south Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
  2. noun the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
    Dixie; Dixieland; Confederacy; Confederate States of America; Confederate States.
  3. noun the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees
    due south; S; southward.
  4. noun a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city
  5. noun the direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point
  6. adjective situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south
    • the south entrance
  7. adverb in a southern direction
    to the south; in the south.
    • we moved south

WordNet

South noun
Etymology
OE. south, suþ, AS. s&umac;&edh; for sun&edh;; akin to D. zuid, OHG. sund, G. süd, süden, Icel. su&edh;r, sunnr, Dan. syd, sönden, Sw. syd, söder, sunnan; all probably akin to E. sun, meaning, the side towards the sun. See Sun.
Definitions
  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.
  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.
  3. Specifically: That part of the United States which is south of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line.
  4. The wind from the south. Obs. Shak.
South adjective
Definitions
  1. 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.
South
Definitions
  1. , adv.
  2. Toward the south; southward.
  3. From the south; as, the wind blows south. Bacon.
South intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Southed ; present participle & verbal noun Southing
Definitions
  1. To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.
  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.

Webster 1913