north | |
1. n. One of the four major compass points, specifically 0°, directed toward the North Pole, and conventionally upwards on a map, abbreviated as N. | |
Minnesota is in the north of the USA. | |
2. n. The up or positive direction. | |
Stock prices are heading north. | |
3. n. Above or higher | |
4. n. (physics) The positive or north pole of a magnet, which seeks the magnetic pole near Earth's geographic North Pole (which, for its magnetic properties, is a south pole). | |
5. adj. Of or pertaining to the north; northern. | |
He lived in north Germany. | |
She entered through the north gate. | |
6. adj. Toward the north; northward. | |
7. adj. (meteorology) Of wind, from the north. | |
The north wind was cold. | |
8. adj. Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by northbound traffic. | |
north highway 1 | |
9. adj. (colloquial) More or greater than. | |
The wedding ended up costing north of $50,000. | |
10. adv. Toward the north; northward. | |
Switzerland is north of Italy. | |
We headed north. | |
11. v. (obsolete, intransitive) To turn or move toward the north. | |