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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (5)

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;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south;
- Example: "the south entrance"


ADVERB (1)

1. in a southern direction;
- Example: "we moved south"
[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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. Specifically: That part of the United States which is south of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line. [1913 Webster] 4. The wind from the south. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] South-Sea tea (Bot.) See Yaupon. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

South \South\, adv. 1. Toward the south; southward. [1913 Webster] 2. From the south; as, the wind blows south. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
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