Search Result for "break up":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (19)

1. to cause to separate and go in different directions;
- Example: "She waved her hand and scattered the crowds"
[syn: disperse, dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter]

2. discontinue an association or relation; go different ways;
- Example: "The business partners broke over a tax question"
- Example: "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"
- Example: "My friend and I split up"
[syn: separate, part, split up, split, break, break up]

3. come apart;
- Example: "the group broke up"

4. break violently or noisily; smash;;
[syn: crash, break up, break apart]

5. make a break in;
- Example: "We interrupt the program for the following messages"
[syn: interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off]

6. cause to go into a solution;
- Example: "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"
[syn: dissolve, resolve, break up]

7. suffer a nervous breakdown;
[syn: crack up, crack, crock up, break up, collapse]

8. take apart into its constituent pieces;
[syn: disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart]

9. destroy the completeness of a set of related items;
- Example: "The book dealer would not break the set"
[syn: break, break up]

10. set or keep apart;
- Example: "sever a relationship"
[syn: sever, break up]

11. attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example;
- Example: "Pick open the ice"
[syn: pick, break up]

12. release ice;
- Example: "The icebergs and glaciers calve"
[syn: calve, break up]

13. close at the end of a session;
- Example: "The court adjourned"
[syn: adjourn, recess, break up]

14. bring the association of to an end or cause to break up;
- Example: "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"
- Example: "the judge dissolved the tobacco company"
[syn: dissolve, break up]

15. come to an end;
- Example: "Their marriage dissolved"
- Example: "The tobacco monopoly broke up"
[syn: dissolve, break up]

16. break or cause to break into pieces;
- Example: "The plate fragmented"
[syn: break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise]

17. cause to separate;
- Example: "break up kidney stones"
- Example: "disperse particles"
[syn: break up, disperse, scatter]

18. separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts;
[syn: decompose, break up, break down]

19. laugh unrestrainedly;
[syn: break up, crack up]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

break up
    v 1: to cause to separate and go in different directions; "She
         waved her hand and scattered the crowds" [syn: disperse,
         dissipate, dispel, break up, scatter]
    2: 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" [syn: separate, part, split up, split,
       break, break up]
    3: come apart; "the group broke up"
    4: break violently or noisily; smash; [syn: crash, break up,
       break apart]
    5: make a break in; "We interrupt the program for the following
       messages" [syn: interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut
       off]
    6: cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should
       dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water" [syn:
       dissolve, resolve, break up]
    7: suffer a nervous breakdown [syn: crack up, crack, crock
       up, break up, collapse]
    8: take apart into its constituent pieces [syn: disassemble,
       dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart] [ant:
       assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack
       together]
    9: destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book
       dealer would not break the set" [syn: break, break up]
    10: set or keep apart; "sever a relationship" [syn: sever,
        break up]
    11: attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground,
        for example; "Pick open the ice" [syn: pick, break up]
    12: release ice; "The icebergs and glaciers calve" [syn:
        calve, break up]
    13: close at the end of a session; "The court adjourned" [syn:
        adjourn, recess, break up]
    14: bring the association of to an end or cause to break up;
        "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge
        dissolved the tobacco company" [syn: dissolve, break up]
    15: come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco
        monopoly broke up" [syn: dissolve, break up]
    16: break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented"
        [syn: break up, fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise]
    17: cause to separate; "break up kidney stones"; "disperse
        particles" [syn: break up, disperse, scatter]
    18: separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
        [syn: decompose, break up, break down]
    19: laugh unrestrainedly [syn: break up, crack up]