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"transitive"
]
},
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"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "A chunk of rock broke off from the cliff face.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To become detached by breaking or snapping."
],
"links": [
[
"detached",
"detach"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To become detached by breaking or snapping."
],
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"intransitive"
]
},
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"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
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{
"text": "Both families want the lovers to break off any relationship they may have.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2023 February 25, Tim Dowling, “Tim Dowling: I’m revisiting my worst ever moment on stage – a Christmas panto”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 2023-06-16:",
"text": "In fact I never said it; she eventually realised I was someone else, and broke off the conversation abruptly.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To discontinue abruptly."
],
"links": [
[
"discontinue",
"discontinue"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To discontinue abruptly."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "[1898], J[ohn] Meade Falkner, Moonfleet, London; Toronto, Ont.: Jonathan Cape, published 1934, →OCLC:",
"text": "Then the conversation broke off, and there was little more talking, only a noise of men going backwards and forwards, and of putting down of kegs and the hollow gurgle of good liquor being poured from breakers into the casks.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently."
],
"links": [
[
"end",
"end"
],
[
"abruptly",
"abruptly"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"en:Billiards",
"en:Snooker"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2017, John Virgo, Say Goodnight, JV - My Autobiography, John Blake Publishing, →ISBN:",
"text": "Ted's opening line, when Steve broke off for the deciding frame, was, 'Last night we put our clocks back one hour. These two stars turned theirs back to April.'",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To play the first shot in a frame of snooker, billiards or pool."
],
"links": [
[
"transitive",
"transitive"
],
[
"intransitive",
"intransitive"
],
[
"billiards",
"billiards"
],
[
"snooker",
"snooker#Noun"
],
[
"frame",
"frame"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, intransitive, billiards, snooker) To play the first shot in a frame of snooker, billiards or pool."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
],
"topics": [
"ball-games",
"billiards",
"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"snooker",
"sports"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"African-American Vernacular English",
"English slang",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "If you help, I'll break you off a piece of the proceeds.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To give (someone) (something); to allow (someone) to take (something); to grant (someone) a share or portion of (something)."
],
"qualifier": "African-American Vernacular",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To give (someone) (something); to allow (someone) to take (something); to grant (someone) a share or portion of (something)."
],
"tags": [
"slang",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"translations": [
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(transitive) to remove a piece by breaking or snapping",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ulomit"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(transitive) to remove a piece by breaking or snapping",
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"word": "katkaista"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(transitive) to remove a piece by breaking or snapping",
"word": "murtaa"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "(transitive) to remove a piece by breaking or snapping",
"word": "esgallar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "(transitive) to remove a piece by breaking or snapping",
"word": "esguizar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "(transitive) to remove a piece by breaking or snapping",
"word": "esgazar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(transitive) to remove a piece by breaking or snapping",
"word": "abbrechen"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "(transitive) to remove a piece by breaking or snapping",
"word": "abrumpō"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otlámyvatʹ",
"sense": "(transitive) to remove a piece by breaking or snapping",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отла́мывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otlomítʹ",
"sense": "(transitive) to remove a piece by breaking or snapping",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отломи́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otlomátʹ",
"sense": "(transitive) to remove a piece by breaking or snapping",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отлома́ть"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(transitive) to remove a piece by breaking or snapping",
"word": "bryta av"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(intransitive) to become detached by breaking or snapping",
"word": "katketa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(intransitive) to become detached by breaking or snapping",
"word": "murtua"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otkályvatʹsja",
"sense": "(intransitive) to become detached by breaking or snapping",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отка́лываться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otkolótʹsja",
"sense": "(intransitive) to become detached by breaking or snapping",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отколо́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otlámyvatʹsja",
"sense": "(intransitive) to become detached by breaking or snapping",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отла́мываться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otlomítʹsja",
"sense": "(intransitive) to become detached by breaking or snapping",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "отломи́ться"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(intransitive) to become detached by breaking or snapping",
"word": "gå av"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidkóljuvatysja",
"sense": "(intransitive) to become detached by breaking or snapping",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "відко́люватися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidkolótysja",
"sense": "(intransitive) to become detached by breaking or snapping",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "відколо́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidlámuvatysja",
"sense": "(intransitive) to become detached by breaking or snapping",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "відла́муватися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidlómljuvatysja",
"sense": "(intransitive) to become detached by breaking or snapping",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "відло́млюватися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidlamátysja",
"sense": "(intransitive) to become detached by breaking or snapping",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "відлама́тися"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vidlomýtysja",
"sense": "(intransitive) to become detached by breaking or snapping",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "відломи́тися"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(transitive) to discontinue abruptly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ukončit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(transitive) to discontinue abruptly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "skončit"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(transitive) to discontinue abruptly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "skoncovat"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(transitive) to discontinue abruptly",
"word": "auflösen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poryvátʹ",
"sense": "(transitive) to discontinue abruptly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "порыва́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "porvátʹ",
"sense": "(transitive) to discontinue abruptly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "порва́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(transitive) to discontinue abruptly",
"word": "terminar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(intransitive) to end abruptly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "přestat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(intransitive) to end abruptly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zastavit se"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "(intransitive) to end abruptly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zarazit se"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(intransitive) to end abruptly",
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"word": "keskeyttää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(intransitive) to end abruptly",
"word": "katkaista"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(intransitive) to end abruptly",
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"word": "keskeytyä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "(intransitive) to end abruptly",
"word": "katketa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(intransitive) to end abruptly",
"word": "interrompre"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(intransitive) to end abruptly",
"word": "abbrechen"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "obryvátʹsja",
"sense": "(intransitive) to end abruptly",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "обрыва́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oborvátʹsja",
"sense": "(intransitive) to end abruptly",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "оборва́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(intransitive) to end abruptly",
"word": "interrumpir"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "(intransitive) to end abruptly",
"word": "bryta"
}
],
"word": "break off"
}
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