Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

breaking en · NOUN

(countable, uncountable) The act by which something is broken.
- We, on the other hand, do not reject the occurrence of breakings of the natural order of things that occur in connection with a prescribed proclamation […] 2009, John Renard, Tales of God's Friends: Islamic Hagiography in Translation, page 53:
(countable, uncountable) A change of a vowel to a diphthong.
(countable, uncountable) A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones.
(countable, uncountable) Breakdancing.
- The urban dance genre includes breaking, waacking, and house dancing, among others. 2014, Karen Schupp, Studying Dance: A Guide for Campus and Beyond, page 48:

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
breakings	Number=Plur		lexicographic

de Brechung (in linguistics: vowel breaking) · eo rompiĝo (act by which something is broken)

(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of break
form of break