Definitions for breaking
ˈbreɪ kɪŋbreak·ing

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. breakage, break, breakingnoun

   the act of breaking something

   "the breakage was unavoidable"

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1. breakingnoun

   A change of a vowel to a diphthong

2. breakingnoun

   A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones

3. breakingnoun

   break dancing

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1. Breaking

   of Break

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1. Breaking

   Breaking is a martial arts technique that is used in competition, demonstration and testing. Breaking is an action where a martial artist uses a striking surface to break one or more objects using the skills honed in their art form. The striking surface is usually a hand or a foot, but may also be a fingertip, toe, head, elbow, knuckle, or knee. The most common object is a piece of wood, though it is also common to break bricks or cinder blocks. Breaking can be often seen in karate, taekwondo and pencak silat, Spetsnaz are also known for board, and brick breaking, but not all styles of martial arts place equal emphasis on, or use, breaking. In styles where striking and kicking is less important and there is an emphasis on grappling or weaponry, breaking is less prominent. Traditional Japanese martial art schools place little, if any, emphasis on board-breaking, although the art of breaking objects was known as tameshiwari, while the similar practice of Tameshigiri or 'test cutting' is used in sword arts. Breaking is based on physics and selection of materials, and the most commonly seen breaking involves spaced, softwood boards. While very difficult to break even a piece of soft pine wood hitting against the grain, breaking is almost always done with the grain - which requires little skill or strength. The use of spacers means instead of breaking the entire stack at once, they break one at a time; each one helps break the next as little momentum is lost and gravity is helping. Because of this, breaking is primarily used as an advertising gimmick to woo potential customers.

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1. breaking

   Breaking out stores or cargo in the hold. The act of extricating casks or other objects from the hold-stowage.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'breaking' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3424

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'breaking' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2710

Anagrams for breaking »

1. rebaking

How to pronounce breaking?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of breaking in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of breaking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of breaking in a Sentence

1. Kamala Harris:

   We are breaking records of the number of people that are contracting, a deadly virus, and this administration fails to take personal responsibility or responsibility in terms of leading the nation through this dangerous, dangerous and deadly mass casualty event, and that's why President Donald Trump have forfeited President Donald Trump right to a second term in office.

2. Sun-tzu:

   To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

3. Katina Powell:

   Breaking Cardinal Rules: Basketball and the Escort Queen.

4. Chief Commercial Officer Remo Gerber:

   What's so fascinating about the aircraft is that it doesn't depend on any ground-breaking battery innovations – it's part of what is known today.

5. Med Jones:

   Oil prices will keep breaking new records until other countries move to nuclear and alternative energy sources or we discover massive new reserves and increase production dramatically over the next few years.

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