break in | | |
v. (social) | 1. break, break in | enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act.; "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"; "They broke into my car and stole my radio!"; "who broke into my account last night?" |
| ~ crack | gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions.; "she cracked my password"; "crack a safe" |
| ~ trespass, intrude | enter unlawfully on someone's property.; "Don't trespass on my land!" |
v. (communication) | 2. barge in, break in, butt in, chime in, chisel in, cut in, put in | break into a conversation.; "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation" |
| ~ disrupt, interrupt | interfere in someone else's activity.; "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone" |
| ~ cut off, disrupt, interrupt, break up | make a break in.; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" |
v. (change) | 3. break in | start in a certain activity, enterprise, or role. |
| ~ begin, commence, set out, start, start out, set about, get down, get | take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now" |
v. (contact) | 4. break in | intrude on uninvited.; "The nosy couple broke in on our conversation" |
| ~ intrude, irrupt | enter uninvited.; "They intruded on our dinner party"; "She irrupted into our sitting room" |
v. (change) | 5. break in | break so as to fall inward.; "He broke in the door" |
| ~ break | destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments.; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match" |
| ~ stave in | break in the staves (of).; "stave in a cask" |
v. (change) | 6. break, break in | make submissive, obedient, or useful.; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern" |
| ~ break | be broken in.; "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress" |
| ~ break | be broken in.; "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress" |
| ~ domesticise, domesticize, domesticate, tame, reclaim | overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable.; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" |
domesticate | | |
v. (change) | 1. cultivate, domesticate, naturalise, naturalize, tame | adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment.; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil" |
| ~ plant life, flora, plant | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion. |
| ~ adapt, accommodate | make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" |
v. (change) | 2. domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim, tame | overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable.; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" |
| ~ animal, animate being, beast, creature, brute, fauna | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement. |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ break in, break | make submissive, obedient, or useful.; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern" |
| ~ domesticate, tame | make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans.; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog" |
v. (change) | 3. domesticate, tame | make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans.; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog" |
| ~ animal, animate being, beast, creature, brute, fauna | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement. |
| ~ adapt, accommodate | make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" |
| ~ domesticise, domesticize, domesticate, tame, reclaim | overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable.; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" |
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