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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, 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, freshen up
=> dress, get dressed
=> grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
=> regenerate
=> gel
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> creolize
=> mutate
=> have, experience
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> roll, roll up
=> glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over
=> turn, grow
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
=> change integrity
=> change shape, change form, deform
=> form
=> change state, turn
=> adjust, conform, adapt
=> rise, jump, climb up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> dissimilate
=> change magnitude
=> modify
=> deaden
=> break
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
=> mold, mildew
=> hydrate
=> dry, dry out
=> strengthen
=> distill, distil
=> deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
=> crack
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> oxidise, oxidize, oxidate
=> grow
=> mellow, melt, mellow out
=> soften
=> ionize, ionise
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> lighten, lighten up
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> discolor
=> narrow, contract
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten
=> dim
=> crack, check, break
=> transpire
=> resume, take up
=> change surface
=> sublime, sublimate
=> cool, cool off, cool down
=> warm up
=> warm, warm up
=> transform, transmute, metamorphose
=> convert
=> dull
=> complexify, ramify
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> modernize, modernise, develop
=> stiffen
=> tighten
=> fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
=> give way, yield
=> harden, indurate
=> harden, indurate
=> suffuse
=> hush
=> normalize, normalise
=> reorient
=> purify
=> digest
=> regress
=> foul
=> decalcify
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> decarboxylate
=> spot
=> receive, get, find, obtain, incur
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
=> prim
=> capacitate
=> caseate
=> caseate
=> clinker
=> cure
=> dawn
=> salinate
=> desalinate, desalt, desalinize, desalinise
=> shallow, shoal
=> steepen
=> superannuate
=> ulcerate
=> vitrify
=> vulcanize, vulcanise
=> pall, dull
=> die, pall, become flat
=> saponify
=> move, go, run
=> come
=> catch
=> catch on
=> develop, grow
=> fly
=> develop, acquire, evolve
=> assibilate
=> smoothen
=> turn on
=> drop
=> break into
=> deepen, change
=> concretize, concretise
=> decay
=> commute, transpose
=> introject
=> shift
=> swing
=> fall
=> fall
=> reflate
=> hydrolyze, hydrolyse
=> fold, fold up
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise
=> obsolesce
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> recede
=> defervesce
=> incandesce
=> calcify
=> drift
=> play out
=> conjugate
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> indurate
=> gradate
=> keratinize, keratinise
=> opacify
=> mature
=> rejuvenate
=> sequester
=> transaminate
=> vesiculate
=> undulate
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> crash
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> shift
=> flip, flip out
=> gum
=> synthesize
=> come round, come around
=> promote
=> separate, divide, part
=> format, arrange
=> fall for
=> move up, rise
=> change posture
=> settle
=> collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
=> solarize, solarise
=> occult
=> pass
=> leave, depart, pull up stakes
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> stratify
=> democratize, democratise
=> relax, loosen
=> reticulate
=> flocculate
=> carbonate
=> come in
=> go out
=> stagnate
=> make
=> ice up, frost over, ice over
Sense 18
break, break away
> 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 19
break
> flee, fly, take flight
=> break
=> stampede
=> abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make off
=> elope, run off
=> escape, get away, break loose
=> high-tail
=> defect, desert
Sense 20
break
> collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
=> implode, go off
=> buckle, crumple
=> flop
=> break
=> slump, slide down, sink
Sense 21
dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break
> deaden, blunt
=> obtund
=> petrify
=> dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break
Sense 22
break
> change
=> freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up
=> dress, get dressed
=> grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
=> regenerate
=> gel
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> creolize
=> mutate
=> have, experience
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> roll, roll up
=> glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over
=> turn, grow
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
=> change integrity
=> change shape, change form, deform
=> form
=> change state, turn
=> adjust, conform, adapt
=> rise, jump, climb up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> dissimilate
=> change magnitude
=> modify
=> deaden
=> break
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
=> mold, mildew
=> hydrate
=> dry, dry out
=> strengthen
=> distill, distil
=> deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
=> crack
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> oxidise, oxidize, oxidate
=> grow
=> mellow, melt, mellow out
=> soften
=> ionize, ionise
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> lighten, lighten up
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> discolor
=> narrow, contract
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten
=> dim
=> crack, check, break
=> transpire
=> resume, take up
=> change surface
=> sublime, sublimate
=> cool, cool off, cool down
=> warm up
=> warm, warm up
=> transform, transmute, metamorphose
=> convert
=> dull
=> complexify, ramify
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> modernize, modernise, develop
=> stiffen
=> tighten
=> fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
=> give way, yield
=> harden, indurate
=> harden, indurate
=> suffuse
=> hush
=> normalize, normalise
=> reorient
=> purify
=> digest
=> regress
=> foul
=> decalcify
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> decarboxylate
=> spot
=> receive, get, find, obtain, incur
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
=> prim
=> capacitate
=> caseate
=> caseate
=> clinker
=> cure
=> dawn
=> salinate
=> desalinate, desalt, desalinize, desalinise
=> shallow, shoal
=> steepen
=> superannuate
=> ulcerate
=> vitrify
=> vulcanize, vulcanise
=> pall, dull
=> die, pall, become flat
=> saponify
=> move, go, run
=> come
=> catch
=> catch on
=> develop, grow
=> fly
=> develop, acquire, evolve
=> assibilate
=> smoothen
=> turn on
=> drop
=> break into
=> deepen, change
=> concretize, concretise
=> decay
=> commute, transpose
=> introject
=> shift
=> swing
=> fall
=> fall
=> reflate
=> hydrolyze, hydrolyse
=> fold, fold up
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise
=> obsolesce
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> recede
=> defervesce
=> incandesce
=> calcify
=> drift
=> play out
=> conjugate
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> indurate
=> gradate
=> keratinize, keratinise
=> opacify
=> mature
=> rejuvenate
=> sequester
=> transaminate
=> vesiculate
=> undulate
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> crash
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> shift
=> flip, flip out
=> gum
=> synthesize
=> come round, come around
=> promote
=> separate, divide, part
=> format, arrange
=> fall for
=> move up, rise
=> change posture
=> settle
=> collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
=> solarize, solarise
=> occult
=> pass
=> leave, depart, pull up stakes
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> stratify
=> democratize, democratise
=> relax, loosen
=> reticulate
=> flocculate
=> carbonate
=> come in
=> go out
=> stagnate
=> make
=> ice up, frost over, ice over
Sense 23
break
> end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
=> pass away
=> lapse
=> cut out
=> go out
=> adjourn, recess, break up
=> vanish, disappear
=> culminate, climax
=> run out
=> run low, run short, go
=> vanish, disappear, go away
=> conclude, close
=> turn out, come out
=> discontinue
=> break
Sense 24
break
> change, alter, vary
=> alternate, jump
=> crackle
=> modulate
=> avianize, avianise
=> move
=> adapt, accommodate
=> let out, widen
=> take in
=> diversify, branch out, broaden
=> diversify, radiate
=> specialize, specialise, narrow, narrow down
=> honeycomb
=> break
Sense 26
break
> discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
=> drop, knock off
=> leave off
=> sign off
=> retire, withdraw
=> pull the plug
=> shut off, close off
=> cheese
=> call it quits, call it a day
=> break
Sense 27
break
> come forth, emerge
=> break
Sense 28
break
> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
=> break, recrudesce, develop
=> arise, come up
=> intervene
=> transpire
=> give
=> operate
=> supervene
=> proceed, go
=> come
=> fall
=> anticipate
=> develop
=> recur, repeat
=> go off, come off, go over
=> come around, roll around
=> happen, materialize, materialise
=> happen, befall, bechance
=> befall, bechance, betide
=> concur, coincide
=> backfire, backlash, recoil
=> chance
=> break
=> fall, shine, strike
=> turn out
=> synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise
Sense 29
break
> ruin
=> undo
=> break
=> shipwreck
Sense 30
break
> invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify
=> break
=> stet
Sense 32
demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs
> delegate, designate, depute, assign
=> mandate
=> cast
=> post
=> cast
=> devolve
=> task
=> place
=> regiment
=> transfer, reassign
=> delegate, depute
=> mandate
=> promote, upgrade, advance, kick upstairs, raise, elevate
=> demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs
=> place
Sense 33
bankrupt, ruin, break, smash
> impoverish
=> reduce
=> beggar, pauperize, pauperise
=> bankrupt, ruin, break, smash
Sense 34
break
> switch, shift, change
=> transition
=> shift
=> break
=> surf, channel-surf
=> leap, jump
=> diphthongize, diphthongise
=> cut
=> break
Sense 35
break
> appear
=> peep
=> erupt
=> manifest
=> wash up
=> come to light, come to hand
=> come on, come out, turn up, surface, show up
=> emerge
=> outcrop
=> flash
=> flash
=> turn out
=> basset, crop out
=> pop out, burst out
=> reappear, re-emerge
=> emerge
=> break through, come through
=> erupt, come out, break through, push through
=> roll in
=> come to mind, spring to mind
=> leap out, rush out, sally out, burst forth
=> break
=> show, show up
=> crop up, pop up, pop
Sense 36
collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
> change
=> freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up
=> dress, get dressed
=> grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
=> regenerate
=> gel
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> creolize
=> mutate
=> have, experience
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> roll, roll up
=> glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over
=> turn, grow
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
=> change integrity
=> change shape, change form, deform
=> form
=> change state, turn
=> adjust, conform, adapt
=> rise, jump, climb up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> dissimilate
=> change magnitude
=> modify
=> deaden
=> break
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
=> mold, mildew
=> hydrate
=> dry, dry out
=> strengthen
=> distill, distil
=> deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
=> crack
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> oxidise, oxidize, oxidate
=> grow
=> mellow, melt, mellow out
=> soften
=> ionize, ionise
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> lighten, lighten up
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> discolor
=> narrow, contract
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten
=> dim
=> crack, check, break
=> transpire
=> resume, take up
=> change surface
=> sublime, sublimate
=> cool, cool off, cool down
=> warm up
=> warm, warm up
=> transform, transmute, metamorphose
=> convert
=> dull
=> complexify, ramify
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> modernize, modernise, develop
=> stiffen
=> tighten
=> fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
=> give way, yield
=> harden, indurate
=> harden, indurate
=> suffuse
=> hush
=> normalize, normalise
=> reorient
=> purify
=> digest
=> regress
=> foul
=> decalcify
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> decarboxylate
=> spot
=> receive, get, find, obtain, incur
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
=> prim
=> capacitate
=> caseate
=> caseate
=> clinker
=> cure
=> dawn
=> salinate
=> desalinate, desalt, desalinize, desalinise
=> shallow, shoal
=> steepen
=> superannuate
=> ulcerate
=> vitrify
=> vulcanize, vulcanise
=> pall, dull
=> die, pall, become flat
=> saponify
=> move, go, run
=> come
=> catch
=> catch on
=> develop, grow
=> fly
=> develop, acquire, evolve
=> assibilate
=> smoothen
=> turn on
=> drop
=> break into
=> deepen, change
=> concretize, concretise
=> decay
=> commute, transpose
=> introject
=> shift
=> swing
=> fall
=> fall
=> reflate
=> hydrolyze, hydrolyse
=> fold, fold up
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise
=> obsolesce
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> recede
=> defervesce
=> incandesce
=> calcify
=> drift
=> play out
=> conjugate
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> indurate
=> gradate
=> keratinize, keratinise
=> opacify
=> mature
=> rejuvenate
=> sequester
=> transaminate
=> vesiculate
=> undulate
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> crash
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> shift
=> flip, flip out
=> gum
=> synthesize
=> come round, come around
=> promote
=> separate, divide, part
=> format, arrange
=> fall for
=> move up, rise
=> change posture
=> settle
=> collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
=> solarize, solarise
=> occult
=> pass
=> leave, depart, pull up stakes
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> stratify
=> democratize, democratise
=> relax, loosen
=> reticulate
=> flocculate
=> carbonate
=> come in
=> go out
=> stagnate
=> make
=> ice up, frost over, ice over
Sense 37
break dance, break-dance, break
> dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
=> jive
=> hoof
=> clog
=> tap dance
=> belly dance
=> heel
=> shimmy
=> bop, bebop
=> bump
=> twist
=> waltz, waltz around
=> tapdance, tap
=> tango
=> shag
=> foxtrot
=> contradance, country-dance, contredanse, contra danse
=> break dance, break-dance, break
=> cakewalk
=> conga
=> samba
=> two-step
=> Charleston
=> boogie
=> cha-cha
=> disco
=> mambo
=> polka
=> one-step
=> rhumba, rumba
=> slam dance, slam, mosh, thrash
=> jig
=> jitterbug
=> folk dance
=> square dance
=> quickstep
=> kick
=> skank
=> grind
Sense 38
break
> change, exchange, commute, convert
=> rectify
=> utilize
=> capitalize, capitalise
=> launder
=> break
Sense 39
break, break up
> change, alter, modify
=> awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
=> cause to sleep
=> affect
=> refresh, freshen, refreshen
=> inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
=> indispose
=> cry
=> etiolate
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> opalize, opalise
=> arterialize, arterialise
=> make, get
=> counterchange, transpose, interchange
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
=> etiolate
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
=> allegorize, allegorise
=> demythologize, demythologise
=> bring, land
=> coarsen
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> alchemize, alchemise
=> alcoholize, alcoholise
=> shape, form
=> round off, round down, round out, round
=> suspend
=> sober
=> reconstruct
=> increase
=> ease up, ease off, let up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> commute, convert, exchange
=> vitalize, vitalise
=> unclutter, clear
=> activate
=> activate
=> activate, aerate
=> activate
=> inactivate, deactivate
=> deaden, blunt
=> remodel, reconstruct, redo
=> edit, redact
=> edit, cut, edit out
=> tame, chasten, subdue
=> chasten, moderate, temper
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
=> wet
=> dry, dry out
=> lubricate
=> strengthen, beef up, fortify
=> spike, lace, fortify
=> weaken
=> blunt
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> unite, unify, merge
=> age
=> ripen, mature
=> antique, antiquate
=> antiquate
=> develop, make grow
=> soften
=> damage
=> ossify
=> acerbate
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> habituate, accustom
=> disorder, disarray
=> discolor
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
=> stain
=> hue
=> uglify
=> untune
=> adjust, set, correct
=> set
=> disqualify, unfit, indispose
=> domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
=> widen
=> dehydrogenate
=> hydrogenate
=> oxygenize, oxygenise
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten up, lighten
=> blur, blear
=> obscure, bedim, overcloud
=> obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
=> cook
=> slenderize, slenderise
=> crack
=> dissolve, dismiss
=> end, terminate
=> demist, defog
=> condense, concentrate, contract
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, heat up
=> warm
=> boil
=> freeze
=> blister
=> switch, change over, shift
=> transpose
=> convert, change over
=> transform
=> transform
=> transform
=> transmute
=> transform, transmute, transubstantiate
=> ash
=> translate, transform
=> reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
=> convert
=> Islamize, Islamise
=> turn back, invert, reverse
=> invert
=> customize, customise
=> personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
=> depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
=> sharpen
=> flatten, drop
=> disintegrate
=> magnetize, magnetise
=> demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
=> simplify
=> complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
=> refine
=> complicate, perplex
=> supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
=> centralize, centralise, concentrate
=> decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
=> socialize, socialise
=> fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> internationalize, internationalise
=> communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> bestialize, bestialise
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> Frenchify
=> civilize, civilise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> denationalize, denationalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> even, even out
=> equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
=> stiffen
=> loosen, loose
=> tighten, fasten
=> transitivize, transitivise
=> detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
=> thicken, inspissate
=> full
=> diversify
=> deaden
=> check, retard, delay
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
=> solvate
=> dissolve
=> validate
=> invalidate, void, vitiate
=> empty
=> fill, fill up, make full
=> saturate
=> clot, coagulate
=> louden
=> normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
=> morph
=> neutralize, neutralise
=> commercialize, commercialise, market
=> purify, purge, sanctify
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> automatize, automatise, automate
=> automatize, automatise
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> harmonize, harmonise, chord
=> polarize, polarise
=> glorify
=> contaminate
=> devalue
=> insulate
=> calcify
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> emulsify
=> demulsify
=> decarboxylate
=> nazify
=> fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
=> clarify
=> embrittle
=> mark
=> barb
=> nick
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> enable
=> de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
=> tender, tenderize, tenderise
=> charge
=> sweeten
=> iodinate
=> ionate
=> archaize, archaise
=> inform
=> officialize, officialise
=> occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
=> orientalize, orientalise
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> achromatize, achromatise
=> parallel, collimate
=> camp
=> classicize, classicise
=> conventionalize, conventionalise
=> decimalize, decimalise
=> dizzy
=> poison, envenom
=> exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
=> glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
=> introvert
=> laicize, laicise
=> politicize, politicise
=> radicalize
=> proof
=> romanticize, romanticise
=> rusticate
=> sauce
=> shallow, shoal
=> tense
=> steepen
=> scramble
=> unscramble
=> unsex
=> vitrify
=> pall
=> saponify
=> extend, expand
=> suspend, set aside
=> muddy
=> transform
=> lift, raise, elevate
=> harshen
=> dinge
=> demonize, demonise
=> devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise
=> etherealize, etherialise
=> immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise
=> animize, animise, animate
=> clear
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
=> volatilize, volatilise
=> uniformize, uniformise
=> symmetrize, symmetrise
=> immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
=> denature
=> denature
=> denature
=> sanitize, sanitise
=> verbify
=> shift
=> sputter
=> draw
=> make
=> dope
=> prostrate
=> excite
=> excite, energize, energise
=> shake
=> outmode
=> spice, spice up
=> shorten
=> think
=> make
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> reflate
=> digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise, effeminize, erreminise, womanize
=> masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
=> masculinize
=> disharmonize, dissonate
=> sexualize, sexualise
=> schematize, schematise
=> patent
=> constitutionalize, constitutionalise
=> rationalize, rationalise
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> rarefy
=> paganize, paganise
=> incandesce
=> deaminate, deaminize
=> angulate
=> circularize
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> depolarize, depolarise
=> intensify
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> legitimate
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> opacify
=> opsonize
=> militarize, militarise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> recommend
=> sentimentalize, sentimentalise
=> solemnize, solemnise
=> territorialize, territorialise
=> transaminate
=> transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
=> unsanctify
=> vesiculate
=> visualize, visualise
=> variegate
=> ventilate
=> vivify
=> vulgarise, vulgarize
=> supple
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> smut
=> still
=> weaponize
=> eroticize, sex up
=> piggyback
=> confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
=> confuse
=> tone down, moderate, tame
=> obfuscate
=> synchronize, synchronise
=> mince, soften, moderate
=> militarize, militarise
=> break down, crush
=> fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
=> touch, disturb
=> dull
=> dull, blunt
=> sharpen
=> coarsen
=> loosen
=> untie, undo, loosen
=> barb
=> string
=> straighten, straighten out
=> bring
=> mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
=> charge
=> put
=> clean, make clean
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> lower, depress
=> deform
=> break, break up
=> alter
=> decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> humanize, humanise
=> humble
=> estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
=> right
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
=> develop
=> blur
=> blind
=> change intensity
=> change taste
=> capture
=> lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
=> restore, reinstate, reestablish
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> right, compensate, redress, correct
=> democratize, democratise
=> neutralize
=> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
=> relax, loosen
=> unite, unify
=> flocculate
=> turn
=> make possible
=> cohere
Sense 40
break
> shoot
=> dunk
=> break
=> chip
=> carom
=> birdie
=> double birdie
=> double bogey
=> bogey
=> knuckle
Sense 41
break
> separate, disunite, divide, part
=> compartmentalize, compartmentalise, cut up
=> polarize, polarise
=> sequester, sequestrate, keep apart, set apart, isolate
=> disjoin, disjoint
=> disjoint, disarticulate
=> disconnect
=> cut
=> tear
=> joint
=> gin
=> break
=> sever, break up
=> tear, rupture, snap, bust
Sense 42
break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart
> decay, crumble, delapidate
=> deteriorate
=> corrode, rust
=> weather
=> erode, gnaw, gnaw at, eat at, wear away
=> wilt, droop
=> ruin
=> break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart
Sense 43
break, break off, snap off
> detach
=> break, break off, snap off
=> unbind
=> unhook
Sense 45
break
> penetrate, perforate
=> probe, dig into, poke into
=> cut
=> interpenetrate, permeate
=> strike
=> break
=> foray
=> poke into
=> sneak in, creep in
=> permeate, pervade, penetrate, interpenetrate, diffuse, imbue, riddle
=> honeycomb
=> pierce
=> pierce, thrust
=> pierce
=> tunnel
=> percolate, sink in, permeate, filter
=> ingrain, grain
=> immerse, plunge
=> storm, force
=> ooze through
Sense 47
pause, intermit, break
> interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
=> cut, cut off
=> punctuate
=> break
=> put away, put aside
=> pause, intermit, break
=> chime in, cut in, put in, butt in, chisel in, barge in, break in
=> burst in on, burst upon
=> heckle
=> interject, come in, interpose, put in, throw in, inject
=> jam, block
=> stop, stop over
=> take off, take time off
Sense 48
break
> interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
=> cut, cut off
=> punctuate
=> break
=> put away, put aside
=> pause, intermit, break
=> chime in, cut in, put in, butt in, chisel in, barge in, break in
=> burst in on, burst upon
=> heckle
=> interject, come in, interpose, put in, throw in, inject
=> jam, block
=> stop, stop over
=> take off, take time off
Sense 49
break
> diphthongize, diphthongise
=> break
Sense 50
break
> 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 51
break
> solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick, work
=> answer, resolve
=> riddle
=> strike
=> guess, infer
=> answer
=> break
Sense 52
break
> switch, shift, change
=> transition
=> shift
=> break
=> surf, channel-surf
=> leap, jump
=> diphthongize, diphthongise
=> cut
=> break
Sense 53
break, recrudesce, develop
> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
=> break, recrudesce, develop
=> arise, come up
=> intervene
=> transpire
=> give
=> operate
=> supervene
=> proceed, go
=> come
=> fall
=> anticipate
=> develop
=> recur, repeat
=> go off, come off, go over
=> come around, roll around
=> happen, materialize, materialise
=> happen, befall, bechance
=> befall, bechance, betide
=> concur, coincide
=> backfire, backlash, recoil
=> chance
=> break
=> fall, shine, strike
=> turn out
=> synchronize, synchronise, contemporize, contemporise
Sense 54
crack, check, break
> change
=> freshen, refresh, refreshen, freshen up
=> dress, get dressed
=> grow, develop, produce, get, acquire
=> regenerate
=> gel
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> creolize
=> mutate
=> have, experience
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> roll, roll up
=> glaze, glass, glass over, glaze over
=> turn, grow
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> change by reversal, turn, reverse
=> change integrity
=> change shape, change form, deform
=> form
=> change state, turn
=> adjust, conform, adapt
=> rise, jump, climb up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> dissimilate
=> change magnitude
=> modify
=> deaden
=> break
=> decay, crumble, delapidate
=> mold, mildew
=> hydrate
=> dry, dry out
=> strengthen
=> distill, distil
=> deoxidize, deoxidise, reduce
=> crack
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> oxidise, oxidize, oxidate
=> grow
=> mellow, melt, mellow out
=> soften
=> ionize, ionise
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> lighten, lighten up
=> discolor, discolour, colour, color
=> discolor
=> narrow, contract
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten
=> dim
=> crack, check, break
=> transpire
=> resume, take up
=> change surface
=> sublime, sublimate
=> cool, cool off, cool down
=> warm up
=> warm, warm up
=> transform, transmute, metamorphose
=> convert
=> dull
=> complexify, ramify
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> modernize, modernise, develop
=> stiffen
=> tighten
=> fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down
=> give way, yield
=> harden, indurate
=> harden, indurate
=> suffuse
=> hush
=> normalize, normalise
=> reorient
=> purify
=> digest
=> regress
=> foul
=> decalcify
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> decarboxylate
=> spot
=> receive, get, find, obtain, incur
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> assume, acquire, adopt, take on, take
=> prim
=> capacitate
=> caseate
=> caseate
=> clinker
=> cure
=> dawn
=> salinate
=> desalinate, desalt, desalinize, desalinise
=> shallow, shoal
=> steepen
=> superannuate
=> ulcerate
=> vitrify
=> vulcanize, vulcanise
=> pall, dull
=> die, pall, become flat
=> saponify
=> move, go, run
=> come
=> catch
=> catch on
=> develop, grow
=> fly
=> develop, acquire, evolve
=> assibilate
=> smoothen
=> turn on
=> drop
=> break into
=> deepen, change
=> concretize, concretise
=> decay
=> commute, transpose
=> introject
=> shift
=> swing
=> fall
=> fall
=> reflate
=> hydrolyze, hydrolyse
=> fold, fold up
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> felt, felt up, mat up, matt-up, matte up, matte, mat
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise
=> obsolesce
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> recede
=> defervesce
=> incandesce
=> calcify
=> drift
=> play out
=> conjugate
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> indurate
=> gradate
=> keratinize, keratinise
=> opacify
=> mature
=> rejuvenate
=> sequester
=> transaminate
=> vesiculate
=> undulate
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> crash
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> shift
=> flip, flip out
=> gum
=> synthesize
=> come round, come around
=> promote
=> separate, divide, part
=> format, arrange
=> fall for
=> move up, rise
=> change posture
=> settle
=> collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
=> solarize, solarise
=> occult
=> pass
=> leave, depart, pull up stakes
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> stratify
=> democratize, democratise
=> relax, loosen
=> reticulate
=> flocculate
=> carbonate
=> come in
=> go out
=> stagnate
=> make
=> ice up, frost over, ice over
Sense 55
break
> change state, turn
=> wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken
=> zonk out, pass out, black out
=> come to, revive, resuscitate
=> tense, tense up
=> relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down
=> reduce, melt off, lose weight, slim, slenderize, thin, slim down
=> gain, put on
=> dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel
=> cross-fertilize, cross-fertilise
=> conceive
=> secularize, secularise
=> citrate
=> equilibrate
=> fall
=> become, go, get
=> worsen, decline
=> better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate
=> disengage
=> overgrow
=> concentrate
=> break
=> acidify, acetify
=> alkalize, alkalise, alkalify, basify
=> ionize, ionise
=> ossify
=> catalyze, catalyse
=> get worse, relapse
=> fluctuate
=> explode, burst forth, break loose
=> die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
=> be born
=> cloud over
=> carbonize, carbonise
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, hot up, heat up
=> carbonize, carbonise, carburize, carburise
=> freeze
=> boil
=> burn, combust
=> emaciate
=> Frenchify
=> thin
=> thicken, inspissate
=> solvate
=> react
=> dissolve, fade out, fade away
=> empty, discharge
=> fill, fill up
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> homogenize, homogenise
=> curdle, clabber, clot
=> clot, coagulate
=> sour, turn, ferment, work
=> integrate
=> precipitate
=> calcify
=> coke
=> carnify
=> chondrify
=> emulsify
=> denitrify
=> esterify
=> etherify
=> thrombose
=> open, open up
=> close, shut
=> sorb, take up
=> calm, calm down, cool off, chill out, simmer down, settle down, cool it
=> thrive, prosper, fly high, flourish
=> emancipate, liberate
=> get into, tangle with
=> liquefy
=> erupt, ignite, catch fire, take fire, combust, conflagrate
Sense 56
break
> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> break
=> shrink, shrivel
=> taper
=> drop off
=> vanish, fly, vaporize
=> break
=> ease up, ease off, slacken off, flag
=> weaken
=> boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate
=> shrink, contract
=> shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither
=> abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away
=> deflate
=> dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down
=> remit
=> de-escalate
=> depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue
=> shorten
=> thin out
=> decline, go down, wane
=> wane
=> wane
=> decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
=> decrescendo
Sense 57
fracture, break
> injure, wound
=> trample
=> concuss
=> calk
=> torture, excruciate, torment
=> pull, overstretch
=> traumatize, traumatise, shock
=> maim
=> twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick
=> subluxate
=> disable, invalid, incapacitate, handicap
=> harm
=> run down, run over
=> fracture, break
=> shoot, hit, pip
=> knife, stab
=> skin, scrape
=> bruise, contuse
=> graze
Sense 58
break
> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
=> break
=> shrink, shrivel
=> taper
=> drop off
=> vanish, fly, vaporize
=> break
=> ease up, ease off, slacken off, flag
=> weaken
=> boil down, reduce, decoct, concentrate
=> shrink, contract
=> shrivel, shrivel up, shrink, wither
=> abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away
=> deflate
=> dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down
=> remit
=> de-escalate
=> depreciate, undervalue, devaluate, devalue
=> shorten
=> thin out
=> decline, go down, wane
=> wane
=> wane
=> decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up, retard
=> decrescendo
Sense 59
break
> weaken
=> de-energize, de-energise
=> break
=> devitalize, devitalise
=> shake
=> depress
=> unbrace
=> etiolate
=> cripple, stultify
=> dilute, thin, thin out, reduce, cut
=> rarefy, attenuate
=> blunt
=> temper, season, mollify
=> enfeeble, debilitate, drain
=> enervate
=> dampen
=> neutralize, neutralise, nullify, negate
=> emasculate, castrate
=> wash out
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 42
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, reclaim, tame
Sense 22
break
=> change
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Sense 15
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
=> tell
Sense 46
break, get out, get around
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Sense 25
break
Sense 26
break
=> discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off
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Sense 38
break
=> change, exchange, commute, convert
Sense 39
break, break up
=> change, alter, modify
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Sense 44
break
Sense 45
break
=> penetrate, perforate
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Sense 50
break
=> destroy, ruin
Sense 51
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
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Sense 14
better, break
=> surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform
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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, stop, finish, terminate, cease
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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, fall out, 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
separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
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Sense 32
demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs
=> delegate, designate, depute, assign
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Sense 33
bankrupt, ruin, break, smash
=> impoverish
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Sense 34
break
=> switch, shift, change
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Sense 35
break
=> appear
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Sense 36
collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
=> change
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Sense 37
break dance, break-dance, break
=> dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
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Sense 40
break
=> shoot
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Sense 41
break
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
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Sense 43
break, break off, snap off
=> detach
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Sense 47
pause, intermit, break
=> interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
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Sense 48
break
=> interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
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Sense 49
break
=> diphthongize, diphthongise
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Sense 52
break
=> switch, shift, change
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Sense 53
break, recrudesce, develop
=> happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place
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Sense 54
crack, check, break
=> change
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Sense 55
break
=> change state, turn
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Sense 56
break
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
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Sense 57
fracture, break
=> injure, wound
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Sense 58
break
=> decrease, diminish, lessen, fall
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Sense 59
break
=> weaken
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Grep of verb break
break
break-dance
break apart
break away
break bread
break camp
break dance
break down
break even
break in
break into
break loose
break off
break one's back
break open
break out
break short
break someone's heart
break through
break up
break water
break wind
break with
breakfast
housebreak
Grep of adj break
breakable
breakaway
breaking
breakneck
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