Appendix:Dictionary notes/go

This is a classification of various treatments of the word "go" in various major dictionaries. The classification of senses is inexact, and may contain errors or redundancies. Corrections and additions are welcome.

Verb

gloss	W1913	WN	RHU	CC	DCE	OED	MW3	AHD	MQ4
move from one place to another	1	1	1	1	1a, 1b (in a particular way)	2a, 2b (manner), 2c (distance/speed), 30 (toward)	1a	1	1
walk	2					1a (obsolete)	3 (obsolete)	25
circulate / be passed	3				13	12a	10a (be valid)	6a (be valid)
proceed well/poorly	4	8	21	14	9	18a, 19a	6b, 6e	20a	18
contribute to a result	5		14	13		18b, 41a, 42	11e1, 18	14	12
undertake	6					3(II)
proceed by thought (going over/through)	7	14				26d
be pregnant (with)	8					7	4b
leave	9	3	2	3	4	21a	1c	2	2
perish, wear out	10	29	(26,28)
extend or connect (to)	11	7, 24 ("lead")	9	11	7	30c (lead), 43a (reach)	2f1, 2f2 (lead), 13b (reach)	4a (extend), 4b (lead)	8
resort (to)	12		25	31		33, 34a	7a, 8	3b	20
have a part in	1(II)		42			35c	5b(II)	5b(II)
bet / wager	2(II)		40 (informal)	3		36	4a(II)	4a(II) (informal)	33 (cards)
proceed with		2	3
become a certain way		4	4	7 (copula)		44	14a, 14b (change)	10b	29 (copula)
be allotted (to), be spent (on)		5	11	15	33	39a, 39b	11c (be spent), 11d1 (be awarded), 11d2 (be inherited)	13a, 13b
be discarded		9	20	27	47		5c	17b
be continuously in a state (~ hungry)		10	5	10	14	6	4a	10a
make a sound		11	23	8	20	10	6b(II)		32
function (engine won't ~)		12		6	17	8c, 8d (timepiece)	9c, 9d (timepiece)	5	4
survive (~ without food)		15		38			8a(II)
elapse		16	10	25a	37	11a	5b2	16b	9
die		17	27	24	32	28a	5b1	19	22
be a certain way (as xxx go)		18	13	17	42	15	6c	15b
start		19	29	4	16	22a	9a	24	24
have a turn		20
be able to divide (go into)		21	31	37		38a
be compatible (with)		23	17	18	41		16a	21	15
fit		25	18		12		17a (fit through), 17b	12b	16
rifle		26
choose (~ for)		28
be used up or spent		13, 27	19	28	33	25a (money)	5a2	17a	17
be expressed a certain way		6, 22	24	21	25	16	15a, 15b (poetry), 15c (song)	15a	19
act a certain way			6				13a?
fall into a state			7	9	8				5
be known (by, as)			8	19		14a	10c	11	7
be sold			12	16	34	24a	5d	7
result, turn out			15				6d		13
belong (at a place)			16	20	11	38b	17d	12a	14
move quickly or energetically			22
become ineffective; deteriorate			26	22	29 (deteriorate), 30	27a, 29d (living things)	5f	18a
collapse / give way			28	23		29	5g	18b	23
compose a quantity			30
contribute to a total			32						27
intend ("going to")			33	40	6a (intention), 6b (future)		7c (dialectal), 12	9
be permitted			34	34		18d (colloquial)	20a2	22b	25
have authority			35	35	30	18e (colloquial)	20a1	22a	26
make an effort ("go to …")			36	12
do something (go shopping)			37		5		9a(II)	3(II)
follow (a course)			41	25b, 25c		4a	2a, 1(II)	3a
yield (a quantity)			43			35f	7
assume (an obligation)			44				5a(II)
excrete (solid/liquid)			38 (informal)		48 (informal)	31f (colloquial)	21	23 (informal)	28 (colloquial)
tolerate			39 (informal)
enjoy			45 (informal)			35d (colloquial)	9b(II)	8 (informal)
say			46 (informal)	36 (nonstandard)	19 (spoken informal)	10b		9(II)	34a
move with a specific purpose (~ and get)				2	1c (US)	32	1e?
travel routinely				5
occur				26			6a
attend (go to school)				29	3a (party etc.), 3b (school etc.)	31a, 32d
join a profession				30		31c
put oneself (to)				32			7b
proceed (~ too far)				33		35a
move while doing something (~ jumping)					2
make a movement					18
make noise (intransitive)					26	9	9e1 (ring), 9e2
disappear, end (headache ~)					28	27a	5a1, 5h (cease to have effect)		21
pay / bid an amount (~ any higher)					35	35b	4b(II)(offer), 8b(II)	4b(II)
resign / be fired					46			10d
be sung, flow smoothly						17
be given up						26
be used (for a purpose) (~ to)						40
be told, pass from one person to another						13a	10b	6b
be considered						16b (obsolete)
succeed						19b	6f	20b
be passable						19c (mountaineering)
to live/exist						1b
to step a certain way						1c
continue on (~ one's way), be left alone (let it ~)						21b, 21e		1(II)
deviate (from)						21c
(rebuke)						21d
play music uninhibitedly						22b
be lost or out in cricket (wicket/batsman)						27b	5e1 (wicket), 5e2 (batsman)		3 (batsman)
faint						29b
be diseased, decayed						29c
pass through						2e	2(II)	2(II) (traverse)
ride to hounds						3 (hunting)	1d
copulate with (~to the bull)						31b
do something stupid (~ and done that)						32c		8 (informal)
try to						34b
bet (someone)						36b
to declare / accept						36c (cards)
be conveyed						37a	2c
be equivalent (to)						41c	11e2,
suffice; have use/purchasing value						43d
be turned into						44b
run, take a course						4c, 4d (manner)	(included in 2f1)
be led (by), to fall in line (with)						5a
be determined by						5b	11b
be in motion						8a	1b
have a certain kind of motion/action						8b	9b
strike the hour						9b	6a(II)
be playable by everyone (of a card suit)							19
act in accordance with							11a
be true; apply							20b
(with regard to) (as far as X ~)							20c
continue (to ~)								11c
originate in (~ back to)								16a
weight								6(II)
have a record of (~ X for Y)								7 (sports)
advance									6
think, say to oneself									34b
attack									35 (colloquial)

Noun

gloss	W1913	WN	RHU	CC	DCE	OED	MW3	AHD	MQ4
working	1 (obsolete)
incident	2 (slang)					3 (colloquial/vulgar)	3
the fashion	3 (colloquial)					8b	2
merriment	4 (colloquial)
glass of alcohol	5 (slang)					5c (colloquial)	4b
vitality	6 (colloquial)		48	51 (informal)	10 (UK)	2 (colloquial)	6	4 (informal)	37 (colloquial)
condition in cribbage	7					6b	5a, 5b
turn		1		50	2		7a		38 (colloquial)
ecstasy (drug)		2
attempt		3	49	49a	1	4 (colloquial)	7b	2
act of going			47		48	1	1	1	36
success			50	53 (informal)	3?	7a (colloquial)	9a
bargain			51 (informal)	54 (informal)		7b (colloquial)	9b		40 (US colloquial)
go-ahead			52 (informal)				1(II)	5a (informal)
contest / fight			53 (boxing)			4b (colloquial)	10		39 (colloquial)
quantity (of something)					4?	5	4a
delivery in skittles						6a
opportunity							7c
burst of activity							8a	3?
bout of illness						4c	8b
starting point (Go)								5b (informal)
something which is OK to proceed					6			5c (informal)
attempt to stop a criminal				49b	9c?
attack				49c	9b?

Adjective

gloss	W1913	WN	RHU	CC	DCE	OED	MW3	AHD	MQ4
ready			55			(included in 1)		(included in 1?)	(included in 41)
functional			56	58 (informal)		1	1	1 (informal)	41
fashionable						2