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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (8)

1. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way;
- Example: "The temperature is going down"
- Example: "The barometer is falling"
- Example: "The curtain fell on the diva"
- Example: "Her hand went up and then fell again"
[syn: descend, fall, go down, come down]

2. go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned";
[syn: sink, settle, go down, go under]

3. grow smaller;
- Example: "Interest in the project waned"
[syn: decline, go down, wane]

4. be recorded or remembered;
- Example: "She will go down as the first feminist"

5. be ingested;
- Example: "This wine sure goes down well"
- Example: "The food wouldn't go down"

6. be defeated;
- Example: "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too"

7. disappear beyond the horizon;
- Example: "the sun sets early these days"
[syn: set, go down, go under]

8. stop operating;
- Example: "My computer crashed last night"
- Example: "The system goes down at least once a week"
[syn: crash, go down]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

go down v 1: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again" [syn: descend, fall, go down, come down] [ant: arise, ascend, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise] 2: go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned" [syn: sink, settle, go down, go under] [ant: float, swim] 3: grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned" [syn: decline, go down, wane] 4: be recorded or remembered; "She will go down as the first feminist" 5: be ingested; "This wine sure goes down well"; "The food wouldn't go down" 6: be defeated; "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too" 7: disappear beyond the horizon; "the sun sets early these days" [syn: set, go down, go under] [ant: ascend, come up, rise, uprise] 8: stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week" [syn: crash, go down]