break

Overview of noun break

The noun break has 16 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
                                         
1. (3) interruption, break -- (some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt")
2. (2) break, good luck, happy chance -- (an unexpected piece of good luck; "he finally got his big break")
3. (1) fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break -- ((geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust")
4. (1) rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out -- (a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations")
5. (1) respite, recess, break, time out -- (a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate")
6. (1) breakage, break, breaking -- (the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable")
7. pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension -- (a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something)
8. fracture, break -- (breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall")
9. break -- (the occurrence of breaking; "the break in the dam threatened the valley")
10. break -- (an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion); "then there was a break in her voice")
11. break -- (the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool)
12. break, break of serve -- ((tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; "he was up two breaks in the second set")
13. break, interruption, disruption, gap -- (an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account")
14. break -- (a sudden dash; "he made a break for the open door")
15. open frame, break -- (any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare; "the break in the eighth frame cost him the match")
16. break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking -- (an escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned")

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")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun break

16 senses of break                                                      

Sense 1
interruption, break
       => happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
           => event
               => psychological feature
                   => abstraction
                       => abstract entity
                           => entity

Sense 2
break, good luck, happy chance
       => accident, fortuity, chance event
           => happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
               => event
                   => psychological feature
                       => abstraction
                           => abstract entity
                               => entity

Sense 3
fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break
       => crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure
           => opening, gap
               => space
                   => amorphous shape
                       => shape, form
                           => attribute
                               => abstraction
                                   => abstract entity
                                       => entity
                   => location
                       => object, physical object
                           => physical entity
                               => entity

Sense 4
rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out
       => separation, breakup, detachment
           => change, alteration, modification
               => happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
                   => event
                       => psychological feature
                           => abstraction
                               => abstract entity
                                   => entity

Sense 5
respite, recess, break, time out
       => pause
           => inactivity
               => act, human action, human activity
                   => event
                       => psychological feature
                           => abstraction
                               => abstract entity
                                   => entity

Sense 6
breakage, break, breaking
       => change of integrity
           => change
               => action
                   => act, human action, human activity
                       => event
                           => psychological feature
                               => abstraction
                                   => abstract entity
                                       => entity

Sense 7
pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
       => time interval, interval
           => measure, quantity, amount
               => abstraction
                   => abstract entity
                       => entity

Sense 8
fracture, break
       => injury, hurt, harm, trauma
           => ill health, unhealthiness, health problem
               => pathological state
                   => condition, status
                       => state
                           => attribute
                               => abstraction
                                   => abstract entity
                                       => entity

Sense 9
break
       => separation, breakup, detachment
           => change, alteration, modification
               => happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
                   => event
                       => psychological feature
                           => abstraction
                               => abstract entity
                                   => entity

Sense 10
break
       => change, alteration, modification
           => happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
               => event
                   => psychological feature
                       => abstraction
                           => abstract entity
                               => entity

Sense 11
break
       => stroke, shot
           => maneuver, manoeuvre, play
               => motion, movement, move
                   => change
                       => action
                           => act, human action, human activity
                               => event
                                   => psychological feature
                                       => abstraction
                                           => abstract entity
                                               => entity

Sense 12
break, break of serve
       => score
           => success
               => attainment
                   => accomplishment, achievement
                       => action
                           => act, human action, human activity
                               => event
                                   => psychological feature
                                       => abstraction
                                           => abstract entity
                                               => entity

Sense 13
break, interruption, disruption, gap
       => delay, holdup
           => inactivity
               => act, human action, human activity
                   => event
                       => psychological feature
                           => abstraction
                               => abstract entity
                                   => entity

Sense 14
break
       => dash, sprint
           => run, running
               => locomotion, travel
                   => motion, movement, move
                       => change
                           => action
                               => act, human action, human activity
                                   => event
                                       => psychological feature
                                           => abstraction
                                               => abstract entity
                                                   => entity

Sense 15
open frame, break
       => score
           => success
               => attainment
                   => accomplishment, achievement
                       => action
                           => act, human action, human activity
                               => event
                                   => psychological feature
                                       => abstraction
                                           => abstract entity
                                               => entity

Sense 16
break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking
       => escape, flight
           => running away
               => deed, feat, effort, exploit
                   => accomplishment, achievement
                       => action
                           => act, human action, human activity
                               => event
                                   => psychological feature
                                       => abstraction
                                           => abstract entity
                                               => entity

Hyponyms of noun break

10 of 16 senses of break                                                

Sense 1
interruption, break
       => dislocation, disruption
       => punctuation
       => suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatement
       => eclipse, occultation

Sense 3
fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break
       HAS INSTANCE=> Denali Fault
       => inclined fault
       HAS INSTANCE=> San Andreas Fault
       => strike-slip fault

Sense 4
rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out
       => schism

Sense 5
respite, recess, break, time out
       => spring break

Sense 6
breakage, break, breaking
       => rupture
       => smashing, shattering
       => fracture, crack, cracking
       => chip, chipping, splintering

Sense 7
pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
       => lapse
       => blackout
       => caesura
       => dead air
       => delay, hold, time lag, postponement, wait
       => halftime
       => respite, rest, relief, rest period
       => time-out
       => letup, lull

Sense 8
fracture, break
       => comminuted fracture
       => complete fracture
       => compound fracture, open fracture
       => compression fracture
       => depressed fracture
       => displaced fracture
       => fatigue fracture, stress fracture
       => hairline fracture, capillary fracture
       => incomplete fracture
       => impacted fracture
       => simple fracture, closed fracture

Sense 9
break
       => snap

Sense 13
break, interruption, disruption, gap
       => cut-in, insert
       => cut-in, insert
       => interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation
       => breaking off, abruption
       => heckling, barracking

Sense 14
break
       => fast break

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun break

16 senses of break                                                      

Sense 1
interruption, break
       => happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event

Sense 2
break, good luck, happy chance
       => accident, fortuity, chance event

Sense 3
fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break
       => crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure

Sense 4
rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out
       => separation, breakup, detachment

Sense 5
respite, recess, break, time out
       => pause

Sense 6
breakage, break, breaking
       => change of integrity

Sense 7
pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
       => time interval, interval

Sense 8
fracture, break
       => injury, hurt, harm, trauma

Sense 9
break
       => separation, breakup, detachment

Sense 10
break
       => change, alteration, modification

Sense 11
break
       => stroke, shot

Sense 12
break, break of serve
       => score

Sense 13
break, interruption, disruption, gap
       => delay, holdup

Sense 14
break
       => dash, sprint

Sense 15
open frame, break
       => score

Sense 16
break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking
       => escape, flight

Antonyms of noun break
                                                                         

Member Holonyms of noun break
                                                                         

Substance Holonyms of noun break
                                                                         

Part Holonyms of noun break

1 of 16 senses of break                                                 

Sense 11
break
          PART OF: billiards
          PART OF: pool, pocket billiards

Member Meronyms of noun break
                                                                         

Substance Meronyms of noun break
                                                                         

Part Meronyms of noun break

1 of 16 senses of break                                                 

Sense 3
fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break
          HAS PART: fault line

Meronyms of noun break

1 of 16 senses of break                                                 

Sense 3
fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break
          HAS PART: fault line

Holonyms of noun break

1 of 16 senses of break                                                 

Sense 11
break
          PART OF: billiards
          PART OF: pool, pocket billiards

Attributes of noun break
                                                                         

Derived Forms of noun break

10 of 16 senses of break                                                

Sense 1
interruption, break
       RELATED TO>(verb) break#24
           => break

Sense 3
fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break
       RELATED TO>(verb) break#2
           => break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart

Sense 4
rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out
       RELATED TO>(verb) break#31
           => separate, part, split up, split, break, break up

Sense 5
respite, recess, break, time out
       RELATED TO>(verb) break#47
           => pause, intermit, break

Sense 6
breakage, break, breaking
       RELATED TO>(verb) break#3
           => break
       RELATED TO>(verb) break#2
           => break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart

Sense 7
pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
       RELATED TO>(verb) break#18
           => break, break away

Sense 8
fracture, break
       RELATED TO>(verb) break#54
           => crack, check, break
       RELATED TO>(verb) break#57
           => fracture, break

Sense 9
break
       RELATED TO>(verb) break#2
           => break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart

Sense 11
break
       RELATED TO>(verb) break#40
           => break

Sense 16
break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking
       RELATED TO>(verb) break#7
           => break, break out, break away

Domain of noun break

2 of 16 senses of break                                                 

Sense 3
fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break
       TOPIC>(noun) geology#1

Sense 12
break, break of serve
       TOPIC>(noun) tennis#1, lawn tennis#1

Domain Terms of noun break
                                                                         

Familiarity of noun break

break used as a noun is familiar (polysemy count =16)

Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun break

16 senses of break                                                      

Sense 1
interruption, break
    > happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
       => accompaniment, concomitant, attendant, co-occurrence
       => avalanche
       => experience
       => trouble
       => treat
       => miracle
       => wonder, marvel
       => thing
       => episode
       => eventuality, contingency, contingence
       => beginning
       => ending, conclusion, finish
       => one-off
       => periodic event, recurrent event
       => change, alteration, modification
       => error, computer error
       => accident, fortuity, chance event
       => fire
       => incident
       => discharge
       => case, instance, example
       => movement, motion
       => failure
       => success
       => appearance
       => destiny, fate
       => disappearance
       => disappearance
       => contact, impinging, striking
       => finish
       => interruption, break
       => sound
       => union
       => news event
       => flash
       => convergence
       => juncture, occasion
       => outburst, burst, flare-up
       => outbreak, eruption, irruption
       => reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eye
       => boom, bonanza, gold rush, gravy, godsend, manna from heaven, windfall, bunce
       => crash, collapse
       => supervention

Sense 2
break, good luck, happy chance
    > accident, fortuity, chance event
       => hap
       => break, good luck, happy chance
       => coincidence, happenstance
       => lottery

Sense 3
fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break
    > crack, cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure
       => chap
       => chink
       => crevasse
       => fatigue crack
       => fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break
       => rift
       => slit
       => split
       => vent, volcano

Sense 4
rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out
    > separation, breakup, detachment
       => rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out
       => break

Sense 5
respite, recess, break, time out
    > pause
       => respite, recess, break, time out
       => hesitation, waver, falter, faltering
       => intermission
       => freeze, halt

Sense 6
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

Sense 7
pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
    > time interval, interval
       => access time
       => distance, space
       => embolism, intercalation
       => seek time
       => time constant
       => time slot, slot
       => lunitidal interval
       => absence
       => pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension
       => interlude
       => interim, meantime, meanwhile, lag
       => latent period
       => reaction time, response time, latency, latent period
       => eternity
       => cycle, rhythm, round
       => lead time
       => period
       => float
       => rotational latency, latency
       => processing time

Sense 8
fracture, break
    > injury, hurt, harm, trauma
       => birth trauma
       => blast trauma
       => bleeding, hemorrhage, haemorrhage
       => blunt trauma
       => bruise, contusion
       => bump
       => burn
       => dislocation
       => electric shock
       => fracture, break
       => frostbite, cryopathy
       => intravasation
       => penetrating trauma, penetrating injury
       => pinch
       => rupture
       => sting, bite, insect bite
       => strain
       => whiplash, whiplash injury
       => wale, welt, weal, wheal
       => wound, lesion
       => wrench, twist, pull

Sense 9
break
    > separation, breakup, detachment
       => rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out
       => break

Sense 10
break
    > change, alteration, modification
       => acceleration
       => deceleration, slowing, retardation
       => avulsion
       => break
       => mutation
       => sublimation
       => surprise
       => birth, nativity, nascency, nascence
       => separation, breakup, detachment
       => vagary
       => variation, fluctuation
       => conversion
       => death, decease, expiry
       => decrease, lessening, drop-off
       => destabilization
       => increase
       => easing, moderation, relief
       => deformation
       => transition
       => transformation, transmutation, shift
       => twinkle, scintillation, sparkling
       => shimmer, play
       => transmutation
       => damage, harm, impairment
       => development
       => revolution
       => mutation, genetic mutation, chromosomal mutation
       => sex change
       => loss of consciousness

Sense 11
break
    > stroke, shot
       => break
       => carom, cannon
       => masse, masse shot
       => miscue
       => cut, undercut
       => swipe
       => tennis stroke, tennis shot
       => baseball swing, swing, cut
       => golf stroke, golf shot, swing

Sense 12
break, break of serve
    > score
       => bull's eye
       => goal
       => strike, ten-strike
       => spare
       => open frame, break
       => safety
       => touchdown
       => field goal
       => conversion
       => run, tally
       => basket, field goal
       => hat trick
       => break, break of serve
       => equalizer

Sense 13
break, interruption, disruption, gap
    > delay, holdup
       => break, interruption, disruption, gap
       => demurrage
       => forbearance
       => postponement, deferment, deferral
       => procrastination, cunctation, shillyshally
       => slowdown, lag, retardation
       => dalliance, dawdling, trifling
       => filibuster
       => tarriance, lingering

Sense 14
break
    > dash, sprint
       => break

Sense 15
open frame, break
    > score
       => bull's eye
       => goal
       => strike, ten-strike
       => spare
       => open frame, break
       => safety
       => touchdown
       => field goal
       => conversion
       => run, tally
       => basket, field goal
       => hat trick
       => break, break of serve
       => equalizer

Sense 16
break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking
    > escape, flight
       => evasion
       => break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking
       => getaway, lam
       => exodus, hegira, hejira
       HAS INSTANCE=> Hegira, Hejira
       => skedaddle
       HAS INSTANCE=> Underground Railroad, Underground Railway

Meronyms of noun break

16 senses of break                                                      

Sense 3
fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break
          HAS PART: fault line

Sense 11
break
    => stroke, shot
          HAS PART: follow-through

Holonyms of noun break

1 of 16 senses of break                                                 

Sense 11
break
          PART OF: billiards
          PART OF: pool, pocket billiards

Grep of noun break
break
break-axe
break-in
break dance
break dancing
break of day
break of serve
break of the day
break seal
breakability
breakable
breakableness
breakage
breakaway
breakax
breakaxe
breakbone fever
breakdown
breaker
breaker point
breakers
breakfast
breakfast area
breakfast food
breakfast nook
breakfast table
breakfast time
breaking
breaking and entering
breaking away
breaking ball
breaking off
breaking point
breaking wind
breakout
breakstone
breakthrough
breakup
breakwater
coffee break
daybreak
fast break
firebreak
gaolbreak
heartbreak
jailbreak
newsbreak
outbreak
prisonbreak
service break
spring break
tax break
tea break
windbreak

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,