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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