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brechen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brake noun A device that slows or stops a vehicle or machine, usually by friction, or the pedal or lever used to apply it.
  • breach noun A failure to follow a law, agreement, or rule.
  • break verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
  • snap verb To break suddenly with a sharp cracking sound.
  • violate verb To break or fail to comply with a law, rule, or agreement.

Senses

brechen is used for these senses in English:

  • brake (transitive) To bruise and crush; to knead.
  • break (transitive) To change a steady state abruptly.
  • break (intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
  • snap A sudden break.
  • violate (transitive) To break or disregard (a rule or convention).

brake — full definition

  1. noun A device that slows or stops a vehicle or machine, usually by friction, or the pedal or lever used to apply it.
  2. verb To slow down or stop a vehicle by using its brakes.

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.

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