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Meanings of breaking down in English

Spanish
envejecimiento

Treating objects such as furniture or clothing to make them look old, worn, weathered, or lived-in.

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envejecimiento
Usage of breaking down in English
1
Public order in the city was at the point of breaking down.
Anno Dracula
2
Today I'm breaking down crime scene clips from movies and TV again.
Wired
3
What have they done to him?' said Richard, breaking down at last.
Lockdown
4
There was a pervasive sense that the social order was breaking down.
The Guardian
5
I hadn't counted on it breaking down during my first visit home.
A duty to the dead
6
We have seen that in radio-active substances the elements are breaking down.
The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) / A Plain Story Simply Tol...
7
What's happening is that there is a breaking down of these families.
Ebony
8
Today I'll be breaking down clips from movies and TV, about orchestras.
Wired
9
The Greeks pretended to consent, breaking down the Scythian end of it.
Authors of Greece
10
The colonies are breaking down and the light-scattering effect is going too.
Cibola Burn
11
The peach orchards were breaking down beneath the burden of luscious fruit.
Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam
12
I spend my days now breaking down meat, with control, gentleness, serenity.
Cleaving
13
Closing those gaps requires recognising and breaking down barriers to gender equality.
The Guardian
14
And today I'm breaking down clips from movies and television about driving.
Wired
15
This tropical fruit also contains enzymes, which assist in breaking down proteins.
The South African
16
The tropical fruit also contains enzymes, which assist in breaking down proteins.
The South African
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Translations for breaking down
Breaking down through the time
Breaking down across language varieties
Australia
Common
South Africa
Common
New Zealand
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