break out
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
start abruptly
After 1989, peace broke out in the former East Bloc
Types & categories
- begin hypernym
Sense 2 verb
begin suddenly and sometimes violently
He broke out shouting
Types & categories
- begin hypernym
Sense 3 verb
move away or escape suddenly
The horses broke from the stable
Types & categories
- escape hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
take from stowage in preparation for use
Types & categories
- unpack hypernym
Sense 5 verb
become raw or open
He broke out in hives
Types & categories
- pain hypernym
Related & opposite
- eruptive derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | begin |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | begin |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | breakout |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | break |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | escape |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | unpack |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | eruptive |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | pain |