English Explanatory Dictionary

breach

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence.
  2. The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
  3. A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.
  4. A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling out.
  5. A difference in opinions, social class, etc.
  6. A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves.
  7. A breaking out upon; an assault.
  8. A bruise; a wound.
  9. A hernia; a rupture.
verb
  1. To make a breach in.
  2. To violate or break.
  3. To break into a ship or into a coastal defence.
  4. To suffer a breach.
  5. To leap out of the water.
  6. To charge, convict or take legal action against someone due to not meeting a legal obligation.
name
  1. A particular security exploit against HTTPS when using HTTP compression, based on the CRIME exploit.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɹiːt͡ʃ/ [ˈbɹʷɪi̯t͡ʃ] en-us-breach.ogg

Word forms

breach breaches breaching breached

Etymology

From Middle English breche, from Old English bryċe (“fracture, breach”) and brǣċ (“breach, breaking, destruction”), from Proto-West Germanic *bruki, from Proto-Germanic *brukiz (“breach, fissure”) and *brēkō (“breaking”).

Synonyms

break gap rift rupture fissure surge surf

Derived words

anticipatory breach breachful breachless breach of confidence breach of contract breach of promise breach of the peace breach of trust breachy cyberbreach data breach faithbreach grithbreach honour in the breach honor in the breach hull breach material breach megabreach more honored in the breach oathbreach once more into the breach prebreach sea breach spousebreach step into the breach wedbreach breachable breacher unbreached

Translations

Bulgarian: разбиване на вълни Bulgarian: прибой Dutch: breken Dutch: branding Finnish: murtuminen German: Brechen Hungarian: hullámtörés Māori: puapua Māori: tūātea Spanish: quebrada Spanish: saltación afuera del agua Spanish: salto fuera del agua
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