south

[south]

The region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason Dixon line

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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.

Noun
any region lying in or toward the south

Noun
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861

Noun
the region of the United States lying south of the Mason-Dixon Line

Noun
the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees

Adjective
situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south; "the south entrance"

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Adverb
in a southern direction; "we moved south"


n.
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.

n.
A country, region, or place situated farther to the south than another; the southern section of a country.

n.
Specifically: That part of the United States which is south of Mason and Dixon's line. See under Line.

n.
The wind from the 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.

adv.
Toward the south; southward.

adv.
From the south; as, the wind blows south.

v. i.
To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.

v. i.
To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line; -- said chiefly of the moon; as, the moon souths at nine.


South

South (?; by sailors sou), n. [OE. south, suþ, AS. s&umac;&edh; for sun&edh;; akin to D. zuid, OHG. sund, G. s'81d, s'81den, Icel. su&edh;r, sunnr, Dan. syd, s'94nden, Sw. syd, s'94der, 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. 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

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. South-Sea tea (Bot.) See Yaupon.

South

South, adv. 1. Toward the south; southward. 2. From the south; as, the wind blows south. Bacon.

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. 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.

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.

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.

, adv. 1. Toward the south; southward.

To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.

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Usage Examples

I know that my grandfather is 92 years old. And he has seen this country evolve in amazing ways. He looks at South Carolina and he says, wow, what an amazing state that we have the blessing to live within because of the evolution.

As far as those kinds of things, I also played at the concert to call for the release of Nelson Mandela when he was a political prisoner in South Africa. We were celebrating his 70th birthday and calling for his release.

And we turned off and 30 miles south they're standing in the middle of our road blocking our way, stopped the car, got out, took us through the path in the woods, where the craft was on the ground.

For years I have been going to the South of France to cool out.

I grew up on the South Side of Chicago, north Beverly. It was cool, everybody's cool on the block.

As a gay Jewish white South African, I belong to quite a lot of minority groups. You constantly have to question who you are, what you are and whether you have the courage to be who you are.

I came back from university thinking I knew all about politics and racism, not knowing my dad had been one of the youngest-serving Labour councillors in the town and had refused to work in South Africa years ago because of the situation there. And he's never mentioned it - you just find out. That's a real man to me. A sleeping lion.

Downtown, one has less time. But there are in Europe much people who have the faith, in South America, too.

Even though I have a nice house, nice family, the rest of my generation is still in South Central L.A. My cousins, my brothers, my sisters, they don't wanna move out. They don't want to and they don't have the means to sustain it. That's where my heart is and that's what I think about all the time.

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Other Usage Examples

'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' is a good one because it not only turned out, I think, to be a really funny movie but it was also a delight to shoot. We were in the South of France, working with Glenne Headly and Michael Caine and Frank Oz the director - who were just fun.

I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it that Americans need to hear their happiness major and their tragedy minor, and as jazzy as they can handle is a seventh chord? Are they not experiencing complex emotions?

And I come here as a daughter, raised on the South Side of Chicago - by a father who was a blue-collar city worker and a mother who stayed at home with my brother and me.

Harvard Medical School, the University of South Florida and the American Psychiatric Association have all conducted studies showing that the earlier one begins gambling, the more likely it is he or she will become an addicted, problem gambler.

I knew I had to get out of Boston and stop making movies there, at least for one movie, otherwise no one would ever consider me for a movie that took place south of Providence.

Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa's leading organization - and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think.

Every Teen Challenge ministry is responsible for raising its own finances, but we assist these works with finances, prayer and counseling, especially overseas in areas such as Siberia, Africa, South America.

I grew up in South Africa and I would look at maps and we were at the bottom of the world. There was this whole thing up there. I was always reading encyclopedias about the world. So travel was something I was always attracted to.

Everybody now admits that apartheid was wrong, and all I did was tell the people who wanted to know where I come from how we lived in South Africa. I just told the world the truth. And if my truth then becomes political, I can't do anything about that.

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