Break (Verb)
Meaning 1
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".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 2
Interrupt the flow of current in; "break a circuit".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 3
Crack; of the male voice in puberty; "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 4
Invalidate by judicial action; "The will was broken".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 5
Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 6
Destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match".
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Meaning 7
Diminish or discontinue abruptly; "The patient's fever broke last night".
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Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
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Meaning 8
Force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger".
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Verbs of feeling.
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Meaning 9
Fall sharply; "stock prices broke".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 10
Exchange for smaller units of money; "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 11
Move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 12
Separate from a clinch, in boxing; "The referee broke the boxers".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 13
Reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him".
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Verbs of buying, selling, owning.
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Meaning 14
Cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 15
Render inoperable or ineffective; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 16
Come into being; "light broke over the horizon"; "Voices broke in the air".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 17
Cause the failure or ruin of; "His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage"; "This play will either make or break the playwright".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 19
Be released or become known; of news; "News of her death broke in the morning".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 20
Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 21
Find a flaw in; "break an alibi"; "break down a proof".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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Meaning 22
Break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 23
Pierce or penetrate; "The blade broke her skin".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 24
Prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 25
Curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves; "The surf broke".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 26
Make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing; "The ranks broke".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 27
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".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 28
Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated".
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Meaning 29
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".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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- Give The Gate
- Disassociate
- Break With
- Split Up
- Splinter
- Disunify
- Give The Bounce
- Divorce
- Dissociate
- Disunite
- Break
- Secede
- Break Apart
- Give The Axe
- Break Away
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Meaning 30
Become punctured or penetrated; "The skin broke".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Meaning 31
Find the solution or key to; "break the code".
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Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
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Meaning 32
Destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 33
Vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity; "The flat plain was broken by tall mesas".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 34
Make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 35
Undergo breaking; "The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 36
Give up; "break cigarette smoking".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 37
Fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey".
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Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
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Meaning 38
Happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 39
Enter someone's (virtual or real) 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!"; "who broke into my account last night?".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 40
Interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 41
Be broken in; "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Meaning 42
Make the opening shot that scatters the balls.
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 43
Come to an end; "The heat wave finally broke yesterday".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 44
Come forth or begin from a state of latency; "The first winter storm broke over New York".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 45
Go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 46
Weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death".
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Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
Meaning 47
Fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns; "This sentence violates the rules of syntax".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
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Meaning 48
Cause to give up a habit; "She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes".
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Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.
Meaning 49
Become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 50
Happen or take place; "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 51
Ruin completely; "He busted my radio!".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 52
Terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty".
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Meaning 53
Change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another; "Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 54
Scatter or part; "The clouds broke after the heavy downpour".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 55
Lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 56
Surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record".
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Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
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Meaning 57
Emerge from the surface of a body of water; "The whales broke".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Meaning 58
Do a break dance; "Kids were break-dancing at the street corner".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 59
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"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"; "The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.