BREAKING as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the act of breaking something
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the breakage was unavoidable
    Hypernyms(s) breaking is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)

BREAKING as ADJECTIVE

  1. Meaning
    • (of waves) curling over and crashing into surf or spray
    Usage Example(s)
    • the breaking waves
    Participle(s)