different between undermine vs brek

English

Etymology

From under- +? mine.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?nd??ma?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n

Verb

undermine (third-person singular simple present undermines, present participle undermining, simple past and past participle undermined)

1. To dig underneath (something), to make a passage for destructive or military purposes; to sap. [from 14th c.]
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 312:

     Martin, for instance, had on one occasion undermined a tree sacred to old gods, then stood in the path of its fall, but forced it to fall elsewhere by making the sign of the Cross.

2. (figuratively) To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage. [from 15th c.]

3. To erode the base or foundation of something, e.g. by the action of water.

Antonyms

• undergird

Translations

Further reading

• undermine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• undermine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• undermine at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “undermine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

English

Etymology 1

Shortening.

Noun

brek (countable and uncountable, plural breks)

1. (informal) breakfast

Etymology 2

Verb

brek

1. Pronunciation spelling of break.

Anagrams

• Berk, berk, kerb

Czech

Alternative forms

• brekot

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?br?k]
• Hyphenation: brek

Noun

brek m inan

1. crying

Declension

Synonyms

• plá?, brekot, bek

Related terms

• bre?et

Further reading

• brek in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• brek in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Faroese

Noun

brek n (genitive singular breks, plural brek)

1. defect
2. disability
3. infirmity
4. hindrance
5. (computing) bug

Declension

Icelandic

Noun

brek n (genitive singular breks, nominative plural brek)

1. (uncountable) trickery
2. (countable) practical joke

Declension

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bre?k/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

brek n (definite singular breket, indefinite plural brek, definite plural breka)

1. a bleat

Verb

brek

1. imperative of breka

West Frisian

Etymology

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Noun

brek c (plural brekken, diminutive brekje)

1. break, fracture
2. fraction

Further reading

• “brek (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011