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COME NEAR
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Come near in time
Example:
approaching old age
Synonyms:
approach; come near
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "come near" is one way to...):
come; come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)
Verb group:
approach; come near; come on; draw close; draw near; go up; near (move towards)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "come near"):
get on (grow late or (of time) elapse)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Move towards
Example:
The enemy army came nearer and nearer
Synonyms:
approach; come near; come on; draw close; draw near; go up; near
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "come near" is one way to...):
come; come up (move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody)
"Come near" entails doing...:
advance; go on; march on; move on; pass on; progress (move forward, also in the metaphorical sense)
Verb group:
approach; come near (come near in time)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "come near"):
drive up (approach while driving)
bear down on; bear down upon (sail towards another vessel, of a ship)
edge in; edge up (push one's way into (a space))
close (draw near)
crowd; push (approach a certain age or speed)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue come near
Sense 3
Meaning:
Almost do or experience something
Example:
She came near to screaming with fear
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
Context examples:
And besides that, my cousin Richard said himself, that when it came to the point he was afraid Mr. Ferrars would be off; and when Edward did not come near us for three days, I could not tell what to think myself; and I believe in my heart Lucy gave it up all for lost; for we came away from your brother's Wednesday, and we saw nothing of him not all Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and did not know what was become of him.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
Let him not put her away now, and he never shall come near me, living or dying, while I can raise my hand to make a sign against it, unless, being rid of her for ever, he comes humbly to me and begs for my forgiveness.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
She says, sir, that she'll have no gentlemen; they need not trouble themselves to come near her; nor, he added, with difficulty suppressing a titter, any ladies either, except the young, and single.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I beckoned it to come near me; it stood soon at my knee.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I put down my muff on the stile, and went up to the tall steed; I endeavoured to catch the bridle, but it was a spirited thing, and would not let me come near its head; I made effort on effort, though in vain: meantime, I was mortally afraid of its trampling fore-feet.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
