[syn: south, to the south, in the south]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
South \South\ (?; by sailors sou), n. [OE. south, su[thorn], AS.
s[=u][eth] for sun[eth]; akin to D. zuid, OHG. sund, G.
s["u]d, s["u]den, Icel. su[eth]r, sunnr, Dan. syd, s["o]nden,
Sw. syd, s["o]der, sunnan; all probably akin to E. sun,
meaning, the side towards the sun. [root]297. See Sun.]
1. That one of the four cardinal points directly opposite to
the north; the region or direction to the right or
direction to the right of a person who faces the east.
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2. A country, region, or place situated farther to the south
than another; the southern section of a country. "The
queen of the south." --Matt. xii. 42.
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3. Specifically: That part of the United States which is
south of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line.
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4. The wind from the south. [Obs.] --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
South \South\, a.
Lying toward the south; situated at the south, or in a
southern direction from the point of observation or
reckoning; proceeding toward the south, or coming from the
south; blowing from the south; southern; as, the south pole.
"At the south entry." --Shak.
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South-Sea tea (Bot.) See Yaupon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
South \South\, adv.
1. Toward the south; southward.
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2. From the south; as, the wind blows south. --Bacon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
South \South\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Southed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Southing.]
1. To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the
south.
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2. (Astron.) To come to the meridian; to cross the north and
south line; -- said chiefly of the moon; as, the moon
souths at nine.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
south
adv 1: in a southern direction; "we moved south" [syn: south,
to the south, in the south]
adj 1: situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the
south; "the south entrance" [ant: north]
n 1: the region of the United States lying to the south of the
Mason-Dixon line
2: the southern states that seceded from the United States in
1861 [syn: Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate
States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland]
3: the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees [syn:
south, due south, southward, S]
4: a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city
5: the direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass
point