| VERB | stative | run into, encounter | be beset by |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | run into, bump into, jar against, butt against, knock against | collide violently with an obstacle | |
| contact | run into, hit, strike, impinge on, collide with | hit against | |
| motion | run into, meet, encounter, run across, come across, see | come together |
| Meaning | Be beset by. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | encounter | |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Spanish | encontrarse, topar, tropezar | |
| Meaning | collide violently with an obstacle. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | bump into, jar against, butt against, knock against | |
| Broader | hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with | hit against |
| Spanish | chocar, colisionar, golpearse contra, topar | |
| Meaning | hit against; come into sudden contact with. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Model | The car run intos the tree | |
| Synonyms | hit, strike, impinge on, collide with | |
| Narrower | bottom | strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom |
| bottom out | hit the ground | |
| broadside | collide with the broad side / side of | |
| bump, knock | knock against with force or violence | |
| collide, clash | crash together with violent impact | |
| connect | Land on or hit solidly | |
| glance | Hit at an angle | |
| ping | hit with a pinging noise | |
| rear-end | collide with the rear end of | |
| run into, bump into, jar against, butt against, knock against | collide violently with an obstacle | |
| spang, bang | leap, jerk, bang | |
| spat | strike with a sound / sound like that of falling rain | |
| stub | strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object | |
| thud | strike with a dull sound | |
| Broader | touch | make physical contact with, come in contact with |
| Opposite | miss | fail to reach |
| Similar to | strike | deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon |
| Spanish | chocar, colisionar, dar, golpear, pegar | |
| Catalan | copejar, pegar | |
| Meaning | Come together. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | meet, encounter, run across, come across, see | |
| Narrower | intersect, cross | meet / meet at a point |
| Similar to | meet, gather, assemble, forgather, foregather | Collect in one place |
| Spanish | conocer, converger, encontrarse, encontrar, reunirse | |
| Catalan | conèixer, reunir-se, trobar-se, trobar | |
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