What does breach mean?

Definitions for breach
britʃbreach

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word breach.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. breachnoun

    a failure to perform some promised act or obligation

  2. breachnoun

    an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification)

  3. rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling outverb

    a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

    "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"

  4. transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, breakverb

    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"

  5. gap, breachverb

    make an opening or gap in

Wiktionary

  1. breachnoun

    The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

  2. breachnoun

    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.

  3. breachnoun

    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.

  4. breachnoun

    A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture.

  5. breachnoun

    A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves; surge; surf.

  6. breachnoun

    A breaking out upon; an assault.

  7. breachnoun

    A bruise; a wound.

  8. breachnoun

    A hernia; a rupture.

  9. breachverb

    to leap clear out of the water

  10. breachverb

    To make a breach in.

    They breached the outer wall, but not the main one.

  11. breachverb

    To violate or break.

    "I therefore agree with the Court that the Government did breach its contract with petitioners in failing to approve, within 30 days of its receipt, the plan of exploration petitioners submitted."

  12. breachverb

    To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.

  13. breachverb

    To leap clear out of the water.

  14. Etymology: From Middle English breche, from Old English bryċe ("fracture, breach"), from Proto-Germanic *brukiz.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Breachnoun

    Etymology: from break; breche, Fr.

    This tempest
    Dashing the garment of this peace, aboded
    The sudden breach on’t. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

    O you kind gods!
    Cure this great breach in his abused nature. William Shakespeare.

    The wall was blown up in two places; by which breach the Turks seeking to have entered, made bloody fight. Richard Knolles.

    Till mad with rage upon the breach he fir’d,
    Slew fiends and foes, and in the smoke retir’d. Dryden.

    That oath would sure contain them greatly, or the breach of it bring them to shorter vengeance. Edmund Spenser, Ireland.

    What are those breaches of the law of nature and nations, which do forfeit all right in a nation to govern? Francis Bacon.

    Breach of duty towards our neighbours, still involves in it a breach of duty towards God. South.

    The laws of the gospel are the only standing rules of morality; and the penalties affixed by God to the breach of those laws, the only guards that can effectually restrain men within the true bounds of decency and virtue. John Rogers.

    But th’ heedful boatman strongly forth did stretch
    His brawny arms, and all his body strain,
    That th’ utmost sandy breach they shortly fetch,
    While the dread danger does behind remain. Fairy Queen.

    It would have been long before the jealousies and breaches betwen the armies, would have been composed. Edward Hyde.

    This breach upon his kingly power was without a precedent. Edward Hyde.

Wikipedia

  1. BREACH

    BREACH (a backronym: Browser Reconnaissance and Exfiltration via Adaptive Compression of Hypertext) is a security vulnerability against HTTPS when using HTTP compression. BREACH is built based on the CRIME security exploit. BREACH was announced at the August 2013 Black Hat conference by security researchers Angelo Prado, Neal Harris and Yoel Gluck. The idea had been discussed in community before the announcement.

ChatGPT

  1. breach

    A breach refers to the act of breaking or violating a law, obligation, agreement, rule, or set standard. It can also be a gap or hole in a wall, barrier, or defense, often caused by aggressive action. In cybersecurity, a breach refers to an unauthorized access or penetration into a computer system or network, often to steal information or cause damage.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Breachnoun

    the act of breaking, in a figurative sense

  2. Breachnoun

    specifically: 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

  3. Breachnoun

    a gap or opening made 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

  4. Breachnoun

    a breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf

  5. Breachnoun

    a breaking up of amicable relations; rupture

  6. Breachnoun

    a bruise; a wound

  7. Breachnoun

    a hernia; a rupture

  8. Breachnoun

    a breaking out upon; an assault

  9. Breachverb

    to make a breach or opening in; as, to breach the walls of a city

  10. Breachverb

    to break the water, as by leaping out; -- said of a whale

Wikidata

  1. Breach

    Breach is a 2007 American historical drama film directed by Billy Ray. The screenplay by Ray, Adam Mazer, and William Rotko is based on the true story of Robert Hanssen, an FBI agent convicted of spying for the Soviet Union and later Russia for more than two decades, and Eric O'Neill, who worked as his assistant and helped bring about his downfall. O'Neill served as a consultant on the film.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Breach

    brēch, n. a break or opening, as in the walls of a fortress: a breaking of law, &c., violation of contract, covenant, promise, &c.: a quarrel: a broken condition or part of anything, a break: a gap in a fortification—hence 'to stand in the breach,' often used figuratively: a break in a coast-line, bay, harbour, creek (Judges, v. 17).—v.t. to make a breach or opening in a wall, &c.—Breach of promise, often used simply for breach of promise of marriage; Breach of the peace, a violation of the public peace by riot or the like. [A.S. bryce, brice; related to Break.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. breach

    Formerly, what is made by the breaking in of the sea, now applied also to the openings or gaps made in the works of fortified places battered by an enemy's cannon. Also, an old term for a heavy surf or broken water on a sea-coast; by some called brist.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. breach

    Rupture made in a fortification to facilitate the assault. The operation by which the opening is produced is called breaching, and the guns used for this purpose are breaching batteries. To repair a breach, is to stop or fill up the gap with gabions, fascines, etc., and prevent the assault. To fortify a breach, is to render it inaccessible by means of chevaux-de-frise, crow’s feet, etc. To make a lodgment in the breach. After the besieged are driven away, the besiegers secure themselves against any future attack in the breach. To clear the breach, that is, to remove the ruins, that it may be better defended.

Suggested Resources

  1. breach

    Song lyrics by breach -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by breach on the Lyrics.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BREACH

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Breach is ranked #49365 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Breach surname appeared 426 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Breach.

    86.1% or 367 total occurrences were White.
    8.6% or 37 total occurrences were Black.
    3.5% or 15 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.6% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.

Matched Categories

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'breach' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3178

  2. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'breach' in Nouns Frequency: #1252

How to pronounce breach?

How to say breach in sign language?

Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of breach in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of breach in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of breach in a Sentence

  1. Retno Marsudi:

    At the meeting we conveyed our strong protest (over) ... the breach by the Chinese coastguard of Indonesia's sovereign rights.

  2. Heather Nauert:

    The United States is considering a range of options to respond to Russia’s outrageous actions in the U.K., both to demonstrate our solidarity with our ally and to hold Russia accountable for its clear breach of international norms and agreements.

  3. Lisa Deeley:

    If there was some kind of breach, the city and the state and the federal government would all align and give us the defense that we needed.

  4. Jena Griswold:

    This is a situation of an insider threat, the Mesa County Clerk knowingly allowed a breach of security, and by all evidence, assisted Mesa County.

  5. Jaclyn Falkowski:

    The disclosure of the scope of the breach is disturbing.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

breach#1#9001#10000

Translations for breach

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

  • خرقArabic
  • нарушение, прибой, разбиване на вълни, скъсване на отношения, пробив, цепнатинаBulgarian
  • Bruch, Brechen, Bresche, VerstoßGerman
  • batería, brecha, boquete, incumplimiento, quebrada, disolución, violaciónSpanish
  • hypätä, rikkomus, murtua, särkeä, välirikko, murtuma, murros, murtuminen, rikkominen, hyökkäys, rikkoaFinnish
  • brèche, infraction, brouille, violationFrench
  • briseadhScottish Gaelic
  • törés, hullámtörésHungarian
  • melanggarIndonesian
  • brecho, brechizarIdo
  • להפרHebrew
  • 違反Japanese
  • término, fissura, infração, paradaPortuguese
  • разры́в, [[разры́в]] [[отношение, наруше́ние, невыполне́ние, штурм, брешь, проло́мRussian
  • bräschSwedish
  • மீறினால்Tamil
  • ละเมิดThai
  • Saldiri, kirmak, kanun disi is yapmak, boslukTurkish
  • 冲破Chinese

Get even more translations for breach »

Translation

Find a translation for the breach definition in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Word of the Day

Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?

Please enter your email address:


Citation

Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"breach." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 19 Mar. 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/breach>.

Discuss these breach definitions with the community:

0 Comments

    Are we missing a good definition for breach? Don't keep it to yourself...

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Chrome

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Free, no signup required:

    Add to Firefox

    Get instant definitions for any word that hits you anywhere on the web!

    Browse Definitions.net

    Quiz

    Are you a words master?

    »
    used of men; markedly masculine in appearance or manner
    A butch
    B ambidextrous
    C elusive
    D adscripted

    Nearby & related entries:

    Alternative searches for breach: