south

1. south (noun) — sense 1

Definition: The direction towards the pole to the right-hand side of someone facing east, specifically 180°, or (on another celestial object) the direction towards the pole lying on the southern side of the invariable plane.

Example: Germany is south of Denmark.

2. south (noun) — sense 2

Definition: The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof.

Example: Just before independence (in 1955) the military garrison in the south rebelled and that was the beginning of a civil war between the north and the south ...

3. south (noun) — sense 3

Definition: In a church: the direction to the right-hand side of a person facing the altar.

Example: If candidates stand on the liturgical south facing the presider and liturgical assistants on the liturgical north, it will present better visual lines for the congregation than if they stand facing east and west with their backs toward the congregation.

4. south (adj) — sense 4

Definition: Toward the south; southward.

5. south (adj) — sense 5

Definition: from the south.

6. south (adj) — sense 6

Definition: Of or pertaining to the south; southern.

7. south (adv) — sense 7

Definition: Toward the south; southward.

Example: When folks from Nags Head want to get away from it all, they head south—and so did I, across the bridge over Oregon Inlet to reach Hatteras Island.

8. south (adv) — sense 8

Definition: Downward.

9. south (adv) — sense 9

Definition: In an adverse direction or trend.

Example: His fortunes have been going south ever since he was tricked into investing in that ostrich farm.

10. south (verb) — sense 10

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

11. south (verb) — sense 11

Definition: To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line.

Example: The moon souths at nine.