BREAK DOWN as VERB

1. Meaning
   • collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
   Synonym(s)
   • collapse (what does collapse mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) break down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • suffer (what does suffer mean?)
   • sustain (what does sustain mean?)
   • have (what does have mean?)
   • get (what does get mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • fall over (what does fall over mean?)
   • go over (what does go over mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • collapse (what does collapse mean?)
   • breakdown (what does breakdown mean?)
   • crack-up (what does crack-up mean?)
2. Meaning
   • separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
   Synonym(s)
   • break up (what does break up mean?)
   • decompose (what does decompose mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) break down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • separate (what does separate mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • digest (what does digest mean?)
   • dissociate (what does dissociate mean?)
   • crack (what does crack mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • decomposition (what does decomposition mean?)
   • decomposition reaction (what does decomposition reaction mean?)
3. Meaning
   • stop operating or functioning
   Synonym(s)
   • break (what does break mean?)
   • conk out (what does conk out mean?)
   • die (what does die mean?)
   • fail (what does fail mean?)
   • give out (what does give out mean?)
   • give way (what does give way mean?)
   • go (what does go mean?)
   • go bad (what does go bad mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Hypernyms(s) break down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • crash (what does crash mean?)
   • go down (what does go down mean?)
   • blow out (what does blow out mean?)
   • burn out (what does burn out mean?)
   • blow (what does blow mean?)
   • misfire (what does misfire mean?)
   • malfunction (what does malfunction mean?)
   • misfunction (what does misfunction mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • breakdown (what does breakdown mean?)
   • equipment failure (what does equipment failure mean?)
   • failure (what does failure mean?)
4. Meaning
   • make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of
   • break down into components or essential features
   Synonym(s)
   • analyse (what does analyse mean?)
   • analyze (what does analyze mean?)
   • dissect (what does dissect mean?)
   • take apart (what does take apart mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • analyze a specimen
   • analyze a sentence
   • analyze a chemical compound
   Antonym(s)
   • synthesize (what does synthesize mean?)
   • synthesise (what does synthesise mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • parse (what does parse mean?)
   • botanize (what does botanize mean?)
   • botanise (what does botanise mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • dissection (what does dissection mean?)
   • dissection (what does dissection mean?)
   • breakdown (what does breakdown mean?)
   • partitioning (what does partitioning mean?)
   • analyzer (what does analyzer mean?)
   • analyser (what does analyser mean?)
   • analyst (what does analyst mean?)
   • analyzer (what does analyzer mean?)
   • analyser (what does analyser mean?)
5. Meaning
   • make ineffective
   Synonym(s)
   • crush (what does crush mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination
   Hypernyms(s) break down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change (what does change mean?)
   • alter (what does alter mean?)
   • modify (what does modify mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • dislocation (what does dislocation mean?)
   • breakdown (what does breakdown mean?)
6. Meaning
   • cause to fall or collapse
   Hypernyms(s) break down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • break (what does break mean?)
   • bust (what does bust mean?)
   Cause(s)
   • crumble (what does crumble mean?)
   • crumple (what does crumple mean?)
   • tumble (what does tumble mean?)
   • break down (what does break down mean?)
   • collapse (what does collapse mean?)
7. Meaning
   • lose control of one’’s emotions
   Synonym(s)
   • lose it (what does lose it mean?)
   • snap (what does snap mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely
   • When her baby died, she snapped
   Hypernyms(s) break down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • act (what does act mean?)
   • behave (what does behave mean?)
   • do (what does do mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • dissolve (what does dissolve mean?)
   • die (what does die mean?)
   • fall apart (what does fall apart mean?)
   • go to pieces (what does go to pieces mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • breakdown (what does breakdown mean?)
   • crack-up (what does crack-up mean?)
8. Meaning
   • fall apart
   Synonym(s)
   • collapse (what does collapse mean?)
   • crumble (what does crumble mean?)
   • crumple (what does crumple mean?)
   • tumble (what does tumble mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the building crimbled after the explosion
   • Negociations broke down
   Hypernyms(s) break down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • change integrity (what does change integrity mean?)