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Verb
S:
(v)
enter
,
come in
,
get into
,
get in
,
go into
,
go in
,
move into
(to come or go into)
"the boat entered an area of shallow marshes"
direct troponym
/
full troponym
S:
(v)
take the field
(go on the playing field, of a football team)
S:
(v)
penetrate
,
perforate
(pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance)
"The bullet penetrated her chest"
S:
(v)
re-enter
(enter again)
"You cannot re-enter the country with this visa"
S:
(v)
file in
(enter by marching in a file)
S:
(v)
pop in
(enter briefly)
"He popped in for two minutes"
S:
(v)
walk in
(enter by walking)
"She walks in at all hours, as if she lived here"
S:
(v)
call at
,
out in
(enter a harbor)
"the ship called in Athens"
S:
(v)
take water
(enter the water)
"the wild ducks took water"
S:
(v)
turn in
(make an entrance by turning from a road)
"Turn in after you see the gate"
S:
(v)
board
,
get on
(get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.))
S:
(v)
intrude
,
irrupt
(enter uninvited)
"They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room"
S:
(v)
intrude on
,
invade
,
obtrude upon
,
encroach upon
(to intrude upon, infringe, encroach on, violate)
"This new colleague invades my territory"; "The neighbors intrude on your privacy"
S:
(v)
dock
(come into dock)
"the ship docked"
phrasal verb
antonym
derivationally related form
sentence frame
S:
(v)
come
,
come in
(be received)
"News came in of the massacre in Rwanda"
S:
(v)
come in
(come into fashion; become fashionable)
S:
(v)
interject
,
come in
,
interpose
,
put in
,
throw in
,
inject
(to insert between other elements)
"She interjected clever remarks"
S:
(v)
place
,
come in
,
come out
(take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal)
"Jerry came in third in the Marathon"