world n.
1. (UK society) a knowledge of the fashionable world, the beau monde.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Life in Partridge DSUE (8th edn) 1352/2: That [...] is proof of your want of world. No man of Ton ever goes to the Theatre. |
2. see free world n. (2)
In compounds
(US prison) the movement of a prisoner between various units within a given institution.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Riker’s 238: ‘[T]he World Tour.’ That’s terminology on Rikers Island, meaning you are moved along to other units within the jail. |
In phrases
intensifying phr. signifyng excess (usu. of drink or drugs).
![[Scot]](/static/img/flags/sco.png "Scotland") | Bobby March Will Live Forever 823: [L]ying on the bed, gone to the world. |