"inbreak" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: inbreaks [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English *inbreken, from Old English inbrecan (“to break into”), equivalent to in- + break. Cognate with Dutch inbreken (“to break in”), German einbrechen (“to break in”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|*inbreken}} Middle English *inbreken, {{der|en|ang|inbrecan||to break into}} Old English inbrecan (“to break into”), {{prefix|en|in|break}} in- + break, {{cog|nl|inbreken||to break in}} Dutch inbreken (“to break in”), {{cog|de|einbrechen||to break in}} German einbrechen (“to break in”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} inbreak (plural inbreaks)
  1. A sudden violent inroad or incursion; an irruption; a breaking in. Translations (A sudden violent inroad or incursion): нахлуване (nahluvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), нашествие (našestvie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), Eindringen [neuter] (German), Einbruch [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-inbreak-en-noun-hzBsqGn8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29

Verb

Forms: inbreaks [present, singular, third-person], inbreaking [participle, present], inbroke [past], inbroken [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English *inbreken, from Old English inbrecan (“to break into”), equivalent to in- + break. Cognate with Dutch inbreken (“to break in”), German einbrechen (“to break in”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|enm|*inbreken}} Middle English *inbreken, {{der|en|ang|inbrecan||to break into}} Old English inbrecan (“to break into”), {{prefix|en|in|break}} in- + break, {{cog|nl|inbreken||to break in}} Dutch inbreken (“to break in”), {{cog|de|einbrechen||to break in}} German einbrechen (“to break in”) Head templates: {{en-verb|inbreaks|inbreaking|inbroke|inbroken}} inbreak (third-person singular simple present inbreaks, present participle inbreaking, simple past inbroke, past participle inbroken)
  1. (transitive) To break in; break into; make an incursion into; insert into; interrupt. Tags: transitive Derived forms: inbreaking Translations (to make an incursion into): eindringen (German), einbrechen (German), einfallen (German)
    Sense id: en-inbreak-en-verb-4OP7Xuzp Categories (other): English terms prefixed with in- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with in-: 44 56

Inflected forms

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