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breaks wind

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

Meaning of break wind

Verb

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

  1. (euphemistic, idiomatic) To expel gases generated during digestion, especially through the anus; to fart.
    • I broke wind and excused myself afterwards.

Questions about breaks wind

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

Words near breaks wind in the dictionary

  1. breaks through
  2. breaks up
  3. breaks upon the wheel
  4. breaks water
  5. breaks wedlock
  6. breaks wind
  7. breaks with
  8. breaks with tradition
  9. breakstep
  10. breakstone
  11. breakstones

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