out. (Script.) (a) The utmost extremity or limit. "The border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea." Num. xxxiv.
- 7.(b) Departure or journeying. "And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys." Num. xxxiii.
- 8.-- Goings on, behavior; actions; conduct; -- usually in a bad sense.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- abroad
- addle
- advance
- after
- afterbirth
- afternoon
- all
- alone
- alternate
- always
- amoebean
- and
- ante
- anvil
- anybody
- append
- approach
- arch
- arrear
- autumn
- autumnal
- average
- await
- bank
- battle
- bedtime
- behind
- besetting
- better
- beyond
- bleed
- break
- brewing
- bribe
- broad
- candlelight
- caret
- catholic
- catholical
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is going.
- What is pregnancy; gestation; childbearing. Crew called?
- What is pl. Course of life; behavior; doings; ways. His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. Job xxxiv called?
- What is (b) A limit; a border. "The going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea." Num. xxxiv called?
- What is -- Going out, or Goings out. (Script.) (a) The utmost extremity or limit. "The border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea." Num. xxxiv called?
- What is (b) Departure or journeying. "And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys." Num. xxxiii called?
- What is -- Goings on, behavior; actions; conduct; -- usually in a bad sense called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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