GONE


Meaning of GONE in English

adj.1 (of time) past (not until gone nine).

2 a lost; hopeless. b dead.

3 colloq. pregnant for a specified time (already three months gone).

4 sl. completely enthralled or entranced, esp. by rhythmic music, drugs, etc.

Phrases and idioms:

be gone depart; leave temporarily (cf. BEGONE). gone away! a huntsman's cry, indicating that a fox has been started. gone goose (or gosling) colloq. a person or thing beyond hope. gone on sl. infatuated with.

Etymology: past part. of GO(1)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.