fall apart
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
lose one's emotional or mental composure
She fell apart when her only child died
Types & categories
- lose it hypernym
Sense 2 verb
go to pieces
The lawn mower finally broke
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
break or fall apart into fragments
The cookies crumbled
Types & categories
- disintegrate hypernym
Sense 4 verb
become separated into pieces or fragments
The figurine broke
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | lose it |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | wear away |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | chip |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | wear away |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | break apart |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | wear |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | breakable |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | bust |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | decay |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fray |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | disintegrate |
| 4 | also see | Related & opposite | decompose |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | breaking |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | break |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | faulting |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | breakable |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | break |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change integrity |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | burst |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | puncture |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bust |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | smash |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ladder |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | snap |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | fragment |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | crush |