SOUTH


Meaning of SOUTH in English

I. ˈsau̇th adverb

Etymology: Middle English south, suth, from Old English sūth; akin to Old Frisian sūth southward, Old Norse suthr, Old High German sund-; akin to Old High German sunna sun — more at sun

: to, toward, or in the south : southward

II. adjective

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sūthan-, from sūthan, adverb; akin to Old High German sundan from the south; derivative from the root of English south (I)

1.

a. : coming from the south

a south wind

b.

[Middle English, from Old English sūth, from sūth, adverb]

: situated toward or at the south

the south entrance

the south country

2. : situated in the direction of the right side of a church looking from the nave toward the altar or chancel

III. noun

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English, from south (I)

1.

a. : the direction of the south terrestrial pole : the direction to the right of one facing east : the direction to the right of one facing the sunrise when the sun is near one of the equinoxes

b. : the part of the sky lying to the right of an observer facing east

c. : the cardinal point directly opposite to north — abbr. S ; see compass card

d. : the direction along any meridian toward that pole of the earth viewed from which the earth's rotation is clockwise

e. : the direction on the celestial sphere to the right when one faces the direction of its apparent rotation : the direction to the right when one faces the direction of revolution around the sun of the earth and the principal planets

2. usually capitalized

a. : regions or countries lying to the south of a specified or implied point of orientation (as in the United States the states lying in general south of Mason and Dixon's Line and the Ohio river)

b. : something (as people, culture, or institutions) characteristic of the South

for years the South could be depended upon to vote the straight Democratic ticket

3. : the south wind

4. often capitalized

a. : the one of four positions at 90-degree intervals that lies toward the south

b. : a person (as a bridge player) occupying such a position in the course of a specific activity

IV. ˈsau̇th, ˈsau̇th intransitive verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

1. : to move or veer toward the south

2. : to come to the meridian : cross the north-and-south line — used chiefly of the sun and moon

V. adverb

: into a state of decline or ruin

causes the sluggish economy to go south — G.F.Will

VI. noun

Usage: usually capitalized

: the developing nations of the world : third world 3 herein

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