break up in English dictionary

  • break up

    Meanings and definitions of "break up"

    • (intransitive) To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.
    • (intransitive, idiomatic) To end a relationship.
    • (intransitive, idiomatic) To dissolve; to part.
    • (intransitive, idiomatic) Of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term.
    • (intransitive, idiomatic) Of a telephone conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection.
    • (transitive) To break or separate into pieces.
    • (transitive, idiomatic) To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.
    • verb
      (intransitive, idiomatic)
      To end a relationship.
    • verb
      (intransitive, idiomatic)
      To dissolve; to part.
    • verb
      (intransitive, idiomatic)
      Of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term.
    • verb
      (intransitive, idiomatic)
      Of a telephone conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To break or separate into pieces.
    • verb
      (transitive, idiomatic)
      To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting.
    • verb
      (intransitive, idiomatic, figuratively)
      Become disorganised
    • to disintegrate
    • to end a relationship
    • break up (e.g. school)
    • (intr.) disperse
    • To delay or put off an event or an appointment.
    • verb
      attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example; "Pick open the ice"
    • verb
      break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"
    • verb
      break violently or noisily; smash
    • verb
      bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company"
    • verb
      cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"
    • verb
      cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse particles"
    • verb
      close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned"
    • verb
      come apart; "the group broke up"
    • verb
      come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up"
    • verb
      destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set"
    • verb
      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"
    • verb
      laugh unrestrainedly
    • verb
      make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following messages"
    • verb
      release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve"
    • verb
      separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
    • verb
      set or keep apart; "sever a relationship"
    • verb
      suffer a nervous breakdown
    • verb
      take apart into its constituent pieces
    • verb
      to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"

    Synonyms of "break up" in English dictionary

    fragmentise, interrupt, laugh are the top synonyms of "break up" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "break up" in English dictionary

    assemble is the antonym of "break up" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of break up

    • to break up ( third-person singular simple present breaks up, present participle breaking up, simple past broke up, past participle broken up)
    • zob.  zobacz: break
    • break up (third-person singular simple present breaks up, present participle breaking up, simple past broke up, past participle broken up)

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