breaking

Definitions of breaking in various dictionaries:

noun - the act of breaking something

verb - terminate

verb - become separated into pieces or fragments

verb - render inoperable or ineffective

verb - ruin completely

verb - destroy the integrity of

verb - act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

verb - move away or escape suddenly

verb - scatter or part

verb - force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up

verb - prevent completion

verb - enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act

verb - make submissive, obedient, or useful

verb - fail to agree with

verb - surpass in excellence

verb - make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

verb - come into being

verb - stop operating or functioning

verb - interrupt a continued activity

verb - make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing

verb - curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves

verb - lessen in force or effect

verb - be broken in

verb - come to an end

verb - vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity

verb - cause to give up a habit

verb - give up

verb - come forth or begin from a state of latency

verb - happen or take place

verb - cause the failure or ruin of

verb - invalidate by judicial action

verb - discontinue an association or relation

verb - assign to a lower position

verb - reduce to bankruptcy

verb - change directions suddenly

verb - emerge from the surface of a body of water

verb - break down, literally or metaphorically

verb - do a break dance

verb - exchange for smaller units of money

verb - destroy the completeness of a set of related items

verb - make the opening shot that scatters the balls

verb - separate from a clinch, in boxing

verb - go to pieces

verb - break a piece from a whole

verb - become punctured or penetrated

verb - pierce or penetrate

verb - be released or become known

verb - cease an action temporarily

verb - interrupt the flow of current in

verb - undergo breaking

verb - find a flaw in

verb - find the solution or key to

verb - change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another

verb - happen

verb - become fractured

verb - crack

verb - fall sharply

verb - fracture a bone of

verb - diminish or discontinue abruptly

verb - weaken or destroy in spirit or body

The change of a simple vowel to a diphthong, often caused by the influence of neighboring consonants.

Break dancing.

noun - the change of a pure vowel to a diphthong