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breaking water

breaking water is the present participle and gerund of break water.

Meaning of break water

Verb

break water (third-person singular simple present breaks water, present participle breaking water, simple past broke water, past participle broken water)

  1. To lose one's amniotic fluid a.k.a. water, usually during the last phases of pregnancy.
  2. To rise up partially out of the water when swimming underwater.

Questions about breaking water

What is breaking water the present participle and gerund of?
Breaking water is the present participle and gerund of break water.

Words near breaking water in the dictionary

  1. breaking the web
  2. breaking the wheel
  3. breaking through
  4. breaking up
  5. breaking upon the wheel
  6. breaking water
  7. breaking wedlock
  8. breaking wheel
  9. breaking wheels
  10. breaking wind
  11. breaking with

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