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Adjective gone has 6 senses

away, gone, departed - not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away"; "everyone is gone now"; "the departed guests"
Antonym: present (indirect, via absent)
done for, kaput, gone - destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese"
Antonym: preserved (indirect, via destroyed)
asleep, at peace, at rest, deceased, departed, gone - dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend"
Antonym: alive (indirect, via dead)
gone, expended, spent - having all been spent; "the money is all gone"
Antonym: unexhausted (indirect, via exhausted)
bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone - well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era"
Antonym: present (indirect, via future, past)
Antonym: future (indirect, via past, present)
gone - no longer retained; "gone with the wind"
Antonym: found (indirect, via lost)

Verb go has 30 senses

travel, go, move, locomote - change location; move, travel, or proceed; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"
Sample sentence:
The children go to the playground
go, proceed, move - follow a procedure or take a course; "We should go farther in this matter"; "She went through a lot of trouble"; "go about the world in a certain manner"; "Messages must go through diplomatic channels"
--₂ is one way to act, move
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
Somebody ----s PP
go, go away, depart - move away from a place into another direction; "Go away before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon"
--₃ is one way to exit, go out, get out, leave
Antonyms: come, come up

Derived forms: noun goer₁, noun going₁
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
become, go, get - enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"
--₄ is one way to change state, turn
Sample sentence:
Water and oil go into the bowl
go - be awarded; be allotted; "The first prize goes to Mary"; "Her money went on clothes"
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
run, go - have a particular form; "the story or argument runs as follows"; "as the saying goes..."
--₆ is one way to be
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
run, go, pass, lead, extend - stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets"
--₇ is one way to be
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
proceed, go - follow a certain course; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?"
--₈ is one way to happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
go - be abolished or discarded; "These ugly billboards have to go!"; "These luxuries all had to go under the Khmer Rouge"
--₉ is one way to disappear, vanish, go away
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
go - be or continue to be in a certain condition; "The children went hungry that day"
--₁₀ is one way to be
Sample sentences:
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
sound, go - make a certain noise or sound; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'"
--₁₁ is one way to cause to be perceived
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Somebody ----s Adjective
function, work, operate, go, run - perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"
Sample sentence:
These cars won't go
run low, run short, go - to be spent or finished; "The money had gone after a few days"; "Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest"
--₁₃ is one way to end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
move, go, run - progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting"
--₁₄ is one way to change
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out - continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents"
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
go - pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action; "How is it going?"; "The day went well until I got your call"

Derived form: noun going₃
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass - pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"
--₁₇ is one way to change state, turn

Derived form: noun going₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
belong, go - be in the right place or situation; "Where do these books belong?"; "Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government"; "Where do these books go?"
--₁₈ is one way to be
Sample sentence:
The chairs go in the corner
go - be ranked or compare; "This violinist is as good as Juilliard-trained violinists go"
--₁₉ is one way to compare
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
start, go, get going - begin or set in motion; "I start at eight in the morning"; "Ready, set, go!"
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
move, go - have a turn; make one's move in a game; "Can I go now?"

Derived form: noun go₁
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue go
go - be contained in; "How many times does 18 go into 54?"
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
go - be sounded, played, or expressed; "How does this song go again?"
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
blend, go, blend in - blend or harmonize; "This flavor will blend with those in your dish"; "This sofa won't go with the chairs"
--₂₄ is one way to harmonize, harmonise, consort, accord, concord, fit in, agree
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
go, lead - lead, extend, or afford access; "This door goes to the basement"; "The road runs South"
--₂₅ is one way to be
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
fit, go - be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired; "This piece won't fit into the puzzle"
--₂₆ is one way to fit
Sample sentence:
Something ----s
rifle, go - go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way; "Who rifled through my desk drawers?"
--₂₇ is one way to search
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
go - be spent; "All my money went for food and rent"
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
plump, go - give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number; "I plumped for the losing candidates"
--₂₉ is one way to choose, take, select, pick out
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down - stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"
--₃₀ is one way to change
Sample sentence:
These cars won't go