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BREAK WATER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does break water mean?
• BREAK WATER (verb)
The verb BREAK WATER has 1 sense:
1. show the fins above the water while swimming
Familiarity information: BREAK WATER used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Show the fins above the water while swimming
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
break water; fin
Context example:
The sharks were finning near the surface
Hypernyms (to "break water" is one way to...):
swim (travel through water)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
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