good

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//ˈɡʊd//

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Verb Conjugation Tables & Inflections

Key Verb Forms & Inflections
Third-person singular (he/she/it):goods
Present Participle (-ing):gooding
Past Participle:gooded
Simple Past:gooded

Definitions & Usage

adjective
#4

(colloquial, when with and) Very, extremely. See good and.

Example: The soup is good and hot.
adjective
#5

(colloquial) Ready.

Example: I'm good when you are.
Example: The reports are good to go.
adjective
#6

Holy (especially when capitalized) .

Example: Good Friday, Good Wednesday, the Good Book
adjective
#8

(stressed form) Special, best, favorite.

Example: No, not that one. That's my good shirt I only wear for special occasions.
Example: Shoot! A tear. And these are my good jeans.
interjection
#9

That is good; an elliptical exclamation of satisfaction or commendation.

Example: Good! I can leave now.
Translations:
adverb
#10

(informal, sometimes proscribed) Well; satisfactorily or thoroughly.

Example: When you're cleaning these racks, you've got to get in there good, because the quality system specifies it.
Example: The boy done good.
noun
#11

(uncountable) The forces or behaviours that are the enemy of evil. Usually consists of helping others and general benevolence.

noun
#12

(countable) A result that is positive in the view of the speaker.

noun
#13

(uncountable) The abstract instantiation of goodness; that which possesses desirable qualities, promotes success, welfare, or happiness, is serviceable, fit, excellent, kind, benevolent, etc.

Example: The best is the enemy of the good.
Example: He is an influence for good on those girls.
noun
#14

(countable, usually in the plural) An item of merchandise.

Translations:[DE]Gut
noun
#15

(countable, usually in the plural) An article of personal property (as opposed to real property).

verb
#16

(intransitive) To thrive; fatten; prosper; improve.

verb
#17

(transitive) To make good; turn to good; improve.

verb
#18

(intransitive) To make improvements or repairs.

verb
#19

(intransitive) To benefit; gain.

verb
#20

(transitive) To do good to (someone); benefit; cause to improve or gain.

verb
#21

(transitive) To satisfy; indulge; gratify.

verb
#22

(reflexive) To flatter; congratulate oneself; anticipate.

verb
#23

(transitive, now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) To furnish with dung; manure; fatten with manure; fertilise.

Example: 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
adjective
#24

(Internet slang, offensive, ethnic slur) Of a black person, dead or killed.

Notable Literary & Historical Quotes

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.

1906, Zane Grey, The Spirit of the Border: A Romance of the Early Settlers in the Ohio Valley:

I kept my eyes peeled for signs of pursuit. There was none, unless I was being fooled very good.

1970, Troy Conway, The Cunning Linguist, London: Flamingo Books, page 66:

She said, "I don't want to bother you / Consider it's understood / I know I'm not no beauty queen / But I sure can listen good."

1972, Harry Chapin, “A Better Place to Be”, in Sniper and Other Love Songs:

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