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tobreaking

tobreaking is the present participle and gerund of tobreak.

Meaning of tobreak

Verb

tobreak (third-person singular simple present tobreaks, present participle tobreaking, simple past tobroke, past participle tobroken)

  1. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To break completely; crush.
    • And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all tobrake his skull.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 9:53
  2. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To break apart; break in pieces.

Questions about tobreaking

What is tobreaking the present participle and gerund of?
Tobreaking is the present participle and gerund of tobreak.

Words near tobreaking in the dictionary

  1. tobramycin
  2. tobras
  3. tobravirus
  4. tobraviruses
  5. tobreak
  6. tobreaking
  7. tobroken
  8. tobruise
  9. tobruised
  10. tobruises
  11. tobruising

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