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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Going

/gō'-ĭng/ · Go·ing · IPA /ˈɡoʊ.ɪŋ/
01 n. The act of moving in any manner; traveling; as, the going is bad.
  1. 1.
    The act of moving in any manner; traveling; as, the going is bad.
  2. 2.
    Departure.
  3. 3.
    Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing.
  4. 4.
    Course of life; behavior; doings; ways.
    “His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.” — Job xxxiv. 21.
Phrases & compounds
Going barrel — A barrel containing the mainspring, and having teeth on its periphery to drive the train.
Going forth — Outlet; way of exit.
Going out — The utmost extremity or limit.
Goings on — behavior; actions; conduct; -- usually in a bad sense.
02 p. pr. That goes; in existence; available for present use or enjoyment; current; obtainable; also, moving; working; in operation; departing; as, h…
  1. 1.
    That goes; in existence; available for present use or enjoyment; current; obtainable; also, moving; working; in operation; departing; as, he is of the brightest men going; going prices or rate.