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GO BAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does go bad mean? 

GO BAD (verb)
  The verb GO BAD has 2 senses:

1. stop operating or functioning
2. become unfit for consumption or use

  Familiarity information: GO BAD used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GO BAD (verb)


Sense 1go bad [BACK TO TOP]

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


Sense 2go bad [BACK TO TOP]

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


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