Definitions for come

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Spelling: [kuhm]
IPA: /kʌm/

Come is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 29 anagrams from letters in come (cemo).

Definitions for come

noun

  1. Slang: Vulgar. semen.

Idioms

  1. come and go, to occur briefly or suddenly but never for long; appear and disappear.
  2. come down on the side of, to support or favor:
  3. come home, Nautical. (of an anchor) to begin to drag. (of an object) to move when hauled upon.
  4. come off, Informal. to happen; occur. to reach the end; acquit oneself: to be given or completed; occur; result: to succeed; be successful:
  5. come off it, Informal. to stop being wrong, foolish, or pretentious; be truthful or honest:
  6. come to pass, to happen; occur.
  7. come what may, no matter what may happen; regardless of any opposition, argument, or consequences:
  8. where one is coming from, Slang. where the source of one's beliefs, attitudes, or feelings lies:

Verb phrases

  1. come about, to come to pass; happen. Nautical. to tack.
  2. come across, Also, come upon. to find or encounter, especially by chance: Informal. to make good one's promise, as to pay a debt, do what is expected, etc.: to be understandable or convincing: Informal. to make a particular impression; comport oneself:
  3. come again, (used as a request to repeat a statement).
  4. come along, to accompany someone, attend as part of a group: to proceed, develop, or advance sufficiently or successfully: to appear; emerge as a factor or possibility:
  5. come around/round, to recover consciousness; revive. to change one's opinion, decision, etc., especially to agree with another's. to visit: to cease being angry, hurt, etc.
  6. come at, to arrive at; attain. to rush at; attack:
  7. come back, to return, especially to one's memory: to return to a former position or state. to talk back; retort:
  8. come between, to cause to be estranged or antagonized:
  9. come by, to obtain; acquire:
  10. come down, to lose wealth, rank, etc.; be reduced in circumstances or status. to be handed down by tradition or inheritance. to be relayed or passed along from a source of higher rank or authority: Slang. to take place; happen. Slang. to lose one's euphoria, enthusiasm, or especially the effects of a drug high.
  11. come down on/upon, to voice one's opposition to: to reprimand; scold:
  12. come down with, to become afflicted with (an illness):
  13. come forward, to offer one's services; present oneself; volunteer:
  14. come in, to enter. to arrive. to come into use or fashion. to begin to produce or yield: to be among the winners: to finish in a race or any competition, as specified:
  15. come in for, to receive; get; be subjected to:
  16. come into, to acquire; get. to inherit:
  17. come on, Also, come upon. to meet or find unexpectedly. to make progress; develop; flourish. to appear on stage; make one's entrance. to begin; appear: Informal. (used chiefly in the imperative) to hurry; begin: Informal. (as an entreaty or attempt at persuasion) please: Slang. to try to make an impression or have an effect; present oneself: Slang. to make sexual advances:
  18. come on to, Slang. to make sexual advances to.
  19. come out, to be published; appear. to become known; be revealed. to make a debut in society, the theater, etc. to end; terminate; emerge: to make more or less public acknowledgment of being homosexual.
  20. come out for, to endorse or support publicly:
  21. come out with, to speak, especially to confess or reveal something. to make available to the public; bring out:
  22. come over, to happen to; affect: to change sides or positions; change one's mind: to visit informally:
  23. come round, come (def 29). Nautical. (of a sailing vessel) to head toward the wind; come to.
  24. come through, to endure or finish successfully. Informal. to do as expected or hoped; perform; succeed: Informal. to experience religious conversion.
  25. come to, to recover consciousness. to amount to; total. Nautical. to take the way off a vessel, as by bringing her head into the wind or anchoring.
  26. come under, to fit into a category or classification: to be the province or responsibility of:
  27. come up, to be referred to; arise: to be presented for action or discussion:
  28. come upon. come (defs 26a, 41a).
  29. come up to, to approach; near: to compare with as to quantity, excellence, etc.; match; equal:
  30. come up with, to produce; supply:

verb (used with object)

  1. Chiefly British. to do; perform; accomplish.
  2. Informal. to play the part of:

verb (used without object)

  1. to approach or move toward a particular person or place:
  2. to arrive by movement or in the course of progress:
  3. to approach or arrive in time, in succession, etc.:
  4. to move into view; appear.
  5. to extend; reach:
  6. to take place; occur; happen:
  7. to occur at a certain point, position, etc.:
  8. to be available, produced, offered, etc.:
  9. to occur to the mind:
  10. to befall:
  11. to issue; emanate; be derived:
  12. to arrive or appear as a result:
  13. to enter or be brought into a specified state or condition:
  14. to do or manage; fare:
  15. to enter into being or existence; be born:
  16. to have been a resident or to be a native of (usually followed by from):
  17. to become:
  18. to seem to become:
  19. (used in the imperative to call attention or to express impatience, anger, remonstrance, etc.):
  20. to germinate, as grain.
  21. Informal. to have an orgasm.

Origin of come

before 900; Middle English comen, Old English cuman; cognate with Dutch komen, German kommen, Gothic qiman, Old Norse koma, Latin venīre (see avenue), Greek baínein

Examples for come

But there is an underlying feeling that the worst is yet to come.

And suddenly, we were able to come up with all these scenes for it.

Say, you come out with me some night jest in your workin' clothes.

I thought about the mother, her fear of the dark, of the harm she feared might come to her daughters.

My agent at the time sent that tape to SNL and then they asked me to come in for an audition.

I certainly did need you to come along right now and set me straight.

He's getting old, and he's come along into his second childhood.

Schedules work out and we just have them come out to Portland.

How's it come you didn't have a Western Union frank this year?

Beyond it, I saw you standing with outstretched arms, as if you sought to come to me, but could not.

Word Value for come
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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