tobreak
English
verb
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) To break completely; crush.
- (ambitransitive) To break apart; break in pieces.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English tobreken (shatter, break in pieces, break apart) inherited from Old English tōbrecan inherited from Proto-Germanic *tebrekaną (break apart) affix from English break (break, game won against the server).
Origin
English
break
Gloss
break, game won against the server
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beambreak English
- bebreak English
- bio-break English
- brake pedal English
- break English
- break loose English
- break off English
- break-bones English
- break-promise English
- break-vow English
- breakability English
- breakable English
- breakage English
- breakaway English
- breakbeat English
- breakbone English
- breakcore English
- breakdance English
- breakdancing English
- breaker English
- breaker bar English
- breakest English
- breaketh English
- breakface English
- breakfast English
- breakfront English
- breakle English
- breakless English
- breakly English
- breakneck English
- breakoff English
- breakopen English
- breakpoint English
- breakproof English
- breakstone English
- breakthrough English
- breakthru English
- breaktime English
- breakup English
- breakwater English
- breakwind English
- breaky English
- brickle English
- brokeback English
- crossbreak English
- firebreak English
- forbreak English
- heartbreak English
- housebreak English
- inbreak English
- jailbreak English
- lunchbreak English
- microbreak English
- midterm break English
- mini-break English
- minibreak English
- nanobreak English
- newsbreak English
- nightbreak English
- outbreak English
- overbreak English
- prebreak English
- rebreak English
- shelfbreak English
- stonebreak English
- strikebreak English
- sunbreak English
- tiebreak English
- un-break English
- unbreak English
- unbreakable English
- underbreak English
- upbreak English
- waterbreak English
- windbreak English
- word break English
- breikata Finnish
- brechen German
- zerbrechen German
- zerbrechlich German
- break Italian
- break French
- *bʰreg- Proto-Indo-European
- *tebrekaną Proto-Germanic
- ブレイク Japanese
- tobrecan Old English
- tōbrecan Old English
- breken Middle English
- tobreken Middle English
- brēken Middle Dutch
- tebreken Middle Dutch
- zibrehhan Old High German
- zerbrechen Middle High German
- tebrekan Old Dutch
- brekan Old Saxon
- tebrekan Old Saxon
- bruk Tok Pisin
- brukim Tok Pisin
- بريك Gulf Arabic
- bruck Jamaican Creole
- break
- breaky
- breakly
- breakup
- rebreak
- breakle
- breaker
- bebreak
- inbreak
- brickle
- upbreak
- unbreak
- breakest
- breakoff
- breakage
- tiebreak
- forbreak
- un-break
- sunbreak
- prebreak
- outbreak
- breaketh
- breakcore
- nanobreak
- breakneck
- minibreak
- breakaway
- bio-break
- newsbreak
- windbreak
- beambreak
- breakable
- jailbreak
- breakless
- firebreak
- breakwind
- breaktime
- breakbeat
- breakbone
- breakface
- break off
- breakfast
- breakthru
- break-vow
- brokeback
- breakopen
- overbreak
- breakfront
- mini-break
- stonebreak
- word break
- lunchbreak
- nightbreak
- waterbreak
- microbreak
- underbreak
- breakwater
- breakpoint
- housebreak
- breakproof
- breakstone
- crossbreak
- heartbreak
- shelfbreak
- breakdance
- break-bones
- unbreakable
- breaker bar
- brake pedal
- break loose
- strikebreak
- breakthrough
- breakability
- breakdancing
- break-promise
- midterm break