- north
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♦also North1) N-UNCOUNT: also the N The north is the direction which is on your left when you are looking towards the direction where the sun rises.
In the north the ground becomes very cold as the winter snow and ice covers the ground...
Birds usually migrate from north to south.
2) N-SING: usu the N, oft N of n The north of a place, country, or region is the part which is in the north.The scheme mostly benefits people in the North and Midlands where rateable values were lowest.
...a tiny house in a village in the north of France.
3) ADV: ADV after v If you go north, you travel towards the north.Anita drove north up Pacific Highway.
4) ADV: usu ADV of n Something that is north of a place is positioned to the north of it.That's a little village a few miles north of Portsmouth, off the old London Road.
5) ADJ: ADJ n The north edge, corner, or part of a place or country is the part which is towards the north....the north side of the mountain...
They were coming in to land on the north coast of Crete.
6) ADJ: ADJ n `North' is used in the names of some countries, states, and regions in the north of a larger area.There were demonstrations this weekend in cities throughout North America, Asia and Europe.
7) ADJ: ADJ n A north wind is a wind that blows from the north....a bitterly cold north wind.
English dictionary. 2008.
