good sailor noun

A person who tends not to suffer from seasickness

good Samaritan see Samaritan

goods engine noun

An engine used for drawing goods trains

good sense noun

Sound judgement

goods for own use plural noun (bookkeeping)

Stock taken by the owner of a business for his or her own private purposes, the sale price of which is debited to the owner's drawings account and credited to the sales account

goodsireˈ, also gudesireˈ /güd- or gid-/ or gutcher /gutˈshər/ noun (obsolete Scot)

A grandfather

goodˈ-sized adjective

(fairly) large

goods on approval plural noun (marketing)

Goods delivered and examined for a trial period before a decision to buy them is made

goods on consignment plural noun (marketing)

Goods delivered to an agent by a principal and sold on behalf of the principal

good-speedˈ noun and interjection (archaic)

A contraction of I wish you good speed (ie success)

goods received department noun (business)

One that deals with the reception of goods, and is responsible for checking the condition of goods on delivery, etc

goods received note noun (business)

A document completed by the storekeeper upon receipt of materials or goods from an outside supplier

goods train noun

A train of goods wagons

good-temˈpered adjective

1. Of a kindly disposition
2. Not easily made angry

Good Templar noun

A member of a temperance society, modelled on the Freemasons

goodˈtime adjective

1. Pleasure-seeking
2. (of music) purely for entertainment

goodˈ-timˈer noun

good turn noun

Something done for someone in a kind and helpful spirit or manner

goodˈwife (or /-wīfˈ/) noun

The fem of goodman

goodwillˈ noun

1. Benevolence
2. Well-wishing
3. The established trade, reputation, efficiency, popularity, and valuable personal relationships with customers, of a business or trade, often appearing as one of its (intangible) assets, with a marketable money value
4. In consolidated accounts, an intangible asset representing the difference between the acquisition price of a subsidiary and the fair value of its assets and liabilities at the time of acquisition (finance)

goodˈwill or (obsolete Scot) good-willˈy adjective

1. Well-wishing
2. Expressive of goodwill

good works plural noun

Acts of charity

goody bag noun

A bag containing a number of small gifts, given to people attending a party or promotional event

goodˈy-goodˈy adjective and noun

1. (a person) affecting a smug or obsequious show of virtue
2. (a person who is) insipidly benevolent or pious

as good as

1. The same as, no less than
2. Virtually

be as good as one's word

To fulfil one's promise

for good or for good and all

1. Permanently
2. Irrevocably

get (or have) the goods on (informal)

To obtain proof of someone's wrongdoing or criminal activity

good and (informal)

1. Very
2. Completely

good for anything

Ready for any kind of work

good for you

An interjection expressing approval (Aust informal good on you)

goodness of fit (statistics)

The extent to which observed data matches the values predicted by a theorem

goods and chattels see under chattel

in good faith

Honestly and without any intention to deceive (good-faithˈ adjective)

in someone's good books

In favour with someone

make good

1. To fulfil, perform
2. To compensate
3. To become successful, esp unexpectedly
4. To do well, redeeming an unpromising false start
5. To repair
6. To justify

no good

1. Useless
2. Futile
3. Worthless

not, hardly, etc good enough

1. Not sufficiently good
2. Mean, unfair, very different from what was expected or promised

stand good

1. To be lastingly good
2. To remain

the good

Virtuous people collectively

the Good Book

The Bible

the goods (slang)

1. The real thing
2. That which is required, promised, etc

think good (obsolete)

To be disposed, to be willing

to the good

1. For the best
2. On the credit or advantage side

up to no good

Doing something mischievous or wrong

sail¹ /sāl/

noun

1. A sheet of canvas, framework of slats, or other structure, spread to catch the wind, so as to propel a ship, drive a windmill, etc
2. A specified type of sail on a boat or ship (often shortened to s'l), as in foresail or fores'l
3. Sails collectively
4. A ship or ships
5. A trip in a vessel (which may or may not have sails)
6. An act or distance of sailing
7. Any sail-like organ or object
8. A wing, esp a hawk's
9. A submarine's conning-tower

intransitive verb

1. To progress, travel or make trips in sailing-craft or any other type of ship
2. To set out on a voyage
3. To glide or float smoothly along (figurative)

transitive verb

1. To direct the course or movements of (a ship), navigate
2. To cause (a toy boat, etc) to sail
3. To pass over or along in a ship
4. To go through or get through effortlessly (figurative)

sailˈable adjective

Navigable

sailed adjective

Having sails

sailˈer noun

A boat or ship that can sail in a stated manner

sailˈing noun

1. Travelling, or a journey, by sails or on water
2. (the time of) a ship's departure from port
3. The art or activity of directing a ship's course

adjective

Of or relating to this activity

sailˈless adjective

sailˈor noun

1. A person who is employed in the operation of a ship, esp one who is not an officer
2. A mariner, seaman
3. A navigator
4. A person regarded in terms of ability to tolerate the heaving motion of a ship (as in good or bad sailor)
5. A sailor hat (informal)

sailˈoring noun

Occupation as a sailor

sailˈorless adjective

sailˈorlike or sailˈorly adjective

sail arm noun

One of the arms of a windmill

sailˈboard noun

A simple apparatus for sailing, usu consisting of a surfboard fitted with a single flexible mast, the sail being controlled by a hand-held boom

sailˈboarder noun

Someone who goes in for sailboarding

sailˈboarding noun

The sport of sailing a sailboard, windsurfing

sailˈboat noun (esp N American)

A (usu small) sailing boat

sailˈcloth noun

1. A strong cloth used for sails
2. Heavy cotton cloth used for garments

sailˈfish noun

1. A large game fish of the genus Istiophorus, related to the swordfish, with a large sail-like dorsal fin
2. Another name for the basking shark

sailˈ-flying noun

Flying in a sailplane

sailing boat noun

A boat moved by sails, though often having auxiliary motor power

sailing master noun

1. An officer in charge of navigation, esp of a yacht
2. Formerly a warrant officer in the US Navy

sailing orders plural noun

Instructions to the captain of a ship at setting forth on a voyage

sailing ship noun

A ship driven by sails

sail loft noun

A large room or loft with sufficient floor area to allow sails to be spread out while they are being made or repaired

sailˈmaker noun

sailˈmaking noun

sailor hat noun

A round hat with a wide, upcurved brim

sailˈor-man noun

A seaman

sailor suit noun

A child's outfit resembling that of a sailor

sailˈplane noun

A glider that can rise with an upward current

intransitive verb

To fly in a sailplane

sailˈroom noun

A room aboard a vessel for storing sails in

sailˈ-yard noun

The yard on which sails are extended

full sail

With all sails raised and filled with the wind

good (or bad) sailor

A person who is unaffected (or made ill) by the motion of a ship

make sail

1. To spread more canvas, raise more sails
2. To set off on a voyage

put on sail

To set more sails in order to travel more quickly (also figurative)

sail close to (or near) the wind see under wind¹

sail under false colours

To pretend to be what one is not

set sail

1. To spread the sails
2. To set forth on a voyage (with for)

shorten sail

To reduce its extent

strike sail

1. To lower a sail or sails
2. To retreat from one's stated position, eat humble pie

trim one's sails

To adjust or modify one's plans, policy or opinion to take account of changed circumstances

under sail

1. Having the sails spread
2. Propelled by means of sails