*going*

adv. [ Pref. a- + p. pr. of go. ] In motion; in the act of going; as, to set a mill agoing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Law) Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe until after its expiration; -- said of crops. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Habitually attending church. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Summoning to church. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sound of the churchgoing bell. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Moving easily; hence, mild-tempered; relaxed and casual; ease-loving; inactive. Contrasted with tense. [ wns=2 ]
Syn. -- degage, easy-going, laid-back. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having a lax moral or disciplinary standard. [ wns=1 ] strict
Syn. -- lenient. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. unhurried; as, an easygoing pace. Opposite of hurried. [ wns=3 ]
Syn. -- easy, leisurely. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. unaggressive; as, his easygoing approach to business. Opposite of aggressive. [ wns=4 ]
Syn. -- low-pressure. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. being without worry or concern. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A going forth; an utterance. A. Chalmers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Going forth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of moving in any manner; traveling; as, the going is bad. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Departure. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Pregnancy; gestation; childbearing. Crew. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. pl. Course of life; behavior; doings; ways. [ 1913 Webster ]

His eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. Job xxxiv. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

Going barrel. (Horology) (a) A barrel containing the mainspring, and having teeth on its periphery to drive the train. (b) A device for maintaining a force to drive the train while the timepiece is being wound up. --
Going forth. (Script.) (a) Outlet; way of exit. “Every going forth of the sanctuary.” Ezek. xliv. 5. (b) A limit; a border. “The going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh-barnea.” Num. xxxiv. 4. --
Going out, or
Goings out. (Script.) (a) The utmost extremity or limit. “The border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea.” Num. xxxiv. 12. (b) Departure or journeying. “And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys.” Num. xxxiii. 2. --
Goings on, behavior; actions; conduct; -- usually in a bad sense.

p. pr. of Go. Specif.: (a) 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. (b) Carrying on its ordinary business; conducting business, or carried on, with an indefinite prospect of continuance; -- chiefly used in the phrases
a going business,
concern, etc. (c) Of or pertaining to a going business or concern; as, the going value of a company. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Going; entering, as upon an office or a possession; as, an in-going tenant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of going in; entrance. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. capable of crossing an ocean; used on the high seas; -- used mostly of ships; as, oceangoing vessels.
Syn. -- seafaring, seagoing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act of going forward; progress; (pl.) affairs; business; current events. [ 1913 Webster ]

The common ongoings of this our commonplace world, and everyday life. Prof. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Occurring at present; progressing; in progress; continuing; not past, completed, or future; as, an ongoing petition drive; an ongoing effort. [ PJC ]

n. 1. The act or the state of going out. [ 1913 Webster ]

The outgoings of the morning and evening. Ps. lxv. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which goes out; outgo; outlay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The extreme limit; the place of ending. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea, at the south end of Jordan. Josh. xviii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Going out; departing; leaving; as, the outgoing administration; an outgoing steamer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Being sent out; as, outgoing mail; outgoing packages. [ PJC ]

3. Enjoying the company of others; pleasant and responsive to others; sociable; friendly; convivial; cordial; -- of people; as, an outgoing personality. Opposite of reserved or cold. [ PJC ]

a. Frequenting playhouses; as, the playgoing public. -- n. The practice of going to plays. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Going upon the sea; especially, sailing upon the deep sea; -- used in distinction from coasting or river, as applied to vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Going through, or to the end or bottom; very thorough; complete. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Going all lengths; extreme; thoroughplaced; -- less common in this sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Going away; departing; of or pertaining to one who goes away. [ 1913 Webster ]

Way-going crop (Law of Leases), a crop of grain to which tenants for years are sometimes entitled by custom; grain sown in the fall to be reaped at the next harvest; a crop which will not ripen until after the termination of the lease. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]