breach in English dictionary

  • breach

    Meanings and definitions of "breach"

    • The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
    • (law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise.
    • A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture; a fissure.
    • A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture.
    • A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves; surge; surf.
    • A breaking out upon; an assault.
    • (archaic) A bruise; a wound.
    • (archaic) A hernia; a rupture.
    • (transitive) To make a breach in.
    • (transitive) To violate or break.
    • (transitive, nautical, of the sea), to break into a ship or into a coastal defence
    • (intransitive) (of a whale) to leap clear out of the water
    • noun
      A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture; a fissure.
    • noun
      A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out.
    • noun
      A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves; surge; surf.
    • noun
      A breaking out upon; an assault.
    • noun
      (archaic)
      A bruise; a wound.
    • noun
      (archaic)
      A hernia; a rupture.
    • noun
      (law)
      A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment
    • noun
      (figuratively)
      A difference in opinions, social class etc.
    • noun
      The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To make a breach in.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To violate or break.
    • verb
      (transitive, nautical, of the sea)
      To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
    • verb
      (intransitive, of a whale)
      To leap clear out of the water.
    • figuratively: the act of breaking
    • break of a law or obligation
    • gap
    • breaking up of amicable relations
    • breaking of waves
    • assault
    • violation (of law)
    • breach (of a relationship between people)
    • noun
      an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)
    • noun
      a failure to perform some promised act or obligation
    • noun
      a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
    • verb
      act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"
    • verb
      make an opening or gap in

    Synonyms of "breach" in English dictionary

    separation, rift, breakup are the top synonyms of "breach" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "breach" in English dictionary

    keep is the antonym of "breach" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of breach

    • breach ( plural  breaches)
    • breach ( third-person singular simple present breaches, present participle breaching, simple past and past participle breached)
    • breach (plural breaches)
    • breach (third-person singular simple present breaches, present participle breaching, simple past and past participle breached)
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