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breaking off
Overview of noun breaking-off
The noun breaking off has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. breaking off, abruption -- (an instance of sudden interruption)
Overview of verb break-off
The verb break off has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (2) cut short, break short, break off -- (interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation")
2. (2) break, break off, discontinue, stop -- (prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations")
3. (1) chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off -- (break off (a piece from a whole); "Her tooth chipped")
4. break, break off, snap off -- (break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree")
5. chip, knap, cut off, break off -- (break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun breaking-off
1 sense of breaking off
Sense 1
breaking off, abruption
=> break, interruption, disruption, gap
=> delay, holdup
=> inactivity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun breaking-off
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun breaking-off
1 sense of breaking off
Sense 1
breaking off, abruption
=> break, interruption, disruption, gap
Antonyms of noun breaking-off
Member Holonyms of noun breaking-off
Substance Holonyms of noun breaking-off
Part Holonyms of noun breaking-off
Member Meronyms of noun breaking-off
Substance Meronyms of noun breaking-off
Part Meronyms of noun breaking-off
Meronyms of noun breaking-off
Holonyms of noun breaking-off
Attributes of noun breaking-off
Derived Forms of noun breaking-off
Domain of noun breaking-off
Domain Terms of noun breaking-off
Familiarity of noun breaking-off
breaking off used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun breaking-off
1 sense of breaking off
Sense 1
breaking off, abruption
> break, interruption, disruption, gap
=> cut-in, insert
=> cut-in, insert
=> interjection, interposition, interpolation, interpellation
=> breaking off, abruption
=> heckling, barracking
Meronyms of noun breaking-off
1 sense of breaking off
Holonyms of noun breaking-off
Antonyms of verb break-off
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb break-off
5 senses of break off
Sense 1
cut short, break short, break off
=> interrupt, break
=> end, terminate
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
break, break off, discontinue, stop
=> end, terminate
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 3
chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off
=> separate, divide, part
=> change
Sense 4
break, break off, snap off
=> detach
=> disconnect
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
=> move, displace
Sense 5
chip, knap, cut off, break off
=> cut
=> separate, disunite, divide, part
=> move, displace
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb break-off
4 of 5 senses of break off
Sense 1
cut short, break short, break off
=> hang up
Sense 2
break, break off, discontinue, stop
=> fracture
=> bog down, bog
=> interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
Sense 3
chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off
=> peel off, peel, flake off, flake
=> exfoliate
Sense 4
break, break off, snap off
=> French
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb break-off
5 senses of break off
Sense 1
cut short, break short, break off
=> interrupt, break
Sense 2
break, break off, discontinue, stop
=> end, terminate
Sense 3
chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off
=> separate, divide, part
Sense 4
break, break off, snap off
=> detach
Sense 5
chip, knap, cut off, break off
=> cut
'Cause To' of verb break-off
Derived Forms of verb break-off
Domain of verb break-off
Domain Terms of verb break-off
Familiarity of verb break-off
break off used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb break-off
5 senses of break off
Sense 1
cut short, break short, break off
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
break, break off, discontinue, stop
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off
*> Something ----s
*> Something is ----ing PP
Sense 4
break, break off, snap off
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
chip, knap, cut off, break off
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb break-off
5 senses of break off
Sense 1
cut short, break short, break off
> interrupt, break
=> hold on, stop
=> cut short, break short, break off
=> freeze, suspend
Sense 2
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 3
chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off
> separate, divide, part
=> subdivide
=> polarize, polarise
=> calve, break up
=> chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off
=> disjoin, disjoint
=> detach, come off, come away
=> segregate
=> segment
=> reduce
=> segment, section
=> partition, partition off
=> dismember, take apart, discerp
=> gerrymander
Sense 4
break, break off, snap off
> detach
=> break, break off, snap off
=> unbind
=> unhook
Sense 5
chip, knap, cut off, break off
> cut
=> manicure
=> scissor
=> plane, shave
=> slice, slice up
=> pink
=> jag
=> carve, cut up
=> carve
=> carve, chip at
=> cube, dice
=> julienne
=> chop, hack
=> undercut
=> hack
=> chop, chop up
=> fell, drop, strike down, cut down
=> nick, chip
=> nick, snick
=> chip, knap, cut off, break off
=> pare, trim
=> circumcise
=> furrow, chamfer, chase
=> indent
=> mortise, mortice
=> mow, cut down
=> shear
=> slash, gash
=> slash, cut down
=> tap
=> hob
=> bore, drill
=> nip, nip off, clip, snip, snip off
=> dissect
=> bisect
=> transect
=> trisect
=> whittle, pare
=> chatter
=> cut away
=> tomahawk
=> sabre, saber
=> rebate
=> cradle
=> incise
=> trench
=> dock, tail, bob
=> slit, slice
=> saw
=> discerp, sever, lop
=> chase
=> bevel, chamfer
=> crosscut, cut across
=> rip
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb break-off
Sense 1
cut short, break short, break off
=> interrupt, break
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Sense 2
break, break off, discontinue, stop
=> end, terminate
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Sense 3
chip, chip off, come off, break away, break off
=> separate, divide, part
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Sense 4
break, break off, snap off
=> detach
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Sense 5
chip, knap, cut off, break off
=> cut
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