good
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (of people or animals)Examples: "good intentions"; "c. 1525, The Example of Euyll Tongues, page a3 rectoː Yf ony man wolde begynne his synnes to reny / Or ony good people that fro vyce dyde refrayne / What so euer he were that to vertue wolde applye / But an yll tonge wyll all ouer throwe agayne If any man would begin to renounce his sins, / Or any good people who refrained from vice, / Whatsoever he who wished to apply himself to virtue might be, / Still an ill tongue would overthrow it all again."; "When we are happy, we are always good, but when we are good, we are not always happy."Synonyms: goodness
2. (of people or animals)Examples: "a good swimmer"; "Flatter him it may, I confess, (as those are generally good at flattering who are good for nothing else,) but in the meantime the poor man is left under the fatal necessity of a needless delusion"; "Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house ; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something ; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall."Synonyms: accomplished
3. (of people or animals)Examples: "Can you lend me fifty dollars? You know I'm good for it."
4. (of people or animals)Examples: "Be good while your mother and I are out."; "Were you a good boy for the babysitter?"
5. (of people or animals)Examples: "Would you like a glass of water? — I'm good."; "[Are] you good? — Yeah, I'm fine."; "Gimme another beer! — I think you're good."US
6. (of people or animals)Examples: "My mother said she's good with me being alone with my date as long as she's met them first."; "The soup is rather spicy. Are you good with that, or would you like something else?"colloquial
adv (English)
1. (informal) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.Examples: "When you're cleaning these racks, you've got to get in there good, because the quality system specifies it."; "The boy done good."; "If Silvertip refuses to give you the horse, grab him before he can draw a weapon, and beat him good. You're big enough to do it."informal
noun (English)
1. (uncountable) The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.Examples: "And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes. He said that if you wanted to do anything for them, you must rule them, not pamper them. Soft heartedness caused more harm than good."; "AI engineers hold in their hands the power to do extraordinary good—closing gaps in education, unlocking medical breakthroughs, accelerating climate solutions—or, if they lose sight of the people their creations serve, to cause deep harm."Antonyms: bad, eviluncountable
2. (countable) A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.Antonyms: badcountable
3. (uncountable) The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.Examples: "The best is the enemy of the good."; "He is an influence for good on those girls."; "There be many that say, Who will show us any good? Lord lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us."uncountable
4. (countable, usually in the plural) An item of merchandise.Examples: "Thy lands and goods / Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate / Unto the state of Venice."countableplural-normally
verb (English)
1. (intransitive, now) To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.dialectalintransitive
2. (transitive) To make good; turn to good; improve.dialectaltransitive
3. (intransitive) To make improvements or repairs.dialectalintransitive
4. (intransitive) To benefit; gain.dialectalintransitive
5. (transitive) To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.dialectaltransitive
6. (transitive) To satisfy; indulge; gratify.dialectaltransitive
verb (English)
1. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.Examples: "April 5 1628, Bishop Joseph Hall, The Blessings, Sins, and Judgments of God's Vineyard Nature was like itself , in it , in the world : God hath taken it in from the barren downs , and gooded it : his choice did not find , but make it thus"Scotlanddialectaltransitive
adj (English)
1. (Internet slang, offensive, ethnic slur) Of a black person, dead or killed.Examples: "Another evil nigger made good. I love a good news story."; "Sow Sheeboon Savannah Jeanne Walker of Louisville, KY was made good in a shooting at cRap show called 'A Boogie With The Hoodie' Saturday night at the Tim Faulkner Art Gallery. 5 other niggers were shot and are expected to survive. No suspooks have been captured."; "The usual nigger nonsense from da fambly. He beez a good daddy to his keeids (I wonder how many more keeids this useless nigger has that the media didn't tell us about.) He wuz juss mindin' his own bidness when da popo got in da way. He din do nuffins. The BLM niggers and their lovers will be chimping out for sure. LEO's already have a tough job as it is, dealing with niggers has to be the worst part of the job. I'm glad that coon was made good."Synonyms: all right, decent, not badInternetdialectalethnicnot-comparableoffensiveslur
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Definition source: Wiktionary