break off

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verb

1. interrupt before its natural or planned end (Freq. 2)
- We had to cut short our vacation
• Syn:
cut short, break short
• Hypernyms:
interrupt, break
• Hyponyms:
hang up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. prevent completion (Freq. 2)
- stop the project
- break off the negotiations
• Syn:
break, discontinue, stop
• Derivationally related forms:
stop (for: stop), discontinuation (for: discontinue)
• Hypernyms:
end, terminate
• Hyponyms:
fracture, bog down, bog, interrupt, disrupt,
break up, cut off
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. break off (a piece from a whole) (Freq. 1)
- Her tooth chipped
• Syn:
chip, chip off, come off, break away
• Derivationally related forms:
chip (for: chip), chipping (for: chip)
• Hypernyms:
separate, divide, part
• Hyponyms:
peel off, peel, flake off, flake, exfoliate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
4. break a piece from a whole
- break a branch from a tree
• Syn:
break, snap off
• Derivationally related forms:
breakable (for: break), breakage (for: break), breaker (for: break)
• Hypernyms:
detach
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. break a small piece off from
- chip the glass
- chip a tooth
• Syn:
chip, knap, cut off
• See Also:
chip at (for: chip)
• Derivationally related forms:
chip (for: chip), chipping (for: chip)
• Hypernyms:
cut
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something