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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
Example:
she was penetrated with sorrow
Synonyms:
click; come home; dawn; fall into place; get across; get through; penetrate; sink in
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Cause:
understand (know and comprehend the nature or meaning of)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Communicate successfully
Example:
He put over the idea very well
Synonyms:
get across; put over
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "get across" is one way to...):
communicate; pass; pass along; pass on; put across (transmit information)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Travel across or pass over
Example:
The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day
Synonyms:
cover; cross; cut across; cut through; get across; get over; pass over; track; traverse
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "get across" is one way to...):
pass (go across or through)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get across"):
tramp (cross on foot)
stride (cover or traverse by taking long steps)
walk (traverse or cover by walking)
crisscross (cross in a pattern, often random)
ford (cross a river where it's shallow)
bridge (cross over on a bridge)
jaywalk (cross the road at a red light)
drive; take (proceed along in a vehicle)
course (move swiftly through or over)
hop (traverse as if by a short airplane trip)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
