Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb break
16 of 63 senses of break
Sense 1
interrupt, break
=> break, hold on stop
=> cut short, break short, break off
=> freeze, suspend
Sense 2
break, separate, split up fall apart, come apart
=> burst, split, break open
=> puncture
=> burst, bust
=> ladder, run
=> snap, crack
=> break up fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
=> crush
Sense 3
break
=> shatter
=> fracture
=> break in
=> smash, dash
Sense 5
break, bust
=> break down
Sense 6
transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
=> sin
=> sin, blunder, boob, goof
=> conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene
=> trespass
=> trespass, intrude
Sense 10
break, break off discontinue, stop
=> fracture
=> bog down bog
=> interrupt, disrupt, break up cut off
Sense 15
disclose, let on bring out reveal, discover, expose, declare, divulge, impart, break, give away let out
=> blackwash
=> muckrake
=> blow
=> out
=> come out of the closet, out come out
=> spring
=> betray, bewray
=> confide
=> leak
=> talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out blab out
Sense 17
fail go bad give way die, give out conk out go break, break down
=> crash, go down
=> blow out burn out blow
=> misfire
=> malfunction, misfunction
Sense 21
dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break
=> deafen
Sense 33
separate, part split up split, break, break up
=> disunify, break apart
=> disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint
=> break with
=> divorce, split up
=> secede, splinter, break away
=> break, break away
Sense 34
demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs
=> reduce
Sense 38
collapse, fall in cave in give give way break, founder
=> implode, go off
=> buckle, crumple
=> flop
=> break
=> slump, slide down sink
Sense 44
break, wear, wear out bust, fall apart
=> fray, frazzle
Sense 49
break, get out get around
=> leak, leak out
Sense 50
pause, intermit, break
=> rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather
=> take five
=> take ten
Sense 58
crack, check, break
=> crack
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb break
16 of 63 senses of break
Sense 1
interrupt, break
=> break, hold on stop
=> cut short, break short, break off
=> hang up
=> freeze, suspend
Sense 2
break, separate, split up fall apart, come apart
=> burst, split, break open
=> blow
=> stave, stave in
=> puncture
=> burst, bust
=> shatter
=> ladder, run
=> snap, crack
=> break up fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise
=> atomize, atomise
=> grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute
=> pulp
=> pestle
=> mill
=> pound
=> sunder
=> splinter, sliver
=> rag
=> crumb
=> brecciate
=> crush
=> bruise
=> grate, grind
=> gnash
=> chew, masticate, manducate, jaw
=> chomp, champ
=> champ
=> mumble, gum
=> chaw
=> crunch, munch
=> gnaw
=> crush
Sense 3
break
=> shatter
=> fracture
=> break in
=> stave in
=> smash, dash
Sense 5
break, bust
=> break down
Sense 6
transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
=> sin
=> fall
=> sin, blunder, boob, goof
=> conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene
=> trespass
=> trespass, intrude
=> break in break
Sense 10
break, break off discontinue, stop
=> fracture
=> bog down bog
=> interrupt, disrupt, break up cut off
=> cut, cut off
=> punctuate
=> break
=> put away
=> pause, intermit, break
=> rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather
=> take five
=> take ten
=> chime in cut in put in butt in chisel in barge in break in
=> interrupt, disrupt
=> cut in
=> cut short
=> burst in on burst upon
=> heckle, harass
=> interject, come in interpose, put in throw in inject
=> jam, block
=> take off take time off
Sense 15
disclose, let on bring out reveal, discover, expose, declare, divulge, impart, break, give away let out
=> blackwash
=> muckrake
=> blow
=> out
=> come out of the closet, out come out
=> spring
=> betray, bewray
=> confide
=> unbosom, relieve
=> leak
=> talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out blab out
Sense 17
fail go bad give way die, give out conk out go break, break down
=> crash, go down
=> blow out burn out blow
=> misfire
=> malfunction, misfunction
=> jam
Sense 21
dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break
=> deafen
Sense 33
separate, part split up split, break, break up
=> disunify, break apart
=> disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint
=> break with
=> divorce, split up
=> secede, splinter, break away
=> break, break away
Sense 34
demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs
=> reduce
Sense 38
collapse, fall in cave in give give way break, founder
=> implode, go off
=> buckle, crumple
=> flop
=> break
=> slump, slide down sink
Sense 44
break, wear, wear out bust, fall apart
=> fray, frazzle
Sense 49
break, get out get around
=> leak, leak out
Sense 50
pause, intermit, break
=> rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather
=> take five
=> take ten
Sense 58
crack, check, break
=> crack
=> chap
=> craze
=> alligator
Entailment of verb break
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb break
63 senses of break
Sense 1
interrupt, break
=> end terminate
Sense 2
break, separate, split up fall apart, come apart
=> change integrity
Also See-> break up#17
Sense 3
break
=> separate, divide
Sense 4
break
=> damage
Sense 5
break, bust
=> destroy, ruin
Also See-> break up#8; break apart#1; break off#5; break up#10; break down#1
Sense 6
transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
=> disrespect
Sense 7
break, break out break away
=> escape, get away break loose
Sense 8
break
=> disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out
Sense 9
break, burst, erupt
=> express emotion, express feelings
Sense 10
break, break off discontinue, stop
=> end terminate
Sense 11
break in break
=> trespass, intrude
Sense 12
break in break
=> domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, tame
Sense 13
violate, go against, break
Sense 14
better, break
=> surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount
Sense 15
disclose, let on bring out reveal, discover, expose, declare, divulge, impart, break, give away let out
=> tell
Sense 16
break
=> become go get
Sense 17
fail go bad give way die, give out conk out go break, break down
=> change
Sense 18
break, break away
=> separate, part split up split, break, break up
Sense 19
break
=> flee, fly, take flight
Sense 20
break
=> collapse, fall in cave in give give way break, founder
Sense 21
dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break
=> deaden, blunt
Sense 22
break
=> change
Sense 23
break
=> end finish, terminate, cease
Sense 24
break
=> change, alter, vary
Sense 25
break
Sense 26
break
=> discontinue, stop, cease, give up quit lay off
Sense 27
break
=> come forth, emerge
Sense 28
break
=> happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place
Sense 29
break
=> ruin
Sense 30
break
=> invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify
Sense 31
break
=> cancel, call off
Sense 32
break
=> divide, split, split up separate, dissever, carve up
Sense 33
separate, part split up split, break, break up
Sense 34
demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs
=> delegate, designate, depute, assign
Sense 35
bankrupt, ruin, break
=> impoverish
Sense 36
break
=> switch, shift, change
Sense 37
break
=> appear
Sense 38
collapse, fall in cave in give give way break, founder
=> change
Sense 39
break dance, break-dance, break
=> dance, trip the light fantastic
Sense 40
break
=> change, exchange, commute, convert
Sense 41
break, break up
=> change, alter
Sense 42
break
=> shoot
Sense 43
break
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
Sense 44
break, wear, wear out bust, fall apart
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
Also See-> break away#1; break off#3; break up#4; break apart#2
Sense 45
break, break off snap off
=> detach
Sense 46
break
=> pierce
Sense 47
break
Sense 48
break
=> penetrate
Sense 49
break, get out get around
Sense 50
pause, intermit, break
=> interrupt, disrupt, break up cut off
Sense 51
break
=> interrupt, disrupt, break up cut off
Sense 52
break
=> diphthongize
Sense 53
break
=> destroy, ruin
Sense 54
break
=> solve, work out figure out puzzle out lick, work
Sense 55
break
=> switch, shift, change
Sense 56
break, hold on stop
=> interrupt, break
Sense 57
break, recrudesce, develop
=> happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place
Also See-> break out#1; break through#2
Sense 58
crack, check, break
=> change
Sense 59
break
=> change state, turn
Sense 60
break
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Sense 61
fracture, break
Sense 62
break
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Sense 63
break
=> weaken
Familiarity of verb break
break used as a verb is extremely familiar (polysemy count = 63)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb break
Sense 2
break, separate, split up fall apart, come apart
=> change integrity
Sense 3
break
=> separate, divide
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Sense 4
break
=> damage
Sense 17
fail go bad give way die, give out conk out go break, break down
=> change
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Sense 5
break, bust
=> destroy, ruin
Sense 44
break, wear, wear out bust, fall apart
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
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Sense 7
break, break out break away
=> escape, get away break loose
Sense 19
break
=> flee, fly, take flight
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Sense 12
break in break
=> domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, tame
Sense 22
break
=> change
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Sense 15
disclose, let on bring out reveal, discover, expose, declare, divulge, impart, break, give away let out
=> tell
Sense 49
break, get out get around
--------------
Sense 25
break
Sense 26
break
=> discontinue, stop, cease, give up quit lay off
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Sense 40
break
=> change, exchange, commute, convert
Sense 41
break, break up
=> change, alter
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Sense 46
break
=> pierce
Sense 47
break
Sense 48
break
=> penetrate
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Sense 53
break
=> destroy, ruin
Sense 54
break
=> solve, work out figure out puzzle out lick, work
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Sense 1
interrupt, break
=> end terminate
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Sense 6
transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
=> disrespect
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Sense 8
break
=> disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out
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Sense 9
break, burst, erupt
=> express emotion, express feelings
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Sense 10
break, break off discontinue, stop
=> end terminate
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Sense 11
break in break
=> trespass, intrude
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Sense 13
violate, go against, break
--------------
Sense 14
better, break
=> surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount
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Sense 16
break
=> become go get
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Sense 18
break, break away
=> separate, part split up split, break, break up
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Sense 20
break
=> collapse, fall in cave in give give way break, founder
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Sense 21
dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break
=> deaden, blunt
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Sense 23
break
=> end finish, terminate, cease
--------------
Sense 24
break
=> change, alter, vary
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Sense 27
break
=> come forth, emerge
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Sense 28
break
=> happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place
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Sense 29
break
=> ruin
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Sense 30
break
=> invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify
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Sense 31
break
=> cancel, call off
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Sense 32
break
=> divide, split, split up separate, dissever, carve up
--------------
Sense 33
separate, part split up split, break, break up
--------------
Sense 34
demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs
=> delegate, designate, depute, assign
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Sense 35
bankrupt, ruin, break
=> impoverish
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Sense 36
break
=> switch, shift, change
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Sense 37
break
=> appear
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Sense 38
collapse, fall in cave in give give way break, founder
=> change
--------------
Sense 39
break dance, break-dance, break
=> dance, trip the light fantastic
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Sense 42
break
=> shoot
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Sense 43
break
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
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Sense 45
break, break off snap off
=> detach
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Sense 50
pause, intermit, break
=> interrupt, disrupt, break up cut off
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Sense 51
break
=> interrupt, disrupt, break up cut off
--------------
Sense 52
break
=> diphthongize
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Sense 55
break
=> switch, shift, change
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Sense 56
break, hold on stop
=> interrupt, break
--------------
Sense 57
break, recrudesce, develop
=> happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place
--------------
Sense 58
crack, check, break
=> change
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Sense 59
break
=> change state, turn
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Sense 60
break
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
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Sense 61
fracture, break
--------------
Sense 62
break
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
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Sense 63
break
=> weaken
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Grep of noun breaking
breaking
breaking and entering
breaking away
breaking ball
breaking off
breaking point
breaking wind
groundbreaking
housebreaking
law-breaking
prison-breaking
strikebreaking
Overview of noun breaking
The noun breaking has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) breakage, break, breaking -- (the act of breaking something "the breakage was unavoidable")
Overview of verb break
The verb break has 63 senses (first 22 from tagged texts)
1. (15) interrupt, break -- (end prematurely; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak")
2. (13) break, separate, split up fall apart, come apart -- (become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart")
3. (11) break -- (destroy the integrity of usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match")
4. (9) break -- (render inoperable or ineffective; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!")
5. (8) break, bust -- (ruin completely; "He busted my radio!")
6. (6) transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break -- (act in disregard of laws and rules "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law")
7. (4) break, break out break away -- (move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail")
8. (4) break -- (scatter or part "The clouds broke after the heavy downpour")
9. (4) break, burst, erupt -- (force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up "break into tears"; "erupt in anger")
10. (4) break, break off discontinue, stop -- (prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break the silence")
11. (3) break in break -- (enter someone's property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"; "They broke into my car and stole my radio!")
12. (3) break in break -- (make submissive, obedient, or useful, as of wild animals or new items: "The horse was tough to break"; used metaphorically for people)
13. (2) violate, go against, break -- (fail to agree with be in violation of as of rules or patterns; "He violated the agreement to stay away from his ex-wife"; "You are breaking the law!")
14. (2) better, break -- (surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record")
15. (2) disclose, let on bring out reveal, discover, expose, declare, divulge, impart, break, give away let out -- (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her")
16. (2) break -- (come into being "light broke over the horizon"; "Voices broke in the air")
17. (2) fail go bad give way die, give out conk out go break, break down -- (stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident")
18. (1) break, break away -- (interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns")
19. (1) break -- (make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing (military usage); "The ranks broke")
20. (1) break -- (curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves; "The surf broke")
21. (1) dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break -- (lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall")
22. (1) break -- (be broken in "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress")
23. break -- (come to an end "The heat wave finally broke yesterday")
24. break -- (vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity; "The flat plain was broken by sharply mesas")
25. break -- (cause to give up a habit; "She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes")
26. break -- (give up: "break cigarette smoking")
27. break -- (come forth or begin from a state of latency; "The first winter storm broke over New York")
28. break -- (happen or take place "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months" (informal))
29. break -- (cause the failure or ruin of "His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage"; "This play will either make or break the playwright")
30. break -- (invalidate by judicial action "The will was broken")
31. break -- (stop or interrupt; "He broke the engagement"; "We had to break our plans for a trip to China")
32. break -- (divide into pieces, as by bending or cutting; "break the loaf of bread"; "break the crackers")
33. separate, part split up split, break, break up -- (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up")
34. demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs -- (assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up")
35. bankrupt, ruin, break -- (reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!")
36. break -- (change directions suddenly)
37. break -- (emerge from the surface, as of fish in water; "The whales broke")
38. collapse, fall in cave in give give way break, founder -- (break down literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice")
39. break dance, break-dance, break -- (do a break dance; "Kids were break-dancing at the street corner")
40. break -- (exchange for smaller units of money; "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy")
41. break, break up -- (destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set")
42. break -- (make the opening shot that scatters the balls, in billiards or pool)
43. break -- (separate from a clinch, in boxing; "The referee broke the boxers")
44. break, wear, wear out bust, fall apart -- (go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely")
45. break, break off snap off -- (break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree")
46. break -- (pierce the surface of "The fish broke the water")
47. break -- (become punctured or penetrated: "The skin broke")
48. break -- (pierce or penetrate; "The blade broke her skin")
49. break, get out get around -- (be released or become known of news "News of her death broke in the morning")
50. pause, intermit, break -- (cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch")
51. break -- (interrupt the flow of current in "break a circuit")
52. break -- (undergo breaking; "The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages")
53. break -- (find a flaw in: "break an alibi")
54. break -- (find the solution or key to "break the code")
55. break -- (change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another; "Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children")
56. break, hold on stop -- (stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"; "We broke at noon")
57. break, recrudesce, develop -- (happen, as of an event; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time")
58. crack, check, break -- (become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated")
59. break -- (of the male voice in puberty; "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir")
60. break -- (fall sharply; "stock prices broke")
61. fracture, break -- (fracture a bone of: "I broke my foot while playing hockey")
62. break -- (diminish or discontinue abruptly; "The patient's fever broke last night")
63. break -- (weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "For a hero loves the world till it breaks him"--Yeats)
Overview of adj breaking
The adj breaking has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) breaking -- ((of waves) curling over and crashing into surf or spray: "the breaking waves")
Antonyms of adj breaking
Similarity of adj breaking
1 sense of breaking
Sense 1
breaking
Participle of verb break (Sense 20)
=>break
=> collapse, fall in cave in give give way break, founder
Attributes of adj breaking
Familiarity of adj breaking
breaking used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1)
Grep of adj breaking
backbreaking
breaking
heartbreaking
record-breaking
Overview of noun breaking
The noun breaking has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) breakage, break, breaking -- (the act of breaking something "the breakage was unavoidable")
Overview of verb break
The verb break has 63 senses (first 22 from tagged texts)
1. (15) interrupt, break -- (end prematurely; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak")
2. (13) break, separate, split up fall apart, come apart -- (become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart")
3. (11) break -- (destroy the integrity of usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match")
4. (9) break -- (render inoperable or ineffective; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!")
5. (8) break, bust -- (ruin completely; "He busted my radio!")
6. (6) transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break -- (act in disregard of laws and rules "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law")
7. (4) break, break out break away -- (move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail")
8. (4) break -- (scatter or part "The clouds broke after the heavy downpour")
9. (4) break, burst, erupt -- (force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up "break into tears"; "erupt in anger")
10. (4) break, break off discontinue, stop -- (prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break the silence")
11. (3) break in break -- (enter someone's property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"; "They broke into my car and stole my radio!")
12. (3) break in break -- (make submissive, obedient, or useful, as of wild animals or new items: "The horse was tough to break"; used metaphorically for people)
13. (2) violate, go against, break -- (fail to agree with be in violation of as of rules or patterns; "He violated the agreement to stay away from his ex-wife"; "You are breaking the law!")
14. (2) better, break -- (surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record")
15. (2) disclose, let on bring out reveal, discover, expose, declare, divulge, impart, break, give away let out -- (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her")
16. (2) break -- (come into being "light broke over the horizon"; "Voices broke in the air")
17. (2) fail go bad give way die, give out conk out go break, break down -- (stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident")
18. (1) break, break away -- (interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns")
19. (1) break -- (make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing (military usage); "The ranks broke")
20. (1) break -- (curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves; "The surf broke")
21. (1) dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break -- (lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall")
22. (1) break -- (be broken in "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress")
23. break -- (come to an end "The heat wave finally broke yesterday")
24. break -- (vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity; "The flat plain was broken by sharply mesas")
25. break -- (cause to give up a habit; "She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes")
26. break -- (give up: "break cigarette smoking")
27. break -- (come forth or begin from a state of latency; "The first winter storm broke over New York")
28. break -- (happen or take place "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months" (informal))
29. break -- (cause the failure or ruin of "His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage"; "This play will either make or break the playwright")
30. break -- (invalidate by judicial action "The will was broken")
31. break -- (stop or interrupt; "He broke the engagement"; "We had to break our plans for a trip to China")
32. break -- (divide into pieces, as by bending or cutting; "break the loaf of bread"; "break the crackers")
33. separate, part split up split, break, break up -- (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up")
34. demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs -- (assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up")
35. bankrupt, ruin, break -- (reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!")
36. break -- (change directions suddenly)
37. break -- (emerge from the surface, as of fish in water; "The whales broke")
38. collapse, fall in cave in give give way break, founder -- (break down literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice")
39. break dance, break-dance, break -- (do a break dance; "Kids were break-dancing at the street corner")
40. break -- (exchange for smaller units of money; "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy")
41. break, break up -- (destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set")
42. break -- (make the opening shot that scatters the balls, in billiards or pool)
43. break -- (separate from a clinch, in boxing; "The referee broke the boxers")
44. break, wear, wear out bust, fall apart -- (go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely")
45. break, break off snap off -- (break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree")
46. break -- (pierce the surface of "The fish broke the water")
47. break -- (become punctured or penetrated: "The skin broke")
48. break -- (pierce or penetrate; "The blade broke her skin")
49. break, get out get around -- (be released or become known of news "News of her death broke in the morning")
50. pause, intermit, break -- (cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch")
51. break -- (interrupt the flow of current in "break a circuit")
52. break -- (undergo breaking; "The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages")
53. break -- (find a flaw in: "break an alibi")
54. break -- (find the solution or key to "break the code")
55. break -- (change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another; "Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children")
56. break, hold on stop -- (stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"; "We broke at noon")
57. break, recrudesce, develop -- (happen, as of an event; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time")
58. crack, check, break -- (become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated")
59. break -- (of the male voice in puberty; "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir")
60. break -- (fall sharply; "stock prices broke")
61. fracture, break -- (fracture a bone of: "I broke my foot while playing hockey")
62. break -- (diminish or discontinue abruptly; "The patient's fever broke last night")
63. break -- (weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "For a hero loves the world till it breaks him"--Yeats)
Overview of adj breaking
The adj breaking has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) breaking -- ((of waves) curling over and crashing into surf or spray: "the breaking waves")
breaking definition
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