HyperDic: break_off

English > 5 senses of the expression *break off*:
VERB	change	break off, cut short, break short	interrupt before its natural or planned end / end
	change	break off, break, discontinue, stop	prevent completion
	contact	break off, chip, chip off, come off, break away	break off (a piece from a whole)
	contact	break off, break, snap off	break a piece from a whole
	contact	break off, chip, knap, cut off	break a small piece off from

English > *break off*: 5 senses > verb 1, change
Meaning	interrupt before its natural or planned end / end.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	cut short, break short
Narrower	hang up	interrupt a telephone conversation
Broader	interrupt, break	terminate
Spanish	suspender

English > *break off*: 5 senses > verb 2, change
Meaning	prevent completion.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Example	"break off the negotiations"
Synonyms	break, discontinue, stop
Narrower	bog down, bog	get stuck while doing something
	fracture	Become fractured / fractured
	interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off	make a break / break in
Broader	end, terminate	Bring to an end or halt
Spanish	abandonar, discontinuar, interrumpir, parar, romper, suspender
Catalan	interrompre, parar, suspendre

English > *break off*: 5 senses > verb 3, contact
Meaning	break off (a piece from a whole).
Pattern	Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP
Synonyms	chip, chip off, come off, break away
Narrower	exfoliate	come off in a very thin piece
Narrower	peel off, peel, flake off, flake	come off in flakes or thin small pieces
Broader	separate, divide, part	come apart
See also	break	go to pieces
Spanish	astillarse, astillar, picar, resquebrajar
Catalan	asclar, esquerdar, esquerdissar, estellar, picolar

English > *break off*: 5 senses > verb 4, contact
Meaning	break a piece from a whole.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	break, snap off
Broader	detach	Cause to become detached or separated
Spanish	quebrar, romper
Catalan	partir

English > *break off*: 5 senses > verb 5, contact
Meaning	break a small piece off from.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	chip, knap, cut off
Broader	cut	separate with or as if with an instrument
See also	break	ruin completely
Spanish	astillar
Catalan	asclar, estellar

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