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Come

verb
(past came; past part. come; pres. part. coming)
1.
Move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody.  Synonym: come up.  "Come with me to the Casbah" , "Come down here!" , "Come out of the closet!" , "Come into the room"
2.
Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress.  Synonyms: arrive, get.  "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"
3.
Come to pass; arrive, as in due course.  "It came as a shock" , "Dawn comes early in June"
4.
Reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position.  "We came to understand the true meaning of life" , "Their anger came to a boil" , "I came to realize the true meaning of life" , "The shoes came untied" , "Come into contact with a terrorist group" , "His face went red" , "Your wish will come true"
5.
To be the product or result.  Synonym: follow.  "Understanding comes from experience"
6.
Be found or available.
7.
Come forth.  Synonym: issue forth.  "His breath came hard"
8.
Be a native of.  Synonym: hail.
9.
Extend or reach.  "The sleeves come to your knuckles"
10.
Exist or occur in a certain point in a series.
11.
Cover a certain distance.
12.
Come under, be classified or included.  Synonym: fall.  "This comes under a new heading"
13.
Happen as a result.
14.
Add up in number or quantity.  Synonyms: add up, amount, number, total.  "The bill came to $2,000"
15.
Develop into.  Synonyms: add up, amount.  "Nothing came of his grandiose plans"
16.
Be received.  Synonym: come in.
17.
Come to one's mind; suggest itself.  Synonym: occur.  "A great idea then came to her"
18.
Come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example.  Synonyms: derive, descend.  "He comes from humble origins"
19.
Proceed or get along.  Synonyms: do, fare, get along, make out.  "How are you making out in graduate school?" , "He's come a long way"
20.
Experience orgasm.
21.
Have a certain priority.
noun
1.
The thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract.  Synonyms: cum, ejaculate, seed, semen, seminal fluid.



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"Come" Quotes from Famous Books



... open hollow decaying trees, to get at the honey within, of which he is very fond. We went after the bear, and were not long in discovering his whereabouts, and a well-directed shot from S. added him to our bag. The best bear shooting in India perhaps is in CHOTA NAGPOOR, but this does not come within the limits of my present volume. We now beat slowly through the wood, keeping a bright look out for ants and hornets, and getting fine shooting at the numerous jungle fowl which flew about ...
— Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier - Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter • James Inglis
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... My wife went up to the dining room to my Lady Paulina, and I staid below talking with Mr. Moore in the parley, reading of the King's and Chancellor's late speeches at the proroguing of the Houses of Parliament. And while I was reading, news was brought me that my Lord Sandwich is come and gone up to my Lady, which put me into great suspense of joy, so I went up waiting my Lord's coming out of my Lady's chamber, which by and by he did, and looks very well, and my soul is glad ...
— Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete • Samuel Pepys
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... that such success as might—or may—attend the efforts of our coast-patrol vessels to dispose of the submarines which come here will not be published unless the highly colored complexion of facts warrants it. One may imagine that service in a submarine so far from home is not alluring, and still less so when submarines sent to the waters of this hemisphere are heard ...
— Our Navy in the War • Lawrence Perry
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... their landing,—in and out and off again in an hour. What was that? And maybe a Sunday once or twice a year, and at a Christmas gathering. No wonder Katie thought that in the town where his business lay and he slept three nights a week she would have a far better chance; that he would be glad to come and see her in her tidy little shop. But when Donald heard what she had done, he said gruffly: "Just like the rest; all for ribbons and laces and silly gear. I thought Katie'd more sense. Why didn't she stay at home on the farm?" And he said ...
— Between Whiles • Helen Hunt Jackson
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... course. To engage one elephant by moonlight and single-handed is a sufficiently rash proceeding; to tackle three was little short of lunacy. But, on the other hand, I knew that they would be on the march again before daylight, and there might come another day of weary trudging before I could catch them up, or they might ...
— Maiwa's Revenge - The War of the Little Hand • H. Rider Haggard
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