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GO UNDER
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Be called; go by a certain name
Example:
She goes by her maiden name again
Synonyms:
go by; go under
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Disappear beyond the horizon
Example:
the sun sets early these days
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "go under" is one way to...):
come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
Domain category:
astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
The moon will soon go under
Sense 3
Meaning:
Go under
Example:
The raft sank and its occupants drowned
Synonyms:
go down; go under; settle; sink
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "go under" is one way to...):
come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
Verb group:
sink (cause to sink)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go under"):
settle; subside (sink down or precipitate)
founder (sink below the surface)
submerge; submerse (sink below the surface; go under or as if under water)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
