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break up - Dictionary definition and meaning for break up

BREAK UP

  • (verb) laugh unrestrainedly

    synonyms : crack up

  • (verb) separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts

    synonyms : break down , decompose

  • (verb) cause to separate

    "break up kidney stones", "disperse particles"

    synonyms : disperse , scatter

  • (verb) break or cause to break into pieces

    "The plate fragmented"

    synonyms : fragment , fragmentise , fragmentize

  • (verb) come to an end

    "Their marriage dissolved", "The tobacco monopoly broke up"

    synonyms : dissolve

  • (verb) bring the association of to an end or cause to break up

    "The decree officially dissolved the marriage", "the judge dissolved the tobacco company"

    synonyms : dissolve

  • (verb) close at the end of a session

    "The court adjourned"

    synonyms : adjourn , recess

    It is a very common order heard in a court room tht THE COURT IS ADJOURNED FOR THE DE AND THE NEXT SESSION WILL BE HELD TOMORROW. -added by priyavanjeri

  • (verb) cause to go into a solution

    "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"

    synonyms : dissolve , resolve

  • (verb) make a break in

    "We interrupt the program for the following messages"

    synonyms : cut off , disrupt , interrupt

  • (verb) release ice

    "The icebergs and glaciers calve"

    synonyms : calve

  • (verb) attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example

    "Pick open the ice"

    synonyms : pick

  • (verb) set or keep apart

    "sever a relationship"

    synonyms : sever

    He served the company for a while and then severed the relationship. -added by manojative

  • (verb) break violently or noisily; smash

    synonyms : break apart , crash

  • (verb) destroy the completeness of a set of related items

    "The book dealer would not break the set"

    synonyms : break

  • (verb) take apart into its constituent pieces

    synonyms : break apart , disassemble , dismantle , take apart

  • (verb) suffer a nervous breakdown

    synonyms : collapse , crack , crack up , crock up

  • (verb) come apart

    "the group broke up"

  • (verb) to cause to separate and go in different directions

    "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"

    synonyms : dispel , disperse , dissipate , scatter

    one's sympathy is eventually dissipated -added by nithi

  • (verb) discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

    "The business partners broke over a tax question", "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage", "My friend and I split up"

    synonyms : break , part , separate , split , split up

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.


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