vverb.motionmove downward and lower, but not necessarily all the waySynset:come down descend fall
Examples:- The temperature is going down
- The barometer is falling
- The curtain fell on the diva
- Her hand went up and then fell again
Antonyms:ascendrise
Derivationally Related Form:descendentdescentfalldescendant
Hypernyms:go locomote move travel
Inherited Hypernyms:descendtravel
Direct Hyponyms:abseilalightavalanchecascadecascade downclimb downcorrectcrashdeclinedismountdivedripdropflopget downget offgo downgo underlightpitchplopplungeplunkpounceprecipitateprolapserappelroll downrope downsetsettlesinkslumpsubsideswooptoppletumbleunhorse
Full Troponyms:alightavalanchebelly-flopcascadechutecrashcrash-divedeclinedipdivedripdropdrownduckflopflumpfounderjackknifekeel overnosedivepitchplopplummetplungepouncepower-diveprecipitateprolapserappelsetsinksky divestoopsubmergesubsidetumbleunhorse
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | The airplane is sure to --- (apply to: go down, come down, fall, descend)
vverb.motiongo underSynset:go under settle sink
Examples:- The raft sank and its occupants drowned
Antonyms:float
Derivationally Related Form:sinkersinking
Hypernyms:come down descend fall go down
Inherited Hypernyms:sinkdescendtravel
Direct Hyponyms:foundersettlesubmergesubmersesubside
Full Troponyms:belly-flopdivedrownfounderjackknifesubmergesubside
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | They --- (apply to: sink)
vverb.changegrow smallerSynset:decline wane
Examples:- Interest in the project waned
Derivationally Related Form:wanewaningdecline
Hypernyms:decrease diminish fall lessen
Inherited Hypernyms:declinedecreasechange magnitudechange
Direct Hyponyms:dipdropwear on
Full Troponyms:dipdropslumptumblewear on
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.stativebe recorded or rememberedExamples:- She will go down as the first feminist
Inherited Hypernyms:go down
Sentence Frame:Something is ---ing PP | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.consumptionbe ingestedExamples:- This wine sure goes down well
- The food wouldn't go down
Inherited Hypernyms:go down
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something ---s Adjective/Noun
vverb.competitionbe defeatedExamples:- If America goes down, the free world will go down, too
Hypernyms:lose
Inherited Hypernyms:go downlose
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
vverb.motiondisappear beyond the horizonTopic:astronomyuranology
Synset:go under set
Examples:- the sun sets early these days
Antonyms:rise
Hypernyms:come down descend fall go down
Inherited Hypernyms:setdescendtravel
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | The moon will soon --- (apply to: go down, go under, set)
vverb.changestop operatingSynset:crash
Examples:- My computer crashed last night
- The system goes down at least once a week
Derivationally Related Form:crash
Hypernyms:break break down conk out die fail give out give way go go bad
Inherited Hypernyms:crashfailchange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s