"tobreak" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: tobreaks [present, singular, third-person], tobreaking [participle, present], tobroke [past], tobroken [participle, past]
Etymology: From Middle English tobreken (“to break apart, break in pieces, shatter”), from Old English tōbrecan, tebrecan (“to break in pieces, break apart”), from Proto-West Germanic *tebrekan, from Proto-Germanic *tebrekaną (“to break apart”), equivalent to to- (“apart, in pieces”) + break. Cognate with Old Saxon tebrekan (“to break apart”), Middle Dutch tebreken (“to break apart, shatter”), German zerbrechen (“to break apart, shatter, smash”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|tobreken|t=to break apart, break in pieces, shatter}} Middle English tobreken (“to break apart, break in pieces, shatter”), {{inh|en|ang|tōbrecan}} Old English tōbrecan, {{m|ang|tebrecan|t=to break in pieces, break apart}} tebrecan (“to break in pieces, break apart”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*tebrekan}} Proto-West Germanic *tebrekan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*tebrekaną|t=to break apart}} Proto-Germanic *tebrekaną (“to break apart”), {{af|en|to-|break|t1=apart, in pieces}} to- (“apart, in pieces”) + break, {{cog|osx|tebrekan|t=to break apart}} Old Saxon tebrekan (“to break apart”), {{cog|dum|tebreken|t=to break apart, shatter}} Middle Dutch tebreken (“to break apart, shatter”), {{cog|de|zerbrechen|t=to break apart, shatter, smash}} German zerbrechen (“to break apart, shatter, smash”) Head templates: {{en-verb|tobreaks|tobreaking|tobroke|tobroken}} tobreak (third-person singular simple present tobreaks, present participle tobreaking, simple past tobroke, past participle tobroken)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To break completely; crush. Tags: intransitive, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-tobreak-en-verb-ooFckitI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with to- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with to-: 53 47
  2. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To break apart; break in pieces. Tags: intransitive, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-tobreak-en-verb-wydo1dRD Categories (other): English terms prefixed with to- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with to-: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tobrake, to-break, to break Related terms: all to

Inflected forms

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