A Quick and Simple Dictionary

south

1. Proper noun.  (US) Those states which formed the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
2. Proper noun.  (US) The south-eastern states of the United States, including more or less the same states as formed the Confederacy.
3. Proper noun.  The southern part of any region.
4. Noun.  One of the four major compass points, specifically 180°, directed toward the South Pole, and conventionally downwards on a map.
5. Adjective.  Toward the south; southward.
6. Adjective.  (meteorology) Of wind, from the south.
7. Adjective.  Of or pertaining to the south; southern.
8. Adjective.  Pertaining to the part of a corridor used by southbound traffic.
9. Adverb.  Toward the south; southward.
10. Adverb.  Downward.
11. Adverb.  In an adverse direction or trend.
12. Adverb.  (meteorology) Of wind, from the south.