WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
go bad 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: become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten before it spoils" [syn: spoil, go bad]