Akademik

go around

verb

1. be sufficient (Freq. 1)

- There's not enough to go around

• Hypernyms: ↑suffice, ↑do, ↑answer, ↑serve

• Verb Frames:

- Something ——s

2. become widely known and passed on (Freq. 1)

- the rumor spread

- the story went around in the office

• Syn: ↑spread, ↑circulate

• Derivationally related forms: ↑spread (for: ↑spread)

• Hypernyms: ↑travel, ↑go, ↑move, ↑locomote

• Verb Group:

• Verb Frames:

- Something ——s

3. go around the flank of (an opposing army)

• Syn: ↑outflank

• Hypernyms: ↑travel, ↑go, ↑move, ↑locomote

• Verb Frames:

- Somebody ——s something

- Somebody ——s somebody

4. turn on or around an axis or a center

- The Earth revolves around the Sun

- The lamb roast rotates on a spit over the fire

• Syn: ↑revolve, ↑rotate

• See Also: ↑revolve around (for: ↑revolve)

• Derivationally related forms: ↑rotation (for: ↑rotate), ↑revolution (for: ↑revolve)

• Hypernyms: ↑turn

• Hyponyms:

• Verb Group: ↑rotate, ↑circumvolve

• Verb Frames:

- Something is ——ing PP

5. avoid something unpleasant or laborious

- You cannot bypass these rules!

• Derivationally related forms: ↑bypass (for: ↑bypass)

• Hypernyms: ↑avoid

• Verb Frames:

- Somebody ——s something

- Somebody ——s somebody

Useful english dictionary. 2012.