North - Definition
north
adv 1: in a northern direction; "they earn more up north";
"Let's go north!" [syn: north, northerly,
northwards, northward]
adj 1: situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the
north; "artists like north light"; "the north portico"
[ant: south]
n 1: the region of the United States lying to the north of the
Mason-Dixon line
2: the United States (especially the northern states during the
American Civil War); "he has visited every state in the
Union"; "Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union"; "the
North's superior resources turned the scale" [syn: Union,
North]
3: the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees [syn:
north, due north, northward, N]
4: a location in the northern part of a country, region, or city
5: the direction corresponding to the northward cardinal compass
point
6: the direction in which a compass needle points [syn: north,
magnetic north, compass north]
7: British statesman under George III whose policies led to
rebellion in the American colonies (1732-1792) [syn: North,
Frederick North, Second Earl of Guilford]