breakawayn.

Brit.

/ˈbreɪkəweɪ/, U.S.

/ˈbreɪkəˌweɪ/

Forms: Plural breakaways, breaks-away.

Etymology: < phrase to break away: see break v.

1. The action of breaking away; severance.

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun]

asunderingeOE

sheddingc1175

twinning?c1225

departingc1300

sunderinga1325

to-dighting1340

partingc1350

disseverancec1374

divisionc1374

severinga1382

departitionc1400

separation1413

sunderance1435

departisonc1440

deceperationa1450

severance1467

dissevering1488

dissever?1507

departurec1515

dividing1526

partition1530

sejunction1532

separatinga1557

sequestration1567

decision1574

divorce1593

disseveration16..

dissevermenta1603

sunderment1603

disparting1611

disunition1611

singling1625

divide1642

severation1649

concisure1656

department1677

secretion1696

abgregation1730

disengagement1791

disassociation1825

dispartment1869

dissociation1877

secernment1894

breakaway1897

delinkage1973

1897 Badminton Mag. 4 421 A big break-away occurs in the ranks [of flying rooks].

1909 Daily Chron. 13 July 1/4 The owners report that there is no ‘breakaway’ from the agreement.

1923 Glasgow Herald 1 Feb. 6 A challenging breakaway from rhythm.

1923 Daily Mail 31 May 13 There is a natural breakaway of the water on one side into a bog.

1928 Manch. Guardian Weekly 7 Dec. Suppl. p. ix/2 But Mr. O'Neill's revolt from the familiar methods of presenting a modern prose play is an interesting accompaniment to Mr. O'Casey's break-away towards fantasy and symbolism.

1950 H. Read Educ. for Peace iv. 55 A complete break-away from a pedagogic tradition which had its origins in the Revival of Learning.

2. Australian.

a. A panic rush of animals, usually at the sight or smell of water; a stampede.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > panic > sudden rush of panic-stricken cattle

stampede1828

estampede1843

breakaway1891

1891 in E. E. Morris Austral Eng. (1898) 52/1 Breakaway, ‘The Breakaway’, title of picture by Tom Roberts at Victorian Artists' Exhibition (Morris Austral Eng.).

b. An animal that leaves the herd.

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the world > animals > by habits or actions > [noun] > that strays from habitat or companions

straif1377

astray1440

stragglera1552

strayaway1820

breakaway1893

ladino1942

1893 Argus (Melbourne) 29 Apr. 4/4 in E. E. Morris Austral Eng. (1898) The smartest stock horse that ever brought his rider up within whip distance of a breakaway.

3. In various sports, the act of breaking away or getting free.

a. Athletics, Horse Racing. A false start to a race.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > start > false start

false start1815

breakaway1885

flying start1921

1885 Times 4 June 10/3 After several breaks away the 12 competitors were despatched to an excellent start.

1928 Daily Mail 9 Aug. 14/1 A bad preliminary breakaway, which delayed the start.

b. Boxing. The getting away from one's opponent or the separating of the contestants after a spell of in-fighting.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > separating of contestants

breakaway1857

break1928

1857 Bell's Life in London 11 Jan. 6/5 A break away, and to it again, ding dong, and Tom drew the crimson from Aaron's left peeper.

c. Association Football. A sudden rush of a player or players with the ball towards the opponents' goal (esp. after a period of pressure); in Rugby used esp. of the action of a player moving quickly away from the scrummage.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres

footer1781

place-kick1845

place-kicking1845

punt1845

miskick1868

footwork1871

goal-kicking1871

shinning1873

punt kick1876

tackle1876

heading1887

dribble1889

throw-in1896

breakaway1906

right-footer1906

set piece1938

long ball1954

scissors kick1955

1906 Daily Chron. 7 Sept. 9/4 They scored from a breakaway.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 29 Nov. 12/2 The visitors fully deserved their win, for, save for a few spasmodic breaks-away by the home team, they were pressing continually.

1930 I. M. B. Stuart Theory Mod. Rugby Pract. vi. 111 The wing forwards would be well advised..to..hold themselves in readiness for a quick break-away.

d. Cycling. (See quots. 1961¹, 1961², 1961³); also, a cyclist who is leading in a race.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > bicycle race > [noun] > opening of gap in race

breakaway1961

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > bicycle race > [noun] > bicycle-racer > race leader

breakaway1961

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > bicycle race > [noun] > group in race > leading

breakaway1961

1961 F. C. Avis Sportsman's Gloss. 149/1 Breakaway, a sudden and significant opening up of a gap in advance of the main group of riders in a cycle race.

1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1013/2 The breakaway, those competitors who have established a substantial lead: racing cyclists' coll.: since ca. 1925.

1961 Times 7 June 5/6 The exception to the general massing of the riders were the early breakaways of Jacobs..and Tarr.

a. attributive or as adj. That breaks away or has broken away; seceding.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [adjective]

renayedc1380

renegate1488

regenerate?1536

runagate1549

renegantc1550

turncoat1571

relenting1576

reneged1594

renegado1612

recreant1613

tergiversating1654

renegade1664

apostate1671

tergiversant1710

blackleg1767

revulsionary1817

tergiversated1831

tergiverse1852

tergiversatory1891

breakaway1934

walk-in1978

1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.

1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. iii. i. 310 The so-called ‘General Zionists’ and the ‘Progressive Party’, a break-away group of the former.

1951 Engineering 13 July 56/2 Breakaway unions were condemned by..the Minister of Labour.

1961 Listener 28 Dec. 1116/2 The ‘breakaway’ province of Katanga.

b. spec. in Rugby. Applied to a forward in the side row of the scrummage. Also elliptical.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [adjective] > types of player

touch-finding1895

breakaway1954

1954 J. B. G. Thomas On Tour 114 A twenty-eight-year-old salesman and tall breakaway forward.

1955 Times 22 Aug. 3/1 The breakaway men, Fry, Retief, and Ackermann, covered a vast amount of ground and showed great speed in the open.

1969 Australian 24 May 36/7 Other NSW Country forwards who could force their way into the State side tomorrow are breakaway Dick Cocks, and prop Ross Turnbull.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

break-away n. (also Australian and New Zealand slang, a drinking bout), breakdown n., break-up n., etc.

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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > failure or collapse (of institution, etc.)

fall?1544

miscarriage1652

breakdown1832

collapse1856

burst-up1879

break-away1885

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > drinking-bout

cups1406

drinking?1518

banquet1535

Bacchanal1536

pot-revel1577

compotation1593

rouse1604

Bacchanalia1633

potmealc1639

bout1670

drinking-bout1673

carouse1690

carousal1765

drunk1779

bouse1786

toot1790

set-to1808

spree1811

fuddlea1813

screed1815

bust1834

lush1841

bender1846

bat1848

buster1848

burst1849

soak1851

binge1854

bumming1860

bust-out1861

bum1863

booze1864

drink1865

ran-tan1866

cupping1868

crawl1877

hellbender1877

break-away1885

periodical1886

jag1894

booze-up1897

slopping-up1899

souse1903

pub crawl1915

blind1917

beer-up1919

periodic1920

scoot1924

brannigan1927

rumba1934

boozeroo1943

sesh1943

session1943

piss-up1950

pink-eye1958

binge drinking1964

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [noun] > incohesion > disaggregation or disintegration

unravelling1606

disgregation1611

disintegration1794

break-up1795

disaggregation1819

breaking-down1883

break-away1885

breakdown1928

1885 Times 4 June 10/3 After several breaks away the 12 competitors were despatched to an excellent start.

单词	breakaway
释义	breakawayn. Brit. /ˈbreɪkəweɪ/, U.S. /ˈbreɪkəˌweɪ/ Forms: Plural breakaways, breaks-away. Etymology: < phrase to break away: see break v. 1. The action of breaking away; severance. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > [noun] asunderingeOE sheddingc1175 twinning?c1225 departingc1300 sunderinga1325 to-dighting1340 partingc1350 disseverancec1374 divisionc1374 severinga1382 departitionc1400 separation1413 sunderance1435 departisonc1440 deceperationa1450 severance1467 dissevering1488 dissever?1507 departurec1515 dividing1526 partition1530 sejunction1532 separatinga1557 sequestration1567 decision1574 divorce1593 disseveration16.. dissevermenta1603 sunderment1603 disparting1611 disunition1611 singling1625 divide1642 severation1649 concisure1656 department1677 secretion1696 abgregation1730 disengagement1791 disassociation1825 dispartment1869 dissociation1877 secernment1894 breakaway1897 delinkage1973 1897 Badminton Mag. 4 421 A big break-away occurs in the ranks [of flying rooks]. 1909 Daily Chron. 13 July 1/4 The owners report that there is no ‘breakaway’ from the agreement. 1923 Glasgow Herald 1 Feb. 6 A challenging breakaway from rhythm. 1923 Daily Mail 31 May 13 There is a natural breakaway of the water on one side into a bog. 1928 Manch. Guardian Weekly 7 Dec. Suppl. p. ix/2 But Mr. O'Neill's revolt from the familiar methods of presenting a modern prose play is an interesting accompaniment to Mr. O'Casey's break-away towards fantasy and symbolism. 1950 H. Read Educ. for Peace iv. 55 A complete break-away from a pedagogic tradition which had its origins in the Revival of Learning. 2. Australian. a. A panic rush of animals, usually at the sight or smell of water; a stampede. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > apprehension > [noun] > panic > sudden rush of panic-stricken cattle stampede1828 estampede1843 breakaway1891 1891 in E. E. Morris Austral Eng. (1898) 52/1 Breakaway, ‘The Breakaway’, title of picture by Tom Roberts at Victorian Artists' Exhibition (Morris Austral Eng.). b. An animal that leaves the herd. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > [noun] > that strays from habitat or companions straif1377 astray1440 stragglera1552 strayaway1820 breakaway1893 ladino1942 1893 Argus (Melbourne) 29 Apr. 4/4 in E. E. Morris Austral Eng. (1898) The smartest stock horse that ever brought his rider up within whip distance of a breakaway. 3. In various sports, the act of breaking away or getting free. a. Athletics, Horse Racing. A false start to a race. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > start > false start false start1815 breakaway1885 flying start1921 1885 Times 4 June 10/3 After several breaks away the 12 competitors were despatched to an excellent start. 1928 Daily Mail 9 Aug. 14/1 A bad preliminary breakaway, which delayed the start. b. Boxing. The getting away from one's opponent or the separating of the contestants after a spell of in-fighting. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > separating of contestants breakaway1857 break1928 1857 Bell's Life in London 11 Jan. 6/5 A break away, and to it again, ding dong, and Tom drew the crimson from Aaron's left peeper. c. Association Football. A sudden rush of a player or players with the ball towards the opponents' goal (esp. after a period of pressure); in Rugby used esp. of the action of a player moving quickly away from the scrummage. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres footer1781 place-kick1845 place-kicking1845 punt1845 miskick1868 footwork1871 goal-kicking1871 shinning1873 punt kick1876 tackle1876 heading1887 dribble1889 throw-in1896 breakaway1906 right-footer1906 set piece1938 long ball1954 scissors kick1955 1906 Daily Chron. 7 Sept. 9/4 They scored from a breakaway. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 29 Nov. 12/2 The visitors fully deserved their win, for, save for a few spasmodic breaks-away by the home team, they were pressing continually. 1930 I. M. B. Stuart Theory Mod. Rugby Pract. vi. 111 The wing forwards would be well advised..to..hold themselves in readiness for a quick break-away. d. Cycling. (See quots. 1961¹, 1961², 1961³); also, a cyclist who is leading in a race. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > bicycle race > [noun] > opening of gap in race breakaway1961 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > bicycle race > [noun] > bicycle-racer > race leader breakaway1961 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > bicycle race > [noun] > group in race > leading breakaway1961 1961 F. C. Avis Sportsman's Gloss. 149/1 Breakaway, a sudden and significant opening up of a gap in advance of the main group of riders in a cycle race. 1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1013/2 The breakaway, those competitors who have established a substantial lead: racing cyclists' coll.: since ca. 1925. 1961 Times 7 June 5/6 The exception to the general massing of the riders were the early breakaways of Jacobs..and Tarr. 4. a. attributive or as adj. That breaks away or has broken away; seceding. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [adjective] renayedc1380 renegate1488 regenerate?1536 runagate1549 renegantc1550 turncoat1571 relenting1576 reneged1594 renegado1612 recreant1613 tergiversating1654 renegade1664 apostate1671 tergiversant1710 blackleg1767 revulsionary1817 tergiversated1831 tergiverse1852 tergiversatory1891 breakaway1934 walk-in1978 1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. iii. i. 310 The so-called ‘General Zionists’ and the ‘Progressive Party’, a break-away group of the former. 1951 Engineering 13 July 56/2 Breakaway unions were condemned by..the Minister of Labour. 1961 Listener 28 Dec. 1116/2 The ‘breakaway’ province of Katanga. b. spec. in Rugby. Applied to a forward in the side row of the scrummage. Also elliptical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > rugby football > [adjective] > types of player touch-finding1895 breakaway1954 1954 J. B. G. Thomas On Tour 114 A twenty-eight-year-old salesman and tall breakaway forward. 1955 Times 22 Aug. 3/1 The breakaway men, Fry, Retief, and Ackermann, covered a vast amount of ground and showed great speed in the open. 1969 Australian 24 May 36/7 Other NSW Country forwards who could force their way into the State side tomorrow are breakaway Dick Cocks, and prop Ross Turnbull. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2021). > as lemmas break-away break-away n. (also Australian and New Zealand slang, a drinking bout), breakdown n., break-up n., etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > failure or collapse (of institution, etc.) fall?1544 miscarriage1652 breakdown1832 collapse1856 burst-up1879 break-away1885 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > drinking-bout cups1406 drinking?1518 banquet1535 Bacchanal1536 pot-revel1577 compotation1593 rouse1604 Bacchanalia1633 potmealc1639 bout1670 drinking-bout1673 carouse1690 carousal1765 drunk1779 bouse1786 toot1790 set-to1808 spree1811 fuddlea1813 screed1815 bust1834 lush1841 bender1846 bat1848 buster1848 burst1849 soak1851 binge1854 bumming1860 bust-out1861 bum1863 booze1864 drink1865 ran-tan1866 cupping1868 crawl1877 hellbender1877 break-away1885 periodical1886 jag1894 booze-up1897 slopping-up1899 souse1903 pub crawl1915 blind1917 beer-up1919 periodic1920 scoot1924 brannigan1927 rumba1934 boozeroo1943 sesh1943 session1943 piss-up1950 pink-eye1958 binge drinking1964 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [noun] > incohesion > disaggregation or disintegration unravelling1606 disgregation1611 disintegration1794 break-up1795 disaggregation1819 breaking-down1883 break-away1885 breakdown1928 1885 Times 4 June 10/3 After several breaks away the 12 competitors were despatched to an excellent start. extracted from breakn.¹ break-away break-away n. Brit. /ˈbreɪkəweɪ/ , U.S. /ˈbreɪkəˌweɪ/ ΚΠ 1881 A. C. Grant Bush-life in Queensland II. xxix. 133 One of the men..has managed to stop the break-aways. extracted from break-comb. form < n.1857 as lemmas
随便看	to order up to order up at the bridge to organ out to out one's livery to out pipes to out with to out-auden auden to out-equivocate equivocation to out-fast oneself to out-herod herod to out-infidel the infidel to out-modern the moderns to out-nero nero to out-old the old to out-royal royalty to out-villain villainy to outauden auden to outequivocate equivocation to outface with a card of ten to outfast oneself to outfish fish to outherod herod to outinfidel the infidel to outmodern the moderns to outnero nero

breakawayn.

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