south

noun souths

1. countable, uncountable 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. Germany is south of Denmark.
2. countable, uncountable The southern region or area; the inhabitants thereof. 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. countable, uncountable In a church: the direction to the right-hand side of a person facing the altar. 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. countable, uncountable The negative or south pole of a magnet.

adjective

1. not comparable Toward the south; southward.
2. not comparable, of wind from the south.
3. not comparable Of or pertaining to the south; southern.
4. not comparable Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic. south highway 1
5. not comparable Designating, or situated in, the liturgical south. Throughout the book I refer directionally to the altar and chancel of St. Andrew's as situated at ecclesiastical east (to avoid overcomplicating matters), not geographical or magnetic southeast. Thus, […] The north side faces the river (beyond the subdivision behind the church), and the south side,

adverb further south · farther south · furthest south · farthest south

1. Toward the south; southward. 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.
2. Downward.
3. figuratively In an adverse direction or trend. His fortunes have been going south ever since he was tricked into investing in that ostrich farm.

   Similar: sideways

4. Of wind, from the south.

verb souths · southing · southed

1. intransitive To turn or move toward the south; to veer toward the south.
2. intransitive To come to the meridian; to cross the north and south line. The moon souths at nine.

proper noun the South · Souths

1. US, countable, uncountable The Southern United States. Holonyms: United States, United States of America, U.S., US, USA < North America < Earth < Solar System < Orion Arm < Milky Way < Local Group < Virgo Supercluster < Laniakea < Universe

   Similar: American South, Southland, Dixie, Dixieland

2. countable, uncountable Southern England. Holonyms: England < Great Britain, Britain < United Kingdom, UK < Earth, World < Solar System < Orion Arm < Milky Way < Local Group < Virgo Supercluster < Laniakea < Universe
3. India, countable, uncountable The southern states of India.

   Similar: South India

4. countable, uncountable The Global South.
5. UK, countable, uncountable Antarctica. Over three weeks in 2019, Kaefer spent time at three English-speaking Antarctic stations observing and gathering data from workers based on what the US station refers to as “The Ice”, or the British call the “South”.
6. countable, uncountable A surname.
7. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, informal, uncountable Ellipsis of South College, Durham.

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