Etymology: [ 'brAk ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English breken, from Old English brecan; akin to Old High German brehhan to break, Latin frangere.
Simple past tense and past participle of break down, collapsed, shattered; went out of working order, got ruined, to become unstable, mentally or otherwise, to fail, to give more detail, to decay, Past participle of break down, collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack, cause to fall or collapse, collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination", degrade, fall apart; "the building crimbled after the explosion"; "Negociations broke down", cause to fall or collapse lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped, separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts, When a substance breaks down or when something breaks it down, a biological or chemical process causes it to separate into the substances which make it up. Over time, the protein in the eggshell breaks down into its constituent amino acids The oil is attacked by naturally occurring microbes which break it down, If someone breaks down, they lose control of themselves and start crying. Because he was being so kind and concerned, I broke down and cried, To break down something such as an idea or statement means to separate it into smaller parts in order to make it easier to understand or deal with. The report breaks down the results region by region These rules tell us how a sentence is broken down into phrases, If a discussion, relationship, or system breaks down, it fails because of a problem or disagreement. Talks with business leaders broke down last night Paola's marriage broke down, If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working. Their car broke down, break, collapse under its own weight; spoil, decompose, If you break down a door or barrier, you hit it so hard that it falls to the ground. An unruly mob broke down police barricades and stormed the courtroom Firemen were called after his father failed to break the door down, lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped", make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination", approval To break down barriers or prejudices that separate people or restrict their freedom means to change people's attitudes so that the barriers or prejudices no longer exist. His early experience enabled him to break down barriers between Scottish Catholics and Protestants. see also breakdown, broken-down, 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", 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",
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Simple past tense and past participle of break down
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collapsed, shattered; went out of working order, got ruined
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to become unstable, mentally or otherwise - "She is back to work now, after her break down."
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to fail - "I am afraid my computer will break down if I try to run it at too high a speed."
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to give more detail - "If you don't understand, ask him to break down the numbers for you."
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to decay - "Leaves and grass will break down into compost faster if you keep them moist."
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Past participle of break down
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collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
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cause to fall or collapse
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collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"
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degrade
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fall apart; "the building crimbled after the explosion"; "Negociations broke down"
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cause to fall or collapse lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped
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separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
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When a substance breaks down or when something breaks it down, a biological or chemical process causes it to separate into the substances which make it up. Over time, the protein in the eggshell breaks down into its constituent amino acids The oil is attacked by naturally occurring microbes which break it down
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If someone breaks down, they lose control of themselves and start crying. Because he was being so kind and concerned, I broke down and cried
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To break down something such as an idea or statement means to separate it into smaller parts in order to make it easier to understand or deal with. The report breaks down the results region by region These rules tell us how a sentence is broken down into phrases
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If a discussion, relationship, or system breaks down, it fails because of a problem or disagreement. Talks with business leaders broke down last night Paola's marriage broke down
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If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working. Their car broke down
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break, collapse under its own weight; spoil, decompose
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If you break down a door or barrier, you hit it so hard that it falls to the ground. An unruly mob broke down police barricades and stormed the courtroom Firemen were called after his father failed to break the door down
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break down
lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped"
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make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"
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approval To break down barriers or prejudices that separate people or restrict their freedom means to change people's attitudes so that the barriers or prejudices no longer exist. His early experience enabled him to break down barriers between Scottish Catholics and Protestants. see also breakdown, broken-down
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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"
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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"
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