Bruch — meaning in English
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English meaning
- breach noun A failure to follow a law, agreement, or rule.
- break verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
- brook noun A small, natural stream of water.
- 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.
- marsh noun A low-lying area of wet, spongy ground, usually covered in grasses and reeds rather than trees.
- rupture noun A sudden break, tear, or burst, especially in tissue or a container.
- snap verb To break suddenly with a sharp cracking sound.
- swale noun A low tract of moist or marshy land.
Senses
Bruch is used for these senses in English:
- breach A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence.
- break An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
- break A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
- brook (Sussex, Kent) A water meadow.
- 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.
- fracture (medicine) A break in bone or cartilage.
breach — full definition
- noun A failure to follow a law, agreement, or rule.
- noun A gap made by breaking through something solid, such as a wall or defence.
- verb To break through or violate something.
break — full definition
- verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
- verb To stop working properly; to malfunction.
- verb To fail to keep (a promise, rule, or law).
- verb To interrupt or bring an end to something continuous.
- noun A short pause or rest from an activity.