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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

come apart en · VERB

Meanings

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, apart.
  2. (intransitive) To break, separate.
    • My old clothes are all coming apart.
    • The jigsaw puzzle will come apart if you try to pick it up.
  3. (intransitive) To have an emotional breakdown; to become emotionally dysfunctional; to have an intense emotional reaction.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
coming apart Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
come apart Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
came apart Tense=Past lexicographic
comes apart Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

come apart at the seams

Synonyms

come undone · come undone

Translations (2)

cy dod yn ddarnau (to separate itself) · fr se défaire (to separate itself)