gone (gôn, gŏn)
v.
Past participle of go¹.

adj.

1. Being away from a place; absent or having departed.
2. Past; bygone.
3. Advanced beyond hope or recall.
4. Dying or dead.
5. Ruined; lost: a gone cause.
6. Carried away; absorbed.
7. Used up; exhausted.
8. Slang. Infatuated: gone on his sweetheart.
9. Slang. Pregnant: is five months gone.

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