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Results for: "break"

Translating from English to Polish

Translations:

break — to split into pieces
→ łamać impf
→ rozbijać
→ złamać pf
break — rest or pause, usually from work
→ przerwa f
→ pauza f
break — to stop working, malfunction
→ zespuć się pf
→ psuć się impf

More translations:

break
→ łamać
break
→ odłamać
break
→ rozbić, zepsuć (się)
break
→ zerwać, nie dotrzymać
break
→ pobić
break
→ przerwać
break
→ skończyć, przerwać
break
→ przekazać, wyjść na jaw
break
→ załamywać się
break
→ osłabić
break
→ zaczynać się
break
→ przerwa
break
→ zmiana
break
→ wyrwa, przerwa
break
→ szansa

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (16)

1. some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity;
- Example: "the telephone is an annoying interruption"
- Example: "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"
[syn: interruption, break]

2. an unexpected piece of good luck;
- Example: "he finally got his big break"
[syn: break, good luck, happy chance]

3. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other;
- Example: "they built it right over a geological fault"
- Example: "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"
[syn: fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break]

4. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions);
- Example: "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
[syn: rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out]

5. a pause from doing something (as work);
- Example: "we took a 10-minute break"
- Example: "he took time out to recuperate"
[syn: respite, recess, break, time out]

6. the act of breaking something;
- Example: "the breakage was unavoidable"
[syn: breakage, break, breaking]

7. a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something;
[syn: pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension]

8. breaking of hard tissue such as bone;
- Example: "it was a nasty fracture"
- Example: "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
[syn: fracture, break]

9. the occurrence of breaking;
- Example: "the break in the dam threatened the valley"

10. an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion);
- Example: "then there was a break in her voice"

11. the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool;

12. (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving;
- Example: "he was up two breaks in the second set"
[syn: break, break of serve]

13. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity;
- Example: "it was presented without commercial breaks"
- Example: "there was a gap in his account"
[syn: break, interruption, disruption, gap]

14. a sudden dash;
- Example: "he made a break for the open door"

15. any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare;
- Example: "the break in the eighth frame cost him the match"
[syn: open frame, break]

16. an escape from jail;
- Example: "the breakout was carefully planned"
[syn: break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking]


VERB (59)

1. terminate;
- Example: "She interrupted her pregnancy"
- Example: "break a lucky streak"
- Example: "break the cycle of poverty"
[syn: interrupt, break]

2. become separated into pieces or fragments;
- Example: "The figurine broke"
- Example: "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"
[syn: break, separate, split up, fall apart, come apart]

3. render inoperable or ineffective;
- Example: "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!"

4. ruin completely;
- Example: "He busted my radio!"
[syn: break, bust]

5. destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments;
- Example: "He broke the glass plate"
- Example: "She broke the match"

6. act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises;
- Example: "offend all laws of humanity"
- Example: "violate the basic laws or human civilization"
- Example: "break a law"
- Example: "break a promise"
[syn: transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break]

7. move away or escape suddenly;
- Example: "The horses broke from the stable"
- Example: "Three inmates broke jail"
- Example: "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"
[syn: break, break out, break away]

8. scatter or part;
- Example: "The clouds broke after the heavy downpour"

9. force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up;
- Example: "break into tears"
- Example: "erupt in anger"
[syn: break, burst, erupt]

10. prevent completion;
- Example: "stop the project"
- Example: "break off the negotiations"
[syn: break, break off, discontinue, stop]

11. enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act;
- Example: "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"
- Example: "They broke into my car and stole my radio!"
- Example: "who broke into my account last night?"
[syn: break in, break]

12. make submissive, obedient, or useful;
- Example: "The horse was tough to break"
- Example: "I broke in the new intern"
[syn: break in, break]

13. fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns;
- Example: "This sentence violates the rules of syntax"
[syn: violate, go against, break]

14. surpass in excellence;
- Example: "She bettered her own record"
- Example: "break a record"
[syn: better, break]

15. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret;
- Example: "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"
- Example: "The actress won't reveal how old she is"
- Example: "bring out the truth"
- Example: "he broke the news to her"
- Example: "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"
[syn: unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out]

16. come into being;
- Example: "light broke over the horizon"
- Example: "Voices broke in the air"

17. stop operating or functioning;
- Example: "The engine finally went"
- Example: "The car died on the road"
- Example: "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"
- Example: "The coffee maker broke"
- Example: "The engine failed on the way to town"
- Example: "her eyesight went after the accident"
[syn: fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down]

18. interrupt a continued activity;
- Example: "She had broken with the traditional patterns"
[syn: break, break away]

19. make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing;
- Example: "The ranks broke"

20. curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves;
- Example: "The surf broke"

21. lessen in force or effect;
- Example: "soften a shock"
- Example: "break a fall"
[syn: dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break]

22. be broken in;
- Example: "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress"

23. come to an end;
- Example: "The heat wave finally broke yesterday"

24. vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity;
- Example: "The flat plain was broken by tall mesas"

25. cause to give up a habit;
- Example: "She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes"

26. give up;
- Example: "break cigarette smoking"

27. come forth or begin from a state of latency;
- Example: "The first winter storm broke over New York"

28. happen or take place;
- Example: "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months"

29. cause the failure or ruin of;
- Example: "His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage"
- Example: "This play will either make or break the playwright"

30. invalidate by judicial action;
- Example: "The will was broken"

31. discontinue an association or relation; go different ways;
- Example: "The business partners broke over a tax question"
- Example: "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"
- Example: "My friend and I split up"
[syn: separate, part, split up, split, break, break up]

32. assign to a lower position; reduce in rank;
- Example: "She was demoted because she always speaks up"
- Example: "He was broken down to Sergeant"
[syn: demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs]

33. reduce to bankruptcy;
- Example: "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"
- Example: "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"
[syn: bankrupt, ruin, break, smash]

34. change directions suddenly;

35. emerge from the surface of a body of water;
- Example: "The whales broke"

36. break down, literally or metaphorically;
- Example: "The wall collapsed"
- Example: "The business collapsed"
- Example: "The dam broke"
- Example: "The roof collapsed"
- Example: "The wall gave in"
- Example: "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
[syn: collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder]

37. do a break dance;
- Example: "Kids were break-dancing at the street corner"
[syn: break dance, break-dance, break]

38. exchange for smaller units of money;
- Example: "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy"

39. destroy the completeness of a set of related items;
- Example: "The book dealer would not break the set"
[syn: break, break up]

40. make the opening shot that scatters the balls;

41. separate from a clinch, in boxing;
- Example: "The referee broke the boxers"

42. go to pieces;
- Example: "The lawn mower finally broke"
- Example: "The gears wore out"
- Example: "The old chair finally fell apart completely"
[syn: break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart]

43. break a piece from a whole;
- Example: "break a branch from a tree"
[syn: break, break off, snap off]

44. become punctured or penetrated;
- Example: "The skin broke"

45. pierce or penetrate;
- Example: "The blade broke her skin"

46. be released or become known; of news;
- Example: "News of her death broke in the morning"
[syn: break, get out, get around]

47. cease an action temporarily;
- Example: "We pause for station identification"
- Example: "let's break for lunch"
[syn: pause, intermit, break]

48. interrupt the flow of current in;
- Example: "break a circuit"

49. undergo breaking;
- Example: "The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages"

50. find a flaw in;
- Example: "break an alibi"
- Example: "break down a proof"

51. find the solution or key to;
- Example: "break the code"

52. change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another;
- Example: "Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children"

53. happen;
- Example: "Report the news as it develops"
- Example: "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"
[syn: break, recrudesce, develop]

54. become fractured; break or crack on the surface only;
- Example: "The glass cracked when it was heated"
[syn: crack, check, break]

55. crack; of the male voice in puberty;
- Example: "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir"

56. fall sharply;
- Example: "stock prices broke"

57. fracture a bone of;
- Example: "I broke my foot while playing hockey"
[syn: fracture, break]

58. diminish or discontinue abruptly;
- Example: "The patient's fever broke last night"

59. weaken or destroy in spirit or body;
- Example: "His resistance was broken"
- Example: "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"