breach

«breach» in Mova's school dictionary: the breaking of a rule, law, promise or agreement: «a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a breach, breaches); verb (breach, breaches, breached, breaching)

meaning for a pupil

1) A breach is the breaking of a rule, law, promise or agreement: «a breach of the rules». tree →

2) A breach is a gap or hole made in a wall, dam or defence. tree →

3) To breach something is to break through it: «The sea breached the wall». tree →

4) (formal) A data breach is when private information is stolen or leaked. tree →

5) When a whale breaches, it jumps up out of the water. tree →

6) A breach can also be a huge wave that crashes over the deck of a ship. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety: a data breach means passwords or details have been stolen, so people must change passwords. In school rules «a breach of the rules» is a formal way to say someone broke a rule. In history and geography stories, enemies breach walls and floods breach river banks. Phrases: breach of the rules, breach of trust, data breach, breach of the peace, step into the breach (help when someone is missing).

examples

• Copying in the exam is a breach of the school rules. tree →
• The flood water breached the river bank. tree →
• The company had a data breach, so we changed our passwords. tree →
• Reading her diary was a breach of trust. tree →
• We watched a whale breach right next to the boat. tree →
• When the goalkeeper was ill, Sam stepped into the breach. tree →
• The soldiers made a breach in the castle wall. tree →
• It was impossible to render assistance; the sea rushed in upon the vessel, making a clean breach over her. tree →

note

Sounds like «breech» (the back part of a gun, or a baby born feet first), but means something different. «Breach» is formal; at home people would say «break the rules». Plural «breaches».

In the corpora

• Breaching means leaping out of the water; scientists think whales do it to signal, show off or knock off skin pests.
• And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
• And the priests consented that they should take no longer money from the people, neither repair the breaches of the house.
• Thou hast made the land to shake, Thou hast cleft it; heal the breaches thereof; for it tottereth.
• Whose oxen are well laden; with no breach, and no going forth, and no outcry in our broad places;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «breach» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.