 go_down |
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| 1. | [ verb ] move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way | |
| Synonyms: | fall come_down descend | |
| Examples: | "The temperature is going down" "The barometer is falling" "The curtain fell on the diva" "Her hand went up and then fell again" |
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| Related terms: | rise ascend travel drop drip tumble crash pounce unhorse fall_down sink dive alight sink pitch set flop cascade precipitate precipitate correct rappel avalanche prolapse plop collapse descent fall | |
| 2. | [ verb ] go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" | |
| Synonyms: | settle sink go_under | |
| Related terms: | float descend submerge founder subside percolate percolate sink sinker | |
| 3. | [ verb ] grow smaller | |
| Synonyms: | wane decline | |
| Examples: | "Interest in the project waned" |
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| Related terms: | decrease drop wear_on dip ebb | |
| 4. | [ verb ] be recorded or remembered | |
| Examples: | "She will go down as the first feminist" |
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| 5. | [ verb ] be ingested | |
| Examples: | "This wine sure goes down well" "The food wouldn't go down" |
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| 6. | [ verb ] be defeated | |
| Examples: | "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too" |
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| Related terms: | lose | |
| 7. | [ verb ] disappear beyond the horizon; of celestial bodies such as the sun and the moon | |
| Synonyms: | set go_under | |
| Related terms: | rise descend astronomy | |
| 8. | [ verb ] (computer science) stop operating | |
| Synonyms: | crash | |
| Examples: | "My computer crashed last night" "The system goes down at least once a week" |
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| Related terms: | fail crash | |
| Similar spelling: |
godown Godwin Goodwyn Goodwin Godin Goodin Gooden Godina Goodine goddamn Goodenow goodenia |
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