Definition of: come

(kum) v. came, come, com·ing v.i.
1. To move to or toward a position or place from a point further away: opposed to go.
2. To move to or toward the speaker: Come here.
3. In the imperative, to move mentally where the speaker wills: almost an interjectional sense: Come, let us make a visit.
4. To arrive as the result of motion or progress: They came to land.
5. To attain to an end or completion: Thy kingdom come.
6. To arrive at some state or condition; develop.
7. To advance or move into view; become perceptible: Her color comes and goes.
8. To draw near in time; be present; arrive: When Christmas comes.
9. To arrive in due course or in orderly progression.
10. To proceed or emanate as from a source.
11. To exist as an effect or result: This comes of trifling.
12. To happen or befall: Come what may, I'll do it.
13. To get or prove to be; become: The sign came true.
14. To reach or extend: with to.
15. To be offered, obtainable, or produced: The car comes in many colors.
16. To be favorably inclined; yield.
—v.t.
17. Slang To play the part of; act; also, to perpetrate: He comes a joke on us.
18. Naut. To loosen: with up: to come up the standing rigging.
19. Brit. Dial. To fit or suit; become.
—to come about
1. To take place; happen.
2. Naut. To turn in order to proceed on the opposite tack.
—to come by
1. To pass near.
2. To get, acquire, or obtain.
—to come in
1. To give birth to a calf.
2. To join a group in some special activity.
—to come it over Colloq. To outwit or humble (someone).
—to come out
1. To speak frankly; declare one's views.
2. To pass through a contest or competition; to come out first.
3. To make one's début in society.
—to come through
1. To produce (the expected thing); achieve; win.
2. To experience.
—to come to
1. To recover consciousness; revive; be resuscitated; also, return to, as one's senses.
2. Naut. a To anchor. b To bring a ship close to the wind.
3. To turn sharply to the left: said of a team of oxen or horses.
4. To amount to: The bill came to five dollars. [OE cuman]