English words: go hungry to goal-directed

300 English words, part 46 of 84 of the words starting with G, A to Z. 6 have a page of their own.

English words go hungry to goal-directed

go hungry verb: To miss a meal.
go hunting where the ducks are verb: Alternative form of hunt where the ducks are.
go in verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, in.
go in at one ear and at out the other verb: Alternative form of go in one ear and out the other.
go in circles verb: Alternative form of go round in circles.
go in for verb: To enter a competition.
go in off verb: To pot the cue ball accidentally after hitting the object ball.
go in on verb: To contribute money for a joint purchase.
go in one ear and out the other verb: To be heard but not attended to, when a person fails to pay attention.
go in the out door verb: To engage in anal sex.
go in unto verb: Of a man: to have sexual intercourse with (a woman).
go in with verb: To commit to something with; to partner with.
go into verb: To get involved in; to investigate or explore.
go into detail verb: To explain or discuss something more fully by providing extra information, specifics, or examples.
go into one's shell verb: To act defensively.
go into the long grass verb: Synonym of kick into the long grass.
go it verb: To act or behave in a certain manner, especially in an excessively bold, forceful, or audacious manner.
go it alone adjective, verb /ˈɡəʊ ɪt əˈləʊn/: To do something alone or independently, especially something that is normally or better done in groups.
go-it-aloner noun: One who goes it alone, who works independently.
go it blind verb: To act in a rash, reckless, or headlong manner.
go it, ye cripples phrase: Synonym of go it (“keep it up; term of encouragement”).
go it, you cripples phrase: Alternative form of go it, ye cripples.
go-itis noun: The tendency to continue with a plan or course of action despite changing circumstances.
go juice noun: Alternative form of go-go juice.
go jump off a bridge phrase: Synonym of go jump off a cliff
go kaflooey verb: To turn out wrong; to cease to function or exist.
go-kart noun, verb: Alternative spelling of go-cart.
go-karting noun: The sport of racing or riding on go-karts (small racing cars with lightweight or skeleton bodies) around a track.
go large verb: To have the wind at such an angle to the sail that the vessel gains its highest speed.
go left verb: To take a turn for the worse, to go horribly wrong.
go like a dream verb: to go extremely well.
go-live noun: The date on which a system goes live.
go long verb: To buy a financial product, such as a share, so as to profit from a rise in its value; compare go short.
go mad verb: To become insane.
go mental verb: To become extremely angry.
go missing verb: To disappear without explanation; to become lost.
go moggy verb: To go without restraint; to go wild; to be adventurous.
go'n contraction, verb: Alternative form of gonna
go nap verb: In the game of napoleon, to declare all five tricks a success, rewarded by a double payment all-round.
go nap on verb: Alternative form of go nap
go narrow verb: To focus on one thing, person, topic or aspect of a situation.
go native verb: To adopt the lifestyle or outlook of local inhabitants, especially when dwelling in a colonial region.
go negative verb: To focus on attacking political opponents rather than promoting oneself.
go night-night verb: To go to sleep; to fall asleep.
go/no-go noun: A two-step verification process that is passed only when the "go" condition is met and the "no-go" condition is not met.
go nowhere verb: To fail to progress, to fail to attain a favorable result or outcome.
go nowhere fast verb: To fail to make any progress.
go nuclear verb: To acquire nuclear weapons.
go nuts verb: To become mad.
go off noun, verb: To explode.
go off at a tangent verb: Alternative form of go off on a tangent.
go off at half cock verb: Alternative form of go off half-cocked.
go off at halfcock verb: Alternative form of go off half-cocked.
go off at score verb: To break suddenly into a gallop.
go off half-cocked verb: To take a premature or ill-considered action.
go off halfcocked verb: Alternative form of go off half-cocked.
go off into the weeds verb: To go hopelessly astray.
go off on a tangent verb: Synonym of fly off at a tangent.
go off on one verb: To launch into an animated diatribe, or passionate description or explanation of something.
go off the boil verb: To cease to boil when heat is no longer applied.
go off the handle verb: To die.
go off the res verb: Synonym of go off the reservation.
go off the reservation verb: To leave an Indian reservation to which one was restricted.
go off the rez verb: Synonym of go off the reservation.
go on interjection, noun, verb /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/: To continue in extent.
go on by verb: To continue with normal business; to go about one's day; to ignore potential distractions and continue with the task at hand.
go on fire verb: To catch fire.
go on holiday verb: To experience a period of time away from home, school, or business in order to relax or travel.
go on one's merry way verb: To depart.
go on record verb: To say something, especially something controversial, while on the record; to take a position publicly.
go on strike verb: Synonym of walk out (“to stage a walkout or strike”).
go on the account verb: To become a pirate; to join a pirating or filibustering expedition.
go on the mitch verb: to skip school; to play truant
go on the scout verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, scout.; to go on a scouting mission.
go on then phrase: used to accept an offer
go on vacation verb: Synonym of go on holiday.
go on with you interjection: Synonym of get along with you (“light-hearted expression of disbelief”).
go one better verb: To take a bet and add another to it.
go one's own way verb: To act on one's own or according to one's own wishes, without regard of the advice of others.
go one's way verb: To set forth on a path; to depart.
go one's ways verb: Alternative form of go one's way (“to depart”).
go or blow verb: Of a car or its engine: to perform either very well or not at all.
go order noun: A police order that temporarily bans a perpetrator of domestic violence from the family home, preventing the victim from having to flee.
go out noun, verb: To leave, especially a building.
go out like a light verb: To fall asleep quickly.
go out of one's way verb: To make an extra effort, so as to help or hinder.
go out on a limb verb: To take a risk.
go out swinging verb: Synonym of go down swinging.
go out with a bang verb: To depart from a place or situation in a grand or dramatic fashion.
go out with the ark verb: To become obsolete.
go outside interjection: An insult suggesting that a person posting online is out of touch with reality and should spend time outdoors and/or away from the Internet.
go over verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, over.
go over as well as a lead balloon verb: Alternative form of go over like a lead balloon.
go over like a lead balloon verb: To fail to gain acceptance: to be received poorly.
go over like a lead zeppelin verb: To be received negatively by others.
go over someone's head verb: To take up an issue with another person's boss or other superior rather than beginning or continuing to deal with the original person.
go over to the majority verb: To die.
go overboard verb: To fall out of a vessel.
go past verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, past.
go pear shaped verb /ɡəʊ ˈpɛəʃeɪpt/: To go awry; to go wrong.
go pearshaped verb: Alternative form of go pear-shaped.
go-ped noun: A scooter powered by an internal combustion engine.
go pedal noun: Synonym of accelerator, accelerator pedal
go Pete Tong verb: To go wrong.
go phut verb: To come to an abrupt end; to cease working, especially suddenly or with a noise.
go pill noun: Any drug used to promote wakefulness, such as amphetamine.
go piss girl interjection: Said to someone when they say they have to use the bathroom.
go pitapat verb: To palpitate
go places verb: To make progress or achieve success.
go platinum verb: (of an LP or CD) To sell some specified number of copies (currently 1 million in the US) and be awarded a platinum record.
go poof verb: to disappear
go postal verb /ˌɡəʊ ˈpəʊstl̩/: To become aggressive and erratic, especially due to stress; specifically, to carry out a shooting spree at a workplace environment; also (more generally) to...
go potty verb: To go and use the potty: to leave in order to urinate or defecate.
go public verb: To make something public; to announce publicly or to the press.
go quietly verb: To leave one's current location or position without protest or kicking up a fuss.
go rogue verb: To begin to behave in an erratic, uncontrolled, dangerous, destructive, or savage way.
go round noun, verb: To physically swirl or rotate.
go round in circles verb: To repeatedly do the same thing without making any progress.
go round the houses verb: Alternative form of go around the houses.
go round with verb: Synonym of go around with.
go-see noun: Synonym of look-see (“audition for visual appraisal”).
go set verb: To fail to make bid, thereby earning a negative score.
go short verb: To have an insufficient amount.
go-show noun: The situation where a passenger checks in at an airport in the hope of getting an earlier flight than was reserved.
go sing verb: Synonym of go whistle.
go slap off on verb: To go off on; to raise hell at.
go slow noun: A period of time spent in an unusually slow fashion.
go snake verb: To act in an erratic or unrestrained manner.
go so far as verb: To reach an unexpected extent in doing something.
go soak your head interjection: Synonym of get bent.
go soft verb: To be mediocre or not particularly excellent.
go someone, it's your birthday interjection: Used to cheer for the named person.
go sour verb: To spoil, rot, become sour.
go south verb: To become unfavorable; to decrease; to take a turn for the worse.
go spare verb: To be available or unused.
go steady verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, steady.
go stone noun: Any of the black and white stones used in the game of go.
go-stop noun: A popular Korean card game played with hwatu cards, similar to the Japanese game of koi-koi.
go straight verb: To discontinue engaging in criminal acts; to become a law-abiding person.
go strong verb: To do well; to succeed.
go supernova verb: To explode in a supernova.
go team noun: A team of specialists that is called on as a task force to quickly respond to and investigate accidents.
go tell your mother she wants you phrase: Synonym of go fly a kite.
go the distance verb: To participate in a boxing match for its maximum number of rounds.
go the entire animal verb: Synonym of go the whole hog.
go the entire swine verb: Synonym of go the whole hog.
go the extra mile verb /ˈɡəʊ ði ˈɛk.stɹə ˈmaɪl/: To make an extra effort; to do a particularly good job.
go the route verb: To pitch for an entire game, without a relief pitcher.
go the way of verb: To end up the same way as; to undergo the same fate as.
go the way of all flesh verb: To die; to follow a course leading to death or extinction.
go the way of all the earth verb: To die.
go the way of the dinosaurs verb: To go extinct or become obsolete; to fall out of common use or practice; to become a thing of the past.
go the way of the dodo verb /ˈɡəʊ ðə ˌweɪ ə(v)ðə ˈdəʊdəʊ/: To go extinct or become obsolete or defunct; to fall out of common practice or use; to become a thing of the past.
go the way of the dodo bird verb /ˈɡəʊ ðə ˌweɪ ə(v)ðə ˈdəʊdəʊ bɜːd/: Alternative form of go the way of the dodo.
go the whole hog verb /ˈɡəʊ ðə həʊl ˈhɒɡ/: To do something as completely or entirely as possible; to hold back or reserve nothing.
go the whole pile verb: To stake all of one's money on a single outcome.
go their separate ways verb: Of two or more people, to cease travelling or spending time together; to depart with different destinations.
go there verb: To discuss a subject that is usually avoided as taboo or controversial.
go through verb: To travel from one end of something to the other.
go through fire and water verb: To undertake any amount of trouble or risk to achieve some end.
go through great lengths verb: Misconstruction of go to great lengths.
go through hell verb: To have a miserable experience.
go through hoops verb: Alternative form of jump through hoops.
go through the attitudes verb: To act something out physically; to mime.
go through the gears verb: To gain momentum; to get up to speed.
go through the mill verb: To experience the suffering or discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state.
go through the motions verb: To do something in a mechanical, unreflective manner, especially as a matter of routine and without commitment or enthusiasm; to perform a task perfunctorily.
go through the trouble verb: Alternative form of go to the trouble.
go through with verb: To carry out (something planned or promised); to proceed with or continue with.
go to adjective, noun, verb /ˈɡoʊˌtu/: Desired; desirable; of choice.
go to bat verb: To be the individual or team that is currently batting; to play offense.
go to bed verb: To lie down to sleep, put oneself in one's bed.
go to bed with verb: To have sex with someone.
go to bed with the chickens verb: To go to bed very early.
go to bed with the sun verb: To go to bed very early.
go to blazes verb: Go to hell.
go to Cain's verb: To close a show.
go to Canossa verb: To submit to the pope.
go to earth verb: Of a hunted animal, to hide underground.
go to extraordinary lengths verb: To make a great effort.
go to grass verb: To be turned out to pasture, especially of a horse too old to work.
go to great lengths verb: To make a major effort; to be very careful when doing something, especially to an extreme or excessive degree.
go to ground verb: Of an animal, to escape into a burrow, hole, etc. when being hunted.
go-to guy noun: A trusted or dependable person for a particular matter.
go to Halifax verb: Synonym of go to hell.
go to heck verb: go to hell.
go to hell noun, verb /ˌɡəʊ tə ˈhɛl/: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, to, hell.
go to hell and back verb: Synonym of go through hell
go-to-market adjective: Being or relating to a plan to use outside resources (e.g. sales force and distributors) to deliver value to customers and achieve a competitive advantage.
go-to-meeting adjective: Synonym of Sunday-go-to-meeting.
go to pains verb: To expend effort to do something.
go-to person noun: Synonym of go-to guy.
go to pieces verb: To become very upset or emotional, to have a breakdown.
go to pigs and whistles verb: To be ruined.
go to plan verb: To go according to plan.
go to pot verb: To come to ruin, especially to decline or deteriorate.
go to press verb: To go to be printed, after editing is completed.
go to Prestwich verb: To go mad.
go to Putney on a pig verb: go to hell; be off with you
go to sea verb: To become a sailor.
go to seed verb: To pass from flowering or ripening to the formation of seeds.
go to show verb: To be an effective example that demonstrates a point; to prove.
go to sleep verb: To fall asleep.
go to smash verb: To go to ruin; to fail disastrously.
go to someone's head verb: To cloud one's thinking, as do alcohol and many drugs.
go to the bad verb: Synonym of go bad (“to become delinquent or criminal”).
go to the bathroom verb: Synonym of use the toilet: to urinate or defecate, especially (but not exclusively) while visiting a bathroom.
go to the bow-wows verb: To go to the dogs, to decline or deteriorate.
go to the country verb: To appeal to the feeling of the community by calling a general election
go to the dogs verb: To decline or deteriorate shockingly.
go to the ends of the earth verb: To do everything possible to achieve something.
go to the ends of the world verb: Synonym of go to the ends of the earth.
go to the goat's house for wool verb: To go to the wrong place for something; to seek help from a source that cannot provide it.
go to the mat verb: To continue to struggle or fight until either victorious or defeated.
go to the mats verb: Alternative form of go to the mat.
go to the mattresses verb: To go to war; to use ruthless tactics; to act without restraint.
go to the polls verb: To vote.
go to the restroom verb: Synonym of use the toilet: to urinate or defecate, especially (but not exclusively) while visiting a restroom.
go to the scaffold verb: To be executed (usually by hanging or beheading).
go to the toilet verb: Synonym of use the toilet: to urinate or defecate, especially (but not exclusively) while visiting a toilet.
go to the trouble verb: To make an effort.
go to the wall verb: To make an all-out effort.
go to the washroom verb: Synonym of use the toilet: to urinate or defecate, especially (but not exclusively) while visiting a washroom.
go to the well verb: To draw on a resource or reserve that may be at risk of being exhausted.
go to town adjective, verb: To proceed enthusiastically, vigorously, or expertly.
go to town on verb: To devour or consume (something); to enthusiastically or assiduously work on (something); to tear into (something).
go to war verb: To enter into an armed conflict.
go to waste verb: To remain unused; not to fulfill its purpose.
go to water verb: To give up under threat or pressure.
go to work verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, to, work. (This sense is a translation hub.)
go together noun, verb: To be in a relationship.
go toilet verb: (Southern England) to use the toilet
go too far verb: To exceed an unstated limit, especially of acceptable behaviour.
go towards verb: To be a contribution to.
go tutti-frutti verb: To become angry or act crazily.
go under verb: To descend into a body of water; to founder.
go underground verb: To escape into a burrow, hole, etc. when being hunted.
go up verb: To move upwards.
go up against verb: To challenge someone.
go up for verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, up, for.
go up in flames verb: To catch fire.
go up in smoke verb: To catch fire and burn.
go up in the world verb: Synonym of move up in the world
go upstairs verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, upstairs.
go viral verb: To be rapidly and frequently shared, especially through social media, but (with retroactive application to pre-internet occurrences) also via gossip or as a...
go walkabout verb: To go missing from its usual place; to be lost or stolen.
go walkies verb: Synonym of go walkabout (“to go missing; to be lost or stolen”).
go walking verb: to disappear; to go missing
go way back verb: To have been in a (friendly, romantic, etc.) relationship that dates back far into the past.
go west verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, west.
go whacks verb: To divide the profits from an enterprise equally; to enter into partnership.
go whole hog verb: Alternative form of go the whole hog.
go wide verb: To use a wide-angle lens to take one or more photographs.
go wild verb: To become very noisy and excited.
go Winchester verb: To run out of ammunition, requiring a return to base.
go with verb: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, with.
go with a swing verb: To be successful and fun.
go with one's gut verb: To trust or follow an intuition or instinct, as opposed to an opinion based on a logical analysis.
go with the flow verb: To act as others are acting, conforming to common behavior patterns with an attitude of calm acceptance.
go with the flow of traffic verb: To drive a vehicle at approximately the speed of other vehicles on the road, irrespective of the speed limit.
go with the territory verb: Synonym of come with the territory.
go with the turf verb: Synonym of come with the territory.
go with the wind verb: To follow the direction of the wind.
go without verb: To forgo (something).
go without saying verb: To not need to be said or mentioned; to be obvious, apparent, clear, or already established.
go woke, go broke proverb: Alternative form of get woke, go broke.
go wonder interjection: Expression of amusement over apparently unexpected but predictable result.
go wrong verb: To worsen; to fail or go amiss; to have a bad outcome.
go yard verb: To hit a home run.
goa noun, phrase /ˈɡoʊə/: A form of trance music that originated during the late 1980s in Goa, India, typically with droning basslines and progressive beat changes.
goa bean noun: Synonym of winged bean.
Goa bean vine noun: Synonym of winged bean
Goa cedar noun: A tree of species Hesperocyparis lusitanica, of Mexico and Central America.
Goa potato noun: Dioscorea esculenta (lesser yam).
Goa powder noun: A bitter powder found in the interspaces of the wood of a Brazilian tree (Vataireopsis araroba) and used to treat eczema and other skin diseases.
Goa stone noun: A man-made bezoar produced in Goa, once thought to have medicinal and talismanic properties.
goad noun, verb /ɡəʊd/: A long, pointed stick used to prod animals.
goad stick noun: A stick used as a goad.
Goadby proper noun: A village and civil parish (without a council) in Harborough district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SP2598).
goader noun: One who goads.
goading noun, verb: The act by which somebody is goaded.
goadingly adverb: So as to goad or incite.
goadlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a goad.
goadman noun: A person employed to goad an animal to keep it working, for example during ploughing.
goadsman noun: Alternative form of goadman.
goadsporin noun: A peptidic molecule consisting of 19 amino acids, obtained from Streptomyces and having antimicrobial activity.
goadster noun: One who drives an animal by means of a goad.
goaf noun /ɡəʊf/: A rick or stack (of hay, etc.) when laid up inside a barn (e.g., as winter fodder).
goafing noun: waste material in a mine typically used as a filler
Goajiro noun: Synonym of Wayuu (“Amerindian ethnic group”).
goal noun, verb /ɡəʊl/: A result that one is attempting to achieve.
goal area noun: The area of the pitch, extending six yards from the goal, from which a goal kick is taken.
goal attack noun: A player allowed in the centre third, goal third including the shooting circle.
goal average noun: The ratio of the numbers of goals scored for and against a team in a series of matches, sometimes used in deciding the team’s position in a table.
goal cage noun: The framework, covered with netting or mesh, that forms an ice hockey or water polo goal.
goal celebration noun: A choreography that is acted after scoring a goal.
goal contribution noun: Either a goal scored or an assist.
goal defence noun: A player allowed in the centre third and the defensive goal third, including the shooting circle.
goal difference noun: The difference between the number of goals scored and the number of goals conceded, over the duration of a competition.
goal-directed adjective: Focused on reaching a particular objective or serving a particular purpose.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under G: 25,032 words, in 84 parts.