Meaning of BREAK DOWN
| Pronunciation: | | breyk dawn
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [v] collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
- [v] separate into constituent elements or parts, as of chemical substances
- [v] stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"
- [v] make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound"
- [v] make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"
- [v] cause to fall or collapse
- [v] lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"
- [v] fall apart; also used metaphorically; "Negociations broke down"
|
| |
| | Websites: | |
|
| |
| | Synonyms: | | analyse, analyze, break, break up, collapse, collapse, conk out, crumble, crumple, crush, decompose, die, dissect, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad, lose it, take apart, tumble |
| |
| | Antonyms: | | synthesise, synthesize | | |
| | See Also: | | act, alter, behave, blow, blow out, botanise, botanize, break, break down, burn out, bust, change, change, change integrity, collapse, crack, crash, crumble, crumple, die, dissociate, dissolve, do, fall apart, fall over, go down, go over, go to pieces, malfunction, misfire, misfunction, parse, separate, tumble | |
| Products Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | Breakdown
Description not available. more details ... |
| |
| | Websites: | |
|
| |
| Thesaurus Terms |
| |
| | Related Terms: | | afflict, aggrieve, alphabetize, analyze, anatomize, anguish, arrange, assay, assort, bawl, beat down, bend, blow, blow down, blubber, boohoo, break, break up, bring down, bring low, bring to tears, bring to terms, bulldoze, burn down, burn out, burst into tears, cast down, catalog, categorize, cave in, chop down, class, classify, codify, collapse, come to naught, come to nothing, conk out, conquer, crack up, crumble, crush, cry, cut down, cut up, decompose, desolate, digest, disintegrate, dissect, dissolve in tears, divide, draw tears, droop, drop, drop a tear, embitter, faint, fall down, fall flat, fall in, fall through, fatigue, fell, file, fizzle out, flag, flatten, founder, gasp, get bogged down, get hung up, get mired, get tired, give out, go haywire, go kaput, go wrong, grade, greet, grieve, group, grow weary, humble, humiliate, index, inundate, jade, knock down, knock over, level, list, master, molder, mow down, oppress, order, overmaster, overwhelm, pack up, pant, peg out, peter out, pigeonhole, place, play out, poop out, prostrate, puff, puff and blow, pull down, putrefy, quell, range, rank, rase, rate, raze, reduce, reduce to elements, resolve, rot, run down, run out, segment, separate, shed tears, sink, smash, snivel, sob, sorrow, sort, spoil, steamroller, subdivide, subdue, succumb, suppress, sway, tabulate, taint, take down, tear down, throw down, tire, topple, topple down, topple over, torment, totter, trample underfoot, tread underfoot, turn, type, tyrannize, unman, weary, weep, wheeze, whimper, wilt |
| |
|
|
|