GO UNDER
Dictionary entry overview: What does go under mean?
• GO UNDER (verb)
The verb GO UNDER has 3 senses:
1. go under,
2. disappear beyond the horizon
3. be called; go by a certain name
Familiarity information: GO UNDER used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• GO UNDER (verb)
Meaning:
Go under,
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
go under; go down; sink; settle
Context example:
The raft sank and its occupants drowned
Hypernyms (to "go under" is one way to...):
come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go under"):
settle; subside (sink down or precipitate)
founder (sink below the surface)
submerge; submerse (sink below the surface; go under or as if under water)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Disappear beyond the horizon
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
go under; go down; set
Context example:
the sun sets early these days
Hypernyms (to "go under" is one way to...):
come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)
Domain category:
astronomy; uranology (the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence example:
The moon will soon go under
Meaning:
Be called; go by a certain name
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
go by; go under
Context example:
She goes by her maiden name again
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
