| VERB | motion | go under, sink, settle, go down | go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" |
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| motion | go under, set, go down | disappear beyond the horizon | |
| communication | go under, go by | be called |
| Meaning | go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned". | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | sink, settle, go down | |
| Caused by | sink | Cause to sink |
| Narrower | founder | sink below the surface |
| submerge, submerse | sink below the surface | |
| subside, settle | sink down or precipitate | |
| Broader | descend, fall, go down, come down | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
| See also | go | change location |
| Opposite | float, swim | Be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom |
| Similar to | sink | Cause to sink |
| Spanish | establecerse, hundirse, ir abajo, naufragar, sumergirse, sumirse | |
| Catalan | enfonsar-se, esfondrar, naufragar, submergir-se, sumir-se | |
| Meaning | disappear beyond the horizon. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | The moon will soon go under | |
| Synonyms | set, go down | |
| Category | astronomy, uranology | The branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole |
| Broader | descend, fall, go down, come down | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
| Opposite | rise, come up, uprise, ascend | come up, of celestial bodies |
| Spanish | ponerse, poner | |
| Catalan | pondre's | |
| Meaning | Be called; go by a certain name. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | go by | |
| Spanish | llamarse | |
| Catalan | anomenar-se, dir-se | |
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