GO DOWN as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • grow smaller
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • Interest in the project waned
    Hypernyms(s) go down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • stop operating
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • My computer crashed last night
    • The system goes down at least once a week
    Hypernyms(s) go down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  3. Meaning
    • be defeated
    Usage Example(s)
    • If America goes down, the free world will go down, too
    Hypernyms(s) go down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  4. Meaning
    • be ingested
    Usage Example(s)
    • This wine sure goes down well
    • The food wouldn”t go down
  5. Meaning
    • disappear beyond the horizon
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the sun sets early these days
    Hypernyms(s) go down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Antonym(s)
  6. Meaning
    • move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • The temperature is going down
    • The barometer is falling
    • The curtain fell on the diva
    • Her hand went up and then fell again
    Hypernyms(s) go down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Antonym(s) Hyponym(s) See Also Derived(s)
  7. Meaning
    • go under, “The raft sank and its occupants drowned”
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) go down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Antonym(s) Hyponym(s) See Also Derived(s)
  8. Meaning
    • be recorded or remembered
    Usage Example(s)
    • She will go down as the first feminist