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Definition: TO BREAK IN |
TO BREAK IN1. (a) To force in; as, to break in a door. (b) To train; to discipline; as, a horse well broken in. |
Crosswords: TO BREAK IN |
| English words defined with "TO BREAK IN": All to ♦ bank, battle of Ypres, bosie, bosie ball, breach, Breach of trust, break, break in ♦ Crase ♦ Disshiver ♦ Eccoriate ♦ F, falling out, ferment, fermentation, fermenting, first battle of Ypres, Fore shore, Fox and geese, Frush ♦ Gnide, googly ♦ Henry VIII ♦ Impediment in speech, indeed, Interpel ♦ manfully, manly, Martel de fer ♦ open frame ♦ Plough, plow ♦ refracture, rift, rupture ♦ security, security measures, security system, Septifragal, severance, so ♦ Tail of the trenches, tiebreaker, To beat, To break forth, To break in upon, To change step, To raise a blockade, To run on, To-break, To-brest, turn ♦ wrong 'un ♦ Ypres ♦ zymolysis, zymosis. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "TO BREAK IN": Catagmatic, Cataract ♦ Disdiaclast ♦ fracas ♦ Irrupted. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | I couldn't bring myself to break in on the poor things. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Don Imus | See I'm not like, I'm not like David Letterman. He's a very nice guy I'm sure. But remember that woman who used to break in his house all the time. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Expression using "TO BREAK IN": To break in upon. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "TO BREAK IN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | jemanden unterbrechen (to break in on someone), jemanden überraschen (to break in on someone). (various references) | ||||
Hungarian | betörik (to crack, to fracture), betör (break in, break into, burgle, invade, to bulge in, to bung, to burglarize, to burgle, to crack, to foray, to invade, to niche, to smash, wear in), beszakad (to crash in, to give way, to yield). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 乗り馴らす , 使い慣らす (to accustom oneself to using, to train). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | のりならす, つかいならす (to accustom oneself to using, to train). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | otay eakbray inay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-k-n-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: baritone, obtainer, reobtain, taborine. | |
-2 letters: baronet, beatnik, bornite, keratin, niobate, reboant, reitbok, taborin. | |
-3 letters: aroint, atoner, baiter, banker, banter, barite, beknot, binate, boater, bonier, bonita, borane, borate, broken, intake, kation, norite, obtain, orient, ornate, ratine, ration, rebait, rebato, reknit, retain, retina, tanker, terbia, tinker, tonier, troika. | |
-4 letters: abort, antre, atone, bairn, baker, baron, batik. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-k-n-o-r-t" | |
+2 letters: cabinetwork, debarkation, embarkation. | |
+3 letters: cabinetworks, debarkations, embarkations. | |
+4 letters: backcountries, skateboarding, thrombokinase, troublemaking. | |
+5 letters: disembarkation, skateboardings, thrombokinases, troublemakings. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 4F 42 52 45 41 4B 49 4E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01001111 00100000 01000010 01010010 01000101 01000001 01001011 00100000 01001001 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T O   B R E A K   I N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 004F 0042 0052 0045 0041 004B 0049 004E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)54492365239354524348 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | német, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | Ungar, magyar |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | japaner, japanisch, japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ" |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | japaner, japanisch, japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ" |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englisch, angol |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Images: Photo Album 4. Quotations: Spoken | 5. Expressions 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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