Akademik

go under

verb

1. go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" (Freq. 1)

• Syn: ↑sink, ↑settle, ↑go down

• Ant: ↑float (for: ↑sink)

• See Also: ↑sink in (for: ↑sink)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑sinker (for: ↑sink), ↑sinking (for: ↑sink)

• Hypernyms: ↑descend, ↑fall, ↑go down, ↑come down

• Hyponyms: ↑subside, ↑settle, ↑founder, ↑submerge, ↑submerse

• Verb Group: ↑sink

• Verb Frames:

- Something ——s

- Somebody ——s

2. be called; go by a certain name

- She goes by her maiden name again

• Syn: ↑go by

• Verb Frames:

- Somebody ——s something

- Something ——s something

3. disappear beyond the horizon

- the sun sets early these days

• Syn: ↑set, ↑go down

• Ant: ↑rise (for: ↑set)

• Topics: ↑astronomy, ↑uranology

• Hypernyms: ↑descend, ↑fall, ↑go down, ↑come down

• Verb Frames:

- Something ——s

- The moon will soon go under

Useful english dictionary. 2012.