English verb: go around | |||
1. | go around (stative) be sufficient | ||
Samples | There's not enough to go around. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | answer, do, serve, suffice | ||
2. | go around (communication) become widely known and passed on | ||
Samples | The rumor spread. The story went around in the office. | ||
Synonyms | circulate, spread | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
Verb group | broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread | ||
3. | go around (motion) go around the flank of (an opposing army) | ||
Synonyms | outflank | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | go, locomote, move, travel | ||
4. | go around (motion) turn on or around an axis or a center | ||
Samples | The Earth revolves around the Sun. The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire. | ||
Synonyms | revolve, rotate | ||
Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | turn | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | drive in, gyrate, reel, screw, screw, spin, spin around, swirl, twiddle, twirl, wheel, wheel around, whirl, whirl | ||
Verb group | circumvolve, rotate | ||
5. | go around (communication) avoid something unpleasant or laborious | ||
Samples | You cannot bypass these rules!. | ||
Synonyms | bypass, get around, short-circuit | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | avoid | ||