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GO BAD
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become unfit for consumption or use
Example:
the meat must be eaten before it spoils
Synonyms:
go bad; spoil
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "go bad" is one way to...):
decay (undergo decay or decomposition)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go bad"):
addle (become rotten)
curdle (go bad or sour)
Sentence frame:
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Sense 2
Meaning:
Stop operating or functioning
Example:
her eyesight went after the accident
Synonyms:
break; break down; conk out; die; fail; give out; give way; go; go bad
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "go bad" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Verb group:
break (render inoperable or ineffective)
buy the farm; cash in one's chips; choke; conk; croak; decease; die; drop dead; exit; expire; give-up the ghost; go; kick the bucket; pass; pass away; perish; pop off; snuff it (pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "go bad"):
crash; go down (stop operating)
blow; blow out; burn out (melt, break, or become otherwise unusable)
misfire (fail to fire or detonate)
malfunction; misfunction (fail to function or function improperly)
Sentence frame:
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