break off
To remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snappingTo remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping.
» We've broken off relations with them.
Wir haben mit ihnen gebrochen.
Wir haben die Beziehung mit ihnen beendet.
Мы разорвали с ними отношения.
Мы порвали с ними отношения.
Ми з ними розірвали стосунки.
Meaning
6 senses(transitive)To remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping.
She unwrapped the slab of chocolate and broke off a piece.
abbrechen
отла́мыватьotlámyvatʹ, отломи́тьotlomítʹ, отлома́тьotlomátʹ
break a piece from a whole
(intransitive)To become detached by breaking or snapping.
A chunk of rock broke off from the cliff face.
отка́лыватьсяotkályvatʹsja, отколо́тьсяotkolótʹsja, отла́мыватьсяotlámyvatʹsja
відко́люватисяvidkóljuvatysja, відколо́тисяvidkolótysja, відла́муватисяvidlámuvatysja
(transitive)To discontinue abruptly.
Both families want the lovers to break off any relationship they may have.
auflösen
порыва́тьporyvátʹ, порва́тьporvátʹ
(intransitive)To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently.
Our school doesn't break off until July.
abbrechen
обрыва́тьсяobryvátʹsja, оборва́тьсяoborvátʹsja
(ambitransitive)To play the first shot in a frame of snooker, billiards or pool.
(slang, transitive)To give (someone) (something); to allow (someone) to take (something); to grant (someone) a share or portion of (something).
If you help, I'll break you off a piece of the proceeds.
Examples
44 sentencesWe've broken off relations with them.
Ми з ними розірвали стосунки. — deniko
ruМы разорвали с ними отношения. — Lenin_1917
deWir haben mit ihnen gebrochen. — Tamy
We have broken off relations with them.
Ми з ними розірвали стосунки. — deniko
ruМы разорвали с ними отношения. — Lenin_1917
deWir haben mit ihnen gebrochen. — Tamy
Tom and Mary have broken off their engagement.
ruТом и Мэри разорвали помолвку. — odexed
Tom picked the broken glass off the floor.
deTom las das zerbrochene Glas vom Boden auf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom told Mary that he wanted to break off the engagement.
ruТом сказал Мэри, что хочет расторгнуть помолвку. — sharptoothed
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 4
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English breke of (“break off, terminate”), a dissimilated form of earlier MiddFrom Middle English breke of (“break off, terminate”), a dissimilated form of earlier Middle English ofbreken. By surface analysis, break + off.
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Forms
breaks off, breaking off, broke off, broken off| Base form | break off · to break off |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | breaks off |
| Present participle | breaking off |
| Past simple | broke off |
| Past participle | broken off |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
12 phrasal verbs- break upрозлучитися, розлучатисяTo break or separate into pieces.
- break offвідколотися, відколюватисяTo remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping.
- break outвтікти, спалахуватиTo escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.
- break inзламати, ламатиTo enter a place by force or illicit means.
- break downзламатися, впастиTo stop functioning.
- break awayбігати, бігтиTo leave suddenly.
- break throughвивергати, вивергатисяTo gain popularity.
- break apartрозбитися, розбиватисяTo dismantle something into its base components.
More 4
- break onTo humiliate (someone); to scold or demean (someone) in public.
- break backTo win a game having lost a service game, or during a tiebreak, to win a point against the serve having lost a point while serving.
- break intoTo enter illegally or by force, especially in order to commit a crime.
- break withTo cease having a positive connection with (a person, group, movement, etc).
Synonyms
16 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb