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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 59 senses (first 22 from tagged texts)
1. (15) interrupt, break -- (terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty")
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, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise")
7. (4) break, break out, break away -- (move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security")
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 off the negotiations")
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; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern")
13. (2) violate, go against, break -- (fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns; "This sentence violates the rules of syntax")
14. (2) better, break -- (surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record")
15. (2) unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, 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"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case")
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; "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 tall 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")
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. 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")
32. demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs -- (assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant")
33. bankrupt, ruin, break, smash -- (reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him")
34. break -- (change directions suddenly)
35. break -- (emerge from the surface of a body of water; "The whales broke")
36. 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")
37. break dance, break-dance, break -- (do a break dance; "Kids were break-dancing at the street corner")
38. break -- (exchange for smaller units of money; "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy")
39. break, break up -- (destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set")
40. break -- (make the opening shot that scatters the balls)
41. break -- (separate from a clinch, in boxing; "The referee broke the boxers")
42. 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")
43. break, break off, snap off -- (break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree")
44. break -- (become punctured or penetrated; "The skin broke")
45. break -- (pierce or penetrate; "The blade broke her skin")
46. break, get out, get around -- (be released or become known; of news; "News of her death broke in the morning")
47. pause, intermit, break -- (cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch")
48. break -- (interrupt the flow of current in; "break a circuit")
49. break -- (undergo breaking; "The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages")
50. break -- (find a flaw in; "break an alibi"; "break down a proof")
51. break -- (find the solution or key to; "break the code")
52. 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")
53. break, recrudesce, develop -- (happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time")
54. crack, check, break -- (become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated")
55. break -- (crack; of the male voice in puberty; "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir")
56. break -- (fall sharply; "stock prices broke")
57. fracture, break -- (fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey")
58. break -- (diminish or discontinue abruptly; "The patient's fever broke last night")
59. break -- (weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death")
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")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun breaking
1 sense of breaking
Sense 1
breakage, break, breaking
=> change of integrity
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun breaking
1 sense of breaking
Sense 1
breakage, break, breaking
=> rupture
=> smashing, shattering
=> fracture, crack, cracking
=> chip, chipping, splintering
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun breaking
1 sense of breaking
Sense 1
breakage, break, breaking
=> change of integrity
Antonyms of noun breaking
Member Holonyms of noun breaking
Substance Holonyms of noun breaking
Part Holonyms of noun breaking
Member Meronyms of noun breaking
Substance Meronyms of noun breaking
Part Meronyms of noun breaking
Meronyms of noun breaking
Holonyms of noun breaking
Attributes of noun breaking
Derived Forms of noun breaking
Domain of noun breaking
Domain Terms of noun breaking
Familiarity of noun breaking
breaking used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun breaking
1 sense of breaking
Sense 1
breakage, break, breaking
> change of integrity
=> joining, connection, connexion
=> breakage, break, breaking
=> explosion, burst
=> burning, combustion
=> combination, combining, compounding
=> opening
=> separation
=> transformation, translation
=> transformation
=> filling
=> hardening
=> damage, harm, hurt, scathe
Meronyms of noun breaking
1 sense of breaking
Holonyms of noun breaking
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
Antonyms of verb break
3 of 59 senses of break
Sense 5
break, bust
Antonym of repair (Sense 1)
=>repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
Sense 6
transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
Antonym of keep (Sense 5)
=>observe, keep
Sense 29
break
Antonym of make (Sense 41)
=>make
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb break
59 senses of break
Sense 1
interrupt, break
=> end, terminate
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
=> change integrity
=> change
Also See> break up#18
Sense 3
break
=> separate, divide
Sense 4
break
=> damage
=> change, alter, modify
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
=> relate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 7
break, break out, break away
=> escape, get away, break loose
=> flee, fly, take flight
=> scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away
=> leave, go forth, go away
Sense 8
break
=> disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out
=> separate, part, split
=> move
Sense 9
break, burst, erupt
=> express emotion, express feelings
Sense 10
break, break off, discontinue, stop
=> end, terminate
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 11
break in, break
=> trespass, intrude
=> transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
=> disrespect
=> relate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 12
break in, break
=> domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 13
violate, go against, break
Sense 14
better, break
=> surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform
=> beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
=> get the better of, overcome, defeat
Sense 15
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
=> tell
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 16
break
=> become, go, get
=> change state, turn
=> change
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
=> scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away
=> leave, go forth, go away
Sense 20
break
=> collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
=> change
Sense 21
dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break
=> deaden, blunt
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 22
break
=> change
Sense 23
break
=> end, stop, 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
=> originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow
=> become
Sense 28
break
=> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Sense 29
break
=> ruin
=> thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
=> prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
Sense 30
break
=> invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify
=> cancel, strike down
=> declare, adjudge, hold
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sense 31
separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
Sense 32
demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs
=> delegate, designate, depute, assign
=> appoint, charge
Sense 33
bankrupt, ruin, break, smash
=> impoverish
=> deprive
=> withhold, keep back
=> deny, refuse
=> keep, hold on
=> have, have got, hold
Sense 34
break
=> switch, shift, change
Sense 35
break
=> appear
Sense 36
collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
=> change
Sense 37
break dance, break-dance, break
=> dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
=> move
Sense 38
break
=> change, exchange, commute, convert
=> replace
=> regenerate, renew
=> re-create
=> make, create
Sense 39
break, break up
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 40
break
=> shoot
=> hit
=> propel, impel
=> move, displace
Sense 41
break
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
=> move, displace
Sense 42
break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
=> change
Also See> break away#1; break off#3; break up#4; break apart#2
Sense 43
break, break off, snap off
=> detach
=> disconnect
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
=> move, displace
Sense 44
break
Sense 45
break
=> penetrate, perforate
=> enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into
Sense 46
break, get out, get around
Sense 47
pause, intermit, break
=> interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
=> break, break off, discontinue, stop
=> end, terminate
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 48
break
=> interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
=> break, break off, discontinue, stop
=> end, terminate
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 49
break
=> diphthongize, diphthongise
=> switch, shift, change
Sense 50
break
=> destroy, ruin
Sense 51
break
=> solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work
=> understand
Sense 52
break
=> switch, shift, change
Sense 53
break, recrudesce, develop
=> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Also See> break out#1; break through#2
Sense 54
crack, check, break
=> change
Sense 55
break
=> change state, turn
=> change
Sense 56
break
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> change magnitude
=> change
Sense 57
fracture, break
=> injure, wound
=> hurt
=> indispose
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 58
break
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> change magnitude
=> change
Sense 59
break
=> weaken
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb break
18 of 59 senses of break
Sense 1
interrupt, 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
=> smash
=> 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, transgress, trespass
=> 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 13
violate, go against, break
=> fly in the face of, fly in the teeth of
Sense 15
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
=> blackwash
=> muckrake
=> blow
=> out
=> come out of the closet, out, come out
=> spring
=> betray, bewray
=> confide
=> leak
=> spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out
=> reveal
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
=> dampen, deaden, damp
Sense 31
separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
=> give the axe, give the bounce, give the gate
=> disunify, break apart
=> disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint
=> break with
=> divorce, split up
=> secede, splinter, break away
=> break, break away
Sense 32
demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs
=> sideline
=> reduce
Sense 36
collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
=> implode, go off
=> buckle, crumple
=> flop
=> break
=> slump, slide down, sink
Sense 42
break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart
=> fray, frazzle
Sense 43
break, break off, snap off
=> French
Sense 46
break, get out, get around
=> leak, leak out
Sense 47
pause, intermit, break
=> rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather
=> take five
=> take ten
Sense 54
crack, check, break
=> crack
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb break
59 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#18
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, reclaim, tame
Sense 13
violate, go against, break
Sense 14
better, break
=> surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform
Sense 15
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, 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, stop, 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, fall out, come about, take place
Sense 29
break
=> ruin
Sense 30
break
=> invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify
Sense 31
separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
Sense 32
demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs
=> delegate, designate, depute, assign
Sense 33
bankrupt, ruin, break, smash
=> impoverish
Sense 34
break
=> switch, shift, change
Sense 35
break
=> appear
Sense 36
collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
=> change
Sense 37
break dance, break-dance, break
=> dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
Sense 38
break
=> change, exchange, commute, convert
Sense 39
break, break up
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 40
break
=> shoot
Sense 41
break
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
Sense 42
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 43
break, break off, snap off
=> detach
Sense 44
break
Sense 45
break
=> penetrate, perforate
Sense 46
break, get out, get around
Sense 47
pause, intermit, break
=> interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
Sense 48
break
=> interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
Sense 49
break
=> diphthongize, diphthongise
Sense 50
break
=> destroy, ruin
Sense 51
break
=> solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work
Sense 52
break
=> switch, shift, change
Sense 53
break, recrudesce, develop
=> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
Also See> break out#1; break through#2
Sense 54
crack, check, break
=> change
Sense 55
break
=> change state, turn
Sense 56
break
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Sense 57
fracture, break
=> injure, wound
Sense 58
break
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
Sense 59
break
=> weaken
'Cause To' of verb break
4 of 59 senses of break
Sense 5
break, bust
=> break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart
Sense 12
break in, break
=> break
Sense 15
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
=> break, get out, get around
Sense 25
break
=> break
Derived Forms of verb break
18 of 59 senses of break
Sense 2
break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
RELATED TO>(adj) breakable#1
=> breakable
RELATED TO>(noun) break#3
=> fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break
RELATED TO>(noun) break#9
=> break
RELATED TO>(noun) break#6
=> breakage, break, breaking
Sense 3
break
RELATED TO>(adj) breakable#1
=> breakable
RELATED TO>(noun) break#6
=> breakage, break, breaking
RELATED TO>(noun) breakage#3
=> breakage, break, breaking
RELATED TO>(noun) breaker#1
=> breaker, ledgeman
Sense 4
break
RELATED TO>(noun) breakage#3
=> breakage, break, breaking
Sense 5
break, bust
RELATED TO>(adj) breakable#1
=> breakable
RELATED TO>(noun) breakage#3
=> breakage, break, breaking
Sense 7
break, break out, break away
RELATED TO>(noun) break#16
=> break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking
Sense 17
fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
RELATED TO>(adj) breakable#1
=> breakable
Sense 18
break, break away
RELATED TO>(noun) break#7
=> pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
Sense 20
break
RELATED TO>(noun) breaker#2
=> surf, breaker, breakers
Sense 24
break
RELATED TO>(noun) break#1
=> interruption, break
Sense 31
separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
RELATED TO>(noun) break#4
=> rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out
Sense 39
break, break up
RELATED TO>(adj) breakable#1
=> breakable
Sense 40
break
RELATED TO>(noun) break#11
=> break
Sense 42
break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart
RELATED TO>(adj) breakable#1
=> breakable
Sense 43
break, break off, snap off
RELATED TO>(adj) breakable#1
=> breakable
RELATED TO>(noun) breakage#3
=> breakage, break, breaking
RELATED TO>(noun) breaker#1
=> breaker, ledgeman
Sense 47
pause, intermit, break
RELATED TO>(noun) break#5
=> respite, recess, break, time out
Sense 48
break
RELATED TO>(noun) breaker#3
=> circuit breaker, breaker
Sense 54
crack, check, break
RELATED TO>(adj) breakable#1
=> breakable
RELATED TO>(noun) break#8
=> fracture, break
Sense 57
fracture, break
RELATED TO>(noun) break#8
=> fracture, break
Domain of verb break
3 of 59 senses of break
Sense 19
break
TOPIC>(noun) military#1, armed forces#1, armed services#1, military machine#1, war machine#1
Sense 28
break
USAGE>(noun) colloquialism#1
Sense 40
break
TOPIC>(noun) billiards#1
Domain Terms of verb break
Familiarity of verb break
break used as a verb is extremely familiar (polysemy count =59)
Sample Sentences of verb break
59 senses of break
Sense 1
interrupt, break
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
EX: The wooden sticks break
EX: These glasses break easily
Sense 3
break
EX: The girls break the wooden sticks
Sense 4
break
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 5
break, bust
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 6
transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 7
break, break out, break away
*> Somebody ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Somebody ----s PP
=> Somebody ----s something
Sense 8
break
*> Something ----s
Sense 9
break, burst, erupt
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 10
break, break off, discontinue, stop
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 11
break in, break
*> Somebody ----s something
=> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 12
break in, break
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 13
violate, go against, break
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 14
better, break
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 15
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
*> Somebody ----s something to somebody
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 16
break
*> Something ----s
Sense 17
fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
EX: These cars won't break
Sense 18
break, break away
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 19
break
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 20
break
*> Something ----s
Sense 21
dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 22
break
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 23
break
*> Something ----s
Sense 24
break
*> Something ----s something
Sense 25
break
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 26
break
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 27
break
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 28
break
*> Something ----s
Sense 29
break
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 30
break
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 31
separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 32
demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 33
bankrupt, ruin, break, smash
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 34
break
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 35
break
*> Something ----s
Sense 36
collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 37
break dance, break-dance, break
EX: Sam and Sue break
Sense 38
break
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 39
break, break up
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 40
break
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 41
break
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 42
break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart
*> Something ----s
Sense 43
break, break off, snap off
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 44
break
*> Something ----s
Sense 45
break
*> Something ----s something
Sense 46
break, get out, get around
*> Something ----s
Sense 47
pause, intermit, break
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 48
break
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 49
break
*> Something ----s
Sense 50
break
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 51
break
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 52
break
*> Something ----s
Sense 53
break, recrudesce, develop
*> Something ----s
Sense 54
crack, check, break
*> Something ----s
Sense 55
break
*> Something ----s
Sense 56
break
EX: The stock market is going to break
Sense 57
fracture, break
EX: Did he break his foot?
Sense 58
break
*> Something ----s
Sense 59
break
*> Something ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb break
54 of 59 senses of break
Sense 1
interrupt, break
> end, terminate
=> close out
=> finish
=> abort
=> culminate
=> lift, raise
=> ax, axe
=> stamp out, kill
=> dissolve, break up
=> dissolve, break up
=> break, break off, discontinue, stop
=> interrupt, break
=> stub out, crush out, extinguish, press out
=> finalize, finalise, settle, nail down
=> complete, finish
=> closure, cloture
=> decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate
=> conclude
=> close
=> phase out
=> close
Sense 2
break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
> change integrity
=> reform
=> polymerize, polymerise
=> polymerize, polymerise
=> explode, burst
=> explode, detonate, blow up, set off
=> cook
=> break up, disperse, scatter
=> break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
=> pasteurize, pasteurise
=> condense
=> evaporate, vaporize, vaporise
=> burn, incinerate
=> blend, flux, mix, conflate, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
=> disintegrate
=> disintegrate, decay, decompose
=> thicken, inspissate
=> gasify, vaporize, vaporise, aerify
=> liquefy, flux, liquify
=> solidify
=> solidify
=> crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise
=> dissolve, resolve, break up
=> demulsify
=> jellify, jelly
=> jellify
=> separate
=> crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse
=> divide, split, split up, separate, dissever, carve up
Sense 3
break
> separate, divide
=> partition, zone
=> break
=> disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter
=> rail, rail off
=> detach
=> shut off, close off
Sense 4
break
> damage
=> burn
=> frost
=> bilge
=> break
=> total
=> bruise
=> disturb
=> afflict, smite
=> hurt, injure
=> impair
=> flaw, blemish
=> corrode, eat, rust
=> erode, eat away, fret
=> mutilate, mangle, cut up
=> mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate
=> whittle away, whittle down, wear away
=> bang up, smash up, smash
Sense 5
break, bust
> destroy, ruin
=> burn, fire, burn down
=> lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge
=> harry, ravage
=> break
=> break, bust
=> vandalize, vandalise
=> do a job on
=> subvert
=> get
=> devour
=> rape, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder
=> explode
=> consume
=> shipwreck
=> bust up, wreck, wrack
=> kick in, kick down
=> wash out
Sense 6
transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
> disrespect
=> transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
Sense 7
break, break out, break away
> escape, get away, break loose
=> break, break out, break away
=> shake, shake off, throw off, escape from
=> elude, evade, bilk
=> slip
=> run away
=> escape, get away
Sense 8
break
> disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out
=> aerosolize, aerosolise
=> break
=> volley
Sense 9
break, burst, erupt
> express emotion, express feelings
=> laugh, express joy, express mirth
=> cry, weep
=> break, burst, erupt
=> lament, keen
Sense 10
break, break off, discontinue, stop
> end, terminate
=> close out
=> finish
=> abort
=> culminate
=> lift, raise
=> ax, axe
=> stamp out, kill
=> dissolve, break up
=> dissolve, break up
=> break, break off, discontinue, stop
=> interrupt, break
=> stub out, crush out, extinguish, press out
=> finalize, finalise, settle, nail down
=> complete, finish
=> closure, cloture
=> decide, settle, resolve, adjudicate
=> conclude
=> close
=> phase out
=> close
Sense 11
break in, break
> trespass, intrude
=> break in, break
Sense 12
break in, break
> domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
=> break in, break
Sense 14
better, break
> surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform
=> outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, circumvent
=> outgrow
=> outshout, outcry
=> outroar
=> outsail
=> outdraw
=> outsell
=> outsell
=> outpace
=> better, break
=> outshine
=> outrange
=> outweigh
=> outbrave
=> out-herod
=> outfox
=> shame
=> outmarch
=> outwear
Sense 15
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
> tell
=> digress, stray, divagate, wander
=> bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal
=> unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
=> spill, talk
=> publicize, publicise, air, bare
=> repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell
=> propagandize, propagandise
=> announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald
=> impart, leave, give, pass on
Sense 16
break
> become, go, get
=> sober up, sober
=> sober up, sober
=> work
=> take effect
=> run
=> take
=> break
=> settle
Sense 17
fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
> change
=> freshen, refresh, refreshen, |
