break in
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
Someone broke in while I was on vacation
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- housebreaking derivation
Sense 2 verb
break into a conversation
her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation
Types & categories
Sense 3 verb
start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role
Types & categories
- start hypernym
Sense 4 verb
intrude on uninvited
The nosy couple broke in on our conversation
Types & categories
- irrupt hypernym
Sense 5 verb
break so as to fall inward
He broke in the door
Types & categories
Sense 6 verb
make submissive, obedient, or useful
The horse was tough to break
Types & categories
- domesticize hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | housebreaking |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | trespass |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crack |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | interrupt |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | interrupt |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | start |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | irrupt |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | break |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | stave in |
| 6 | causes | Related & opposite | break |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | break |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | domesticize |