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Meaning: Stop operating or functioning Classified under: Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc. Synonyms: go bad; conk out; break down; fail; give out; give way; die; break; go Context examples: The engine finally went / The car died on the road / The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town / The coffee maker broke / The engine failed on the way to town / her eyesight went after the accident Hypernyms (to "go bad" is one way to...): change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature) Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go bad"): crash; go down (stop operating) blow; blow out; burn out (melt, break, or become otherwise unusable) misfire (fail to fire or detonate) malfunction; misfunction (fail to function or function improperly) Sentence frame: Something ----s
Meaning: Become unfit for consumption or use Classified under: Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc. Synonyms: go bad; spoil Context example: the meat must be eaten before it spoils Hypernyms (to "go bad" is one way to...): decay (undergo decay or decomposition) Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go bad"): addle (become rotten) curdle (go bad or sour) Sentence frame: Something ----s "Good eating deserves good drinking." (English proverb) "One man's medicine is another man's poison." (Latin proverb) "Maybe he wanted to throw himself in the well, would you follow?" (Armenian proverb) "He who studies does not waste his time." (Corsican proverb) Useful links: What does change mean? curdle definition What does malfunction mean? addle definition What does blow mean?
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