inbreak
inbreak verb: to break in; break into; make an incursion into; insert into; interrupt.
Verb
inbreak (third-person singular simple present inbreaks, present participle inbreaking, simple past inbroke, past participle inbroken)
- To break in; break into; make an incursion into; insert into; interrupt.
- Its role is various: to make a claim on, to encounter, to confront, to shake, to inbreak, to erupt, to disrupt, and to disclose.2003, John S. McClure, The Four Codes of Preaching
- "You come back to inbreak again, or you bring kids to do it for you?"2004, William McCloskey, Raiders
Noun
inbreak (plural inbreaks)
- A sudden violent inroad or incursion; an irruption; a breaking in.
- The inbreak of self-consciousness brought out the facts of his inner life into ritualistic and afterwards into intellectual forms.1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 147
Forms of inbreak
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | inbreaks |
| present participle | inbreaking |
| past | inbroke |
| past participle | inbroken |
| Noun | |
| plural | inbreaks |
Origin of inbreak
From Middle English *inbreken, from Old English inbrecan (“to break into”), equivalent to in- + break. Cognate with Dutch inbreken (“to break in”), German einbrechen (“to break in”).
Words formed from inbreak
Questions about inbreak
- What does inbreak mean?
- Inbreak means to break in; break into; make an incursion into; insert into; interrupt.
- What part of speech is inbreak?
- Inbreak can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of inbreak?
- The past tense of inbreak is inbroke.
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