break off

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (transitive) To remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping.
2. (intransitive) To become detached by breaking or snapping.
3. (transitive) To discontinue abruptly.
4. (intransitive) To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently.
5. (ambitransitive) To play the first shot in a frame of snooker, billiards or pool.
6. (slang, transitive) To give (someone) (something); to allow (someone) to take (something); to grant (someone) a share or portion of (something).

Sinonieme

break

cut off

sever

stop

🛑

break away

split

snap

interrupt

break up

snap off

discontinue

cut short

cease

pluck

break apart

chip off

suspend

chip

separate

cut

divide

adjourn

tear

pick

⛏️

break short

disconnect

bend

prune

come off

declare on

fracture

chop off

abort

shatter

tear off

pull down

put an end to

knap

be torn

pause

rip off

decipher

amputate

fall off

annul

halt

break in

drag

break down

end

🔚

Vertalings

casser

abbrechen

romper

interrompere

rompre

détacher

interrompre

suspender

abrumpere

διακόπτω

quebrar

staccarsi

caisser

enlever

staccare

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: breke of

In summary

From Middle English breke of (“break off, terminate”), a dissimilated form of earlier Middle English ofbreken. By surface analysis, break + off.