- town⇄adj. 1. of, having to do with, or characteristic of a town or towns; urban.
Ex. town life, town government.
2. of or belonging to a certain town.
Ex. the town clock. - town⇄county seat ortown
the town or city where the government of a county is located. - town⇄expr. go to town, (Informal.)
a. to achieve success.
Ex. In Europe, he really went to town with his personal diplomacy; his friends were in the capitals of the Western, ""civilized"" world (New Yorker).
b. to do or go through thorough - town⇄expr. on the town,
a. on a pleasure tour of a city.
Ex. The group of tourists went out on the town.
b. supported by a town; on charity.
Ex. the unemployed who had been a long time on the town. - town⇄expr. paint the town red, (Slang.) to go on a wild spree or party; celebrate in a noisy manner.
Ex. Mere horseplay; it is the cowboy's method of painting the town red, as an interlude in his harsh monotonous life (Century Magazine). - town⇄noun 1. a large group of houses and other buildings, smaller than a city but larger than a village.
Ex. a growing town, an abandoned town. Do you live in a town or in the country?
2. any large place with many people living in it.
Ex. C - town⇄town, noun, adjective.