Ben Franklin’s research vessel

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noun

A light frame covered with paper, cloth, or plastic, often provided with a stabilizing tail, and designed to be flown in the air at the end of a long string
Any of various usually small hawks (family Accipitridae) with long narrow wings and often a notched or forked tail
A person who preys on others
A check drawn against uncollected funds in a bank account or fraudulently raised before cashing
A light sail used in a light breeze usually in addition to the regular working sails

verb

To use (a bad check) to get credit or money
To cause to soar
"kited the prices they charged wealthy clients"
To go in a rapid, carefree, or flighty manner
To rise rapidly soar
To get money or credit by a kite

noun

A tailless kite consisting of two or more open-ended connected boxes

idiom

Greatly affected by alcohol or drugs very drunk or intoxicated
"The driver was as high as a kite."

verb

To move on a course proceed
"go slow"
To travel to a place
"goes to the office every morning"
To travel to and stay in a place for a period of time
"went to Paris for a month"
To move out of or away from a place expressed or implied leave, depart
"went from school to the party"
To take a certain course or follow a certain procedure
"reports go through channels to the president"
To pass by means of a process like journeying
"the message went by wire"
To proceed without delay and often in a thoughtless or reckless manner
Walk
To be habitually in a certain state or condition
"go bareheaded"
To become lost, consumed, or spent
"our time has gone"
Die
To slip away elapse
"the evening went quickly"
To come to be given up or discarded
"this clutter has to go"
To pass by sale
"went for a good price"
To become impaired or weakened
"his hearing started to go"
To give way especially under great force or pressure break
"the roof went"
To move along in a specified manner fare
"everything was going well"
To be in general or on an average
"cheap, as yachts go"
To be or become especially as the result of a contest
"the election went in her favor"
To turn out well succeed
"worked hard to make the party go"
To apply oneself
"went to work on the problem"
To put or subject oneself
"went to unnecessary expense"
Intend
"I didn't go to do it"
To have recourse to another for corroboration, vindication, or decision resort
"go to court to recover damages"
To be guided, governed, or regulated
"We were just going by what we'd been told."
To begin an action or motion
"here goes"
To maintain or perform a certain action or motion
"still going strong"
To function in the proper or expected manner run
"the motor won't go"
To be known
"goes by an alias"
To act in accordance or harmony
"a good rule to go by"
To come to be determined
"dreams go by contraries"
To come to be applied or appropriated
"all proceeds go to charity"
To pass by award, assignment, or lot
"the prize went to a sophomore"
To be about, intending, or expecting something
Extend
"his knowledge fails to go very deep"
To come or arrive at a certain state or condition
"go to sleep"
To come to be become
"the tire went flat"
To undergo a change
"leaves go from green to red"
To be in phrasing or expression read
"as the story goes"
To be capable of being sung or played
"the tune goes like this"
To be compatible, suitable, or becoming harmonize
"the tie goes with his suit"
To be capable of passing, extending, or being contained or inserted
"will these clothes go in your suitcase"
To have a usual or proper place or position belong
"these books go on the top shelf"
To have a tendency conduce
"it goes to show"
To hold true be valid
"the rule goes for you, too"
To empty the bladder or bowels
to move on a course : proceed
to travel to a place
to travel to and stay in a place for a period of time
To proceed along or according to follow
"if I were going his way"
To travel through or along traverse
"went the length of the street"
To make a wager of bet
"go a dollar on the outcome"
To make an offer of bid
"willing to go $50 for the clock"
To assume the function or obligation of
"promised to go bail for his friend"
To participate to the extent of
"decided to go halves on the winnings"
Yield, weigh
"this fish goes ten pounds"
To put up with tolerate
"couldn't go the noise"
Afford
"can't go the price"
Enjoy
"I could go a soda"
To cause (a characteristic sound) to occur
"the gun went bang"
Say
To engage in
"don't go telling everyone"
To have a record of
"went 11–0 last season"
to move on a course : proceed
to travel to a place
to travel to and stay in a place for a period of time

Source: merriam-webster.com

This clue was used on March 8, 2025.

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