• v.
    ⦿break down, literally or metaphorically
    lexical concept
  • The business collapsed
  • The dam broke
  • The roof collapsed
  • The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice
  • The wall collapsed
  • The wall gave in

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechverb
ontolex:lexicalized sense
  1. enl:break
  2. enl:cave in
  3. enl:collapse
  4. enl:fall in
  5. enl:founder
  6. enl:give
  7. enl:give way
wn:interlingual indexili:i31684
wn:eq synonymdn:bryde1§17(1) sammen

Other

skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • breakcave incollapsefall infoundergivegive way
  • cave infall in