went

Meanings

Plural: wents

Verb

• change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically
  • "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"
• follow a procedure or take a course
  • "She went through a lot of trouble"
• move away from a place into another direction
• enter or assume a certain state or condition
  • "her face went red with anger"
  • "She went into ecstasy"
• be awarded; be allotted
  • "Her money went on clothes"
• have a particular form
• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point
• follow a certain course
  • "The inauguration went well"
• be abolished or discarded
• be or continue to be in a certain condition
  • "The children went hungry that day"
• make a certain noise or sound
  • "She went `Mmmmm'"
  • "The gun went `bang'"
• perform as expected when applied
• to be spent or finished
• progress by being changed
• continue to live through hardship or adversity
  • "We went without water and food for 3 days"
• pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action
  • "The day went well until I got your call"
• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  • "The patient went peacefully"
• be in the right place or situation
• be ranked or compare
• begin or set in motion
• have a turn; make one's move in a game
• be contained in
• be sounded, played, or expressed
• blend or harmonize
• lead, extend, or afford access
• be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired
• go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way
• be spent
  • "All my money went for food and rent"
• give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number
• stop operating or functioning
  • "The engine finally went"
  • "her eyesight went after the accident"
• simple past of go
• past participle of go
• simple past and past participle of wend

Noun

• A course; a way, a path; a journey.

Synonyms

become, belong, blend, blend in, break, break down, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, conk out, croak, decease, depart, die, drop dead, endure, eode, exit, expire, extend, fail, fit, function, gaed, get, get going, give out, give way, give-up the ghost, go, go away, go bad, gone, hold out, hold up, kick the bucket, last, lead, live, live on, locomote, move, operate, pass, pass away, perish, plump, pop off, proceed, rifle, run, run low, run short, snuff it, sound, start, survive, travel, wended, work, yead, yede, yode

Antonyms

be born, come, malfunction, stay in place, stop