Meaning

11 senses
  1. The act of breaking away from something.

    Lossagung, Absplitterung, Loslösung

    the act of breaking away or withdrawing from

  2. A group of riders which has gone ahead of the peloton.

  3. A situation in the game where one or more players of a team attack towards the goal of the other team without having any defenders in front of them.

  4. The act of getting away from one's opponent; the separation of the boxers after a spell of infighting.

  5. (Australia)A stampede of animals.

  6. (Australia)An animal that breaks away from a herd.

  7. (Australia)An eroding steep slope on the edge of a plateau; an escarpment.

  8. (Australia)A channel of floodwater that has burst from its usual course; or the track or channel eroded by the water.

  9. A particular yo-yo trick http://yoyo.wikia.com/wiki/Breakaway.

  10. A swing dance in which the leader occasionally swings the follower out into an open position.

    Ausbruch, Ausbruchsgruppe

  11. An item of scenery designed to be broken or destroyed during the performance.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. President Tom Jackson sent troops to the breakaway area.

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Translations

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By meaning 2
act of breaking away from something:
in cycling:

Origin

From break + away, a deverbal from break away.

From break + away, a deverbal from break away.

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Forms

plural: breakaways
Singularbreakaway
Pluralbreakaways

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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