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This is a classification of various treatments of the word "go " in various major dictionaries. The classification of senses is inexact, and may contain errors or redundancies. Corrections and additions are welcome.
gloss
W1913
WN
RHU
CC
DCE
OED
MW3
AHD
MQ4
move from one place to another
1
1
1
1
1a, 1b (in a particular way)
2a, 2b (manner), 2c (distance/speed), 30 (toward)
1a
1
1
walk
2
1a (obsolete)
3 (obsolete)
25
circulate / be passed
3
13
12a
10a (be valid)
6a (be valid)
proceed well/poorly
4
8
21
14
9
18a, 19a
6b, 6e
20a
18
contribute to a result
5
14
13
18b, 41a, 42
11e1, 18
14
12
undertake
6
3(II)
proceed by thought (going over/through)
7
14
26d
be pregnant (with)
8
7
4b
leave
9
3
2
3
4
21a
1c
2
2
perish, wear out
10
29
(26,28)
extend or connect (to)
11
7, 24 ("lead")
9
11
7
30c (lead), 43a (reach)
2f1, 2f2 (lead), 13b (reach)
4a (extend), 4b (lead)
8
resort (to)
12
25
31
33, 34a
7a, 8
3b
20
have a part in
1(II)
42
35c
5b(II)
5b(II)
bet / wager
2(II)
40 (informal)
3
36
4a(II)
4a(II) (informal)
33 (cards)
proceed with
2
3
become a certain way
4
4
7 (copula)
44
14a, 14b (change)
10b
29 (copula)
be allotted (to), be spent (on)
5
11
15
33
39a, 39b
11c (be spent), 11d1 (be awarded), 11d2 (be inherited)
13a, 13b
be discarded
9
20
27
47
5c
17b
be continuously in a state (~ hungry)
10
5
10
14
6
4a
10a
make a sound
11
23
8
20
10
6b(II)
32
function (engine won't ~)
12
6
17
8c, 8d (timepiece)
9c, 9d (timepiece)
5
4
survive (~ without food)
15
38
8a(II)
elapse
16
10
25a
37
11a
5b2
16b
9
die
17
27
24
32
28a
5b1
19
22
be a certain way (as xxx go)
18
13
17
42
15
6c
15b
start
19
29
4
16
22a
9a
24
24
have a turn
20
be able to divide (go into)
21
31
37
38a
be compatible (with)
23
17
18
41
16a
21
15
fit
25
18
12
17a (fit through), 17b
12b
16
rifle
26
choose (~ for)
28
be used up or spent
13, 27
19
28
33
25a (money)
5a2
17a
17
be expressed a certain way
6, 22
24
21
25
16
15a, 15b (poetry), 15c (song)
15a
19
act a certain way
6
13a?
fall into a state
7
9
8
5
be known (by, as)
8
19
14a
10c
11
7
be sold
12
16
34
24a
5d
7
result, turn out
15
6d
13
belong (at a place)
16
20
11
38b
17d
12a
14
move quickly or energetically
22
become ineffective; deteriorate
26
22
29 (deteriorate), 30
27a, 29d (living things)
5f
18a
collapse / give way
28
23
29
5g
18b
23
compose a quantity
30
contribute to a total
32
27
intend ("going to")
33
40
6a (intention), 6b (future)
7c (dialectal), 12
9
be permitted
34
34
18d (colloquial)
20a2
22b
25
have authority
35
35
30
18e (colloquial)
20a1
22a
26
make an effort ("go to …")
36
12
do something (go shopping)
37
5
9a(II)
3(II)
follow (a course)
41
25b, 25c
4a
2a, 1(II)
3a
yield (a quantity)
43
35f
7
assume (an obligation)
44
5a(II)
excrete (solid/liquid)
38 (informal)
48 (informal)
31f (colloquial)
21
23 (informal)
28 (colloquial)
tolerate
39 (informal)
enjoy
45 (informal)
35d (colloquial)
9b(II)
8 (informal)
say
46 (informal)
36 (nonstandard)
19 (spoken informal)
10b
9(II)
34a
move with a specific purpose (~ and get)
2
1c (US)
32
1e?
travel routinely
5
occur
26
6a
attend (go to school)
29
3a (party etc.), 3b (school etc.)
31a, 32d
join a profession
30
31c
put oneself (to)
32
7b
proceed (~ too far)
33
35a
move while doing something (~ jumping)
2
make a movement
18
make noise (intransitive)
26
9
9e1 (ring), 9e2
disappear, end (headache ~)
28
27a
5a1, 5h (cease to have effect)
21
pay / bid an amount (~ any higher)
35
35b
4b(II)(offer), 8b(II)
4b(II)
resign / be fired
46
10d
be sung, flow smoothly
17
be given up
26
be used (for a purpose) (~ to)
40
be told, pass from one person to another
13a
10b
6b
be considered
16b (obsolete)
succeed
19b
6f
20b
be passable
19c (mountaineering)
to live/exist
1b
to step a certain way
1c
continue on (~ one's way), be left alone (let it ~)
21b, 21e
1(II)
deviate (from)
21c
(rebuke)
21d
play music uninhibitedly
22b
be lost or out in cricket (wicket/batsman)
27b
5e1 (wicket), 5e2 (batsman)
3 (batsman)
faint
29b
be diseased, decayed
29c
pass through
2e
2(II)
2(II) (traverse)
ride to hounds
3 (hunting)
1d
copulate with (~to the bull)
31b
do something stupid (~ and done that)
32c
8 (informal)
try to
34b
bet (someone)
36b
to declare / accept
36c (cards)
be conveyed
37a
2c
be equivalent (to)
41c
11e2,
suffice; have use/purchasing value
43d
be turned into
44b
run, take a course
4c, 4d (manner)
(included in 2f1)
be led (by), to fall in line (with)
5a
be determined by
5b
11b
be in motion
8a
1b
have a certain kind of motion/action
8b
9b
strike the hour
9b
6a(II)
be playable by everyone (of a card suit)
19
act in accordance with
11a
be true; apply
20b
(with regard to) (as far as X ~)
20c
continue (to ~)
11c
originate in (~ back to)
16a
weight
6(II)
have a record of (~ X for Y)
7 (sports)
advance
6
think, say to oneself
34b
attack
35 (colloquial)
gloss
W1913
WN
RHU
CC
DCE
OED
MW3
AHD
MQ4
working
1 (obsolete)
incident
2 (slang)
3 (colloquial/vulgar)
3
the fashion
3 (colloquial)
8b
2
merriment
4 (colloquial)
glass of alcohol
5 (slang)
5c (colloquial)
4b
vitality
6 (colloquial)
48
51 (informal)
10 (UK)
2 (colloquial)
6
4 (informal)
37 (colloquial)
condition in cribbage
7
6b
5a, 5b
turn
1
50
2
7a
38 (colloquial)
ecstasy (drug)
2
attempt
3
49
49a
1
4 (colloquial)
7b
2
act of going
47
48
1
1
1
36
success
50
53 (informal)
3?
7a (colloquial)
9a
bargain
51 (informal)
54 (informal)
7b (colloquial)
9b
40 (US colloquial)
go-ahead
52 (informal)
1(II)
5a (informal)
contest / fight
53 (boxing)
4b (colloquial)
10
39 (colloquial)
quantity (of something)
4?
5
4a
delivery in skittles
6a
opportunity
7c
burst of activity
8a
3?
bout of illness
4c
8b
starting point (Go)
5b (informal)
something which is OK to proceed
6
5c (informal)
attempt to stop a criminal
49b
9c?
attack
49c
9b?
gloss
W1913
WN
RHU
CC
DCE
OED
MW3
AHD
MQ4
ready
55
(included in 1)
(included in 1?)
(included in 41)
functional
56
58 (informal)
1
1
1 (informal)
41
fashionable
2
