south
the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
How often you will meet it
Rank 995 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 18,342 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.009% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line
- the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 also: Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Dixie, Dixieland
- the cardinal compass point that is at 180 degrees also: due south, southward, S
- a location in the southern part of a country, region, or city
- the direction corresponding to the southward cardinal compass point
adjective
- situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south the south entrance
adverb
- in a southern direction also: to the south, in the south we moved south
south in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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But to sailors o’ the South that easy way was barred.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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It is not the purpose of this defense to say one word against the white women of the South.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1
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These lonely dwellings of the trader are scattered far and wide over the whole continent—north, south, east, and west.
Snowflakes and Sunbeams · R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne · Chapter 1
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A bare pack-horse road wound its way on the west, and stretched out of sight to the north and to the south.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance · Hall, Sir Caine · Chapter 1
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East and west and south and north 10 The messengers ride fast, And tower and town and cottage Have heard the trumpet's blast.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1