break away
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
move away or escape suddenly
The horses broke from the stable
Types & categories
- escape hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
break off (a piece from a whole)
Her tooth chipped
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
interrupt a continued activity
She had broken with the traditional patterns
Types & categories
- part hypernym
Related & opposite
- pause derivation
Sense 4 verb
withdraw from an organization or communion
After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away
Types & categories
- part hypernym
Related & opposite
- secession derivation
- breaking away derivation
Sense 5 verb
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
If you see this man, run!
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | breakout |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | break |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | escape |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | chipping |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | chip |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | part |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | flake off |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | exfoliate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pause |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | part |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | secession |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | breaking away |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | part |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | lam |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | fleer |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | leave |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | flee |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | skedaddle |