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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:

go down; go under; set

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

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