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breuk — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • breach noun A failure to follow a law, agreement, or rule.
  • crack verb To break, split, or form a line of damage without falling completely apart.
  • fault noun Responsibility for a mistake or wrongdoing.
  • fraction noun A part of a whole, especially a small one.
  • fracture noun A break, crack, or split — especially in a bone, but also in rock or other hard material.
  • hernia noun A condition in which an internal part of the body, often a loop of intestine, pushes through a weak spot or tear in the surrounding muscle wall, most commonly around the abdomen or groin.
  • rift noun A deep crack or split, especially in the earth or rock.

Senses

breuk is used for these senses in English:

  • breach The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
  • breach A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling out.
  • common fraction (arithmetic) A fraction in the form of one integer divided by another, non-zero, integer.
  • crack A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
  • fault (geology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
  • fraction A part of a whole, especially a comparatively small part.
  • fraction (arithmetic) A ratio of two numbers (numerator and denominator), usually written one above the other and separated by a horizontal bar called the vinculum or, alternatively, in sequence on the same line and separated by a solidus (diagonal bar).
  • fracture An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.

breach — full definition

  1. noun A failure to follow a law, agreement, or rule.
  2. noun A gap made by breaking through something solid, such as a wall or defence.
  3. verb To break through or violate something.

crack — full definition

  1. verb To break, split, or form a line of damage without falling completely apart.
  2. verb To solve a difficult problem or figure something out.
  3. verb To break down or give in under pressure, especially during questioning or stress.
  4. verb To make a joke.
  5. noun A thin line or split in a surface.

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