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Quick take

the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of come gathered in one view.

noun

the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

verb

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"

verb

reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for come.

noun

the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

verb

reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"

verb

come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June"

verb

reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position; "The water came to a boil"; "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"

verb

to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience"

verb

be found or available; "These shoes come in three colors; The furniture comes unassembled"

verb

come forth; "A scream came from the woman's mouth"; "His breath came hard"

verb

be a native of; "She hails from Kalamazoo"

verb

extend or reach; "The water came up to my waist"; "The sleeves come to your knuckles"

verb

exist or occur in a certain point in a series; "Next came the student from France"

verb

cover a certain distance; "She came a long way"

verb

come under, be classified or included; "fall into a category"; "This comes under a new heading"

verb

happen as a result; "Nothing good will come of this"

verb

add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000"

verb

develop into; "This idea will never amount to anything"; "nothing came of his grandiose plans"

verb

be received; "News came in of the massacre in Rwanda"

verb

come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her"

verb

come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example; "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"

verb

proceed or get along; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way"

verb

experience orgasm; "she could not come because she was too upset"

verb

have a certain priority; "My family comes first"

Example sentences

Dutch person here with a little insight what's to come for you guys.

Take deep breaths, listen for a bit, and wait for more information to come out.

Heck, even things like sexuality come into play.

The company can fail, but if you come out of it better than you came in, you still succeeded.

I mean, there are people who don't want this country to become Spanish speaking or bi-lingual.

So, almost two hours after I had come to your office, I finally was able to speak with you.

The cell phones would come out to facilitate people getting together, and then they'd go back in your pocket.

So font selection becomes this life-or-death thing: it can lock you out of the product completely.

It's hard not to come to the conclusion that these activities were essentially criminal.

[1]If you want to come talk to the MongoDB team, both our offices hold open office hours[2] where you can come and talk to the actual development teams.

Please, come find the guy who took all of our illegal drug money and give it back to us so we can continue to say you aren't necessary.

But for me this made me realize how vulnerable non-citizens are when it comes to US immigration and border patrol.

Whether someone is the first person someplace or not, people and culture become entrenched and people don't want to see that culture change away from them.

You need to check all that at the door before you come here to work", and finally "We dont even tolerate people brining up concerns of racism here.".

" Just like Ayn Rand said my brothers!Then I come here and not a single person on here even notices the massive hypocrisy and lack of self-awareness.

She can come before the judge in 30 days with the document and collect her passport or she'll be deported to countryX".I had to unnecessarily waste time and money hiring a lawyer to figure out what the heck went wrong.

During that time, the female arresting officer would periodically come by to taunt me, and tell me that I shouldn't have questioned her, and then threw a huge tantrum when I requested not to be touched by her for fingerprinting.

If each bounce goes through a team with a 15-minute response time, it can be hours before the right team finally finds out, unless you build a lot of scaffolding and metrics and reporting.- every single one of your peer teams suddenly becomes a potential DOS attacker.