English to English
verb
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- go under,
The raft sank and its occupants drowned.
source: WordNet 3.0
- grow smaller
Interest in the project waned.
source: WordNet 3.0
- be recorded or remembered
She will go down as the first feminist.
source: WordNet 3.0
- be ingested
This wine sure goes down well.
The food wouldn't go down.
source: WordNet 3.0
- be defeated
If America goes down, the free world will go down, too.
source: WordNet 3.0
- disappear beyond the horizon
The sun sets early these days.
source: WordNet 3.0
- stop operating
My computer crashed last night.
The system goes down at least once a week.
source: WordNet 3.0
