Word.ws English Dictionary

breaks ground

breaks ground is the third-person singular simple present indicative of break ground.

Meaning of break ground

Verb

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

  1. (literally) To begin digging in the earth at the start of a new construction, or, originally, for cultivation.
    • They broke ground on the new library last month.
  2. (figuratively) To initiate a new venture, or to advance beyond previous achievements.
    • The invention breaks ground in its programming and its structure.
  3. To lift off the sea bottom when being weighed.
  4. To separate from the ground on takeoff; to become airborne.

Questions about breaks ground

What is breaks ground the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Breaks ground is the third-person singular simple present indicative of break ground.

Words near breaks ground in the dictionary

  1. breaks even
  2. breaks fast
  3. breaks free
  4. breaks from
  5. breaks gates
  6. breaks ground
  7. breaks in
  8. breaks into
  9. breaks into a run
  10. breaks it
  11. breaks it down

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: breaks ground (page history and authors); break ground (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “breaks ground.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/breaks_ground. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.