breaches

We have found lemma(root) word of breaches : breach.

Definitions


[briːtʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an act of breaking or failing to observe a law, agreement, or code of conduct
(e.g: a breach of confidence)

- a gap in a wall, barrier, or defence, especially one made by an attacking army
(e.g: a breach in the mountain wall)


Phrases:
- breach of contract
- breach of promise
- breach of the peace
- step into the breach

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French breche, ultimately of Germanic origin; related to break


[briːtʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- make a gap in and break through (a wall, barrier, or defence)
(e.g: the river breached its bank)

- (of a whale) rise and break through the surface of the water
(e.g: we saw whales breaching in the distance)


Phrases:
- breach of contract
- breach of promise
- breach of the peace
- step into the breach

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French breche, ultimately of Germanic origin; related to break




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