vverb.motionmove away or escape suddenlySynset:break break out
Examples:- The horses broke from the stable
- Three inmates broke jail
- Nobody can break out--this prison is high security
Derivationally Related Form:breakbreakout
Hypernyms:break loose escape get away
Inherited Hypernyms:breakescapefleescatleave
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Something is ---ing PP | Somebody ---s PP | Somebody ---s something (apply to: break)
vverb.contactbreak off (a piece from a whole)Synset:break off chip chip off come off
Derivationally Related Form:chipchipping
Hypernyms:divide part separate
Inherited Hypernyms:chipseparatechange
Direct Hyponyms:exfoliateflakeflake offpeelpeel off
Full Troponyms:exfoliatepeel off
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Something is ---ing PP | These glasses --- easily (apply to: chip) | The glass tubes --- (apply to: chip)
vverb.socialinterrupt a continued activitySynset:break
Examples:- She had broken with the traditional patterns
Derivationally Related Form:break
Hypernyms:break break up part separate split split up
Inherited Hypernyms:breakseparate
Sentence Frame:Something is ---ing PP | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.socialwithdraw from an organization or communionSynset:secede splinter
Examples:- After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away
Derivationally Related Form:breakawaysecession
Hypernyms:break break up part separate split split up
Inherited Hypernyms:secedeseparate
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Something is ---ing PP | Somebody ---s PP | The girls --- the wooden sticks (apply to: splinter)
vverb.motionflee; take to one's heels; cut and runSynset:bunk escape fly the coop head for the hills hightail it lam run run away scarper scat take to the woods turn tail
Examples:- If you see this man, run!
- The burglars escaped before the police showed up
Derivationally Related Form:runawaylam
Hypernyms:go away go forth leave
Inherited Hypernyms:scatleave
Direct Hyponyms:fleeflyskedaddletake flight
Full Troponyms:abscondbreakdefectelopeeludeescapeexfiltratefleehigh-taillevantratrun awayshakeskedaddleslipstampede
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP