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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. stop operating or functioning;
- Example: "The engine finally went"
- Example: "The car died on the road"
- Example: "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"
- Example: "The coffee maker broke"
- Example: "The engine failed on the way to town"
- Example: "her eyesight went after the accident"
[syn: fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down]

2. use up all one's strength and energy and stop working;
- Example: "At the end of the march, I pooped out"
[syn: poop out, peter out, run down, run out, conk out]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

conk out
    v 1: stop operating or functioning; "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" [syn: fail, go bad, give way, die,
         give out, conk out, go, break, break down]
    2: use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At
       the end of the march, I pooped out" [syn: poop out, peter
       out, run down, run out, conk out]