Definition of "break up" in English

Verb

To break or separate into pieces.
- Break up the cheese and put it in the salad.
To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.
- It broke up when it hit the ground.
To upset greatly; to cause great emotional disturbance or unhappiness in.
To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship.
- She broke up with her boyfriend last week.
To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship with each other.
- Jane and Stephen broke up.
To dissolve; to part.
- The meeting finally broke up after a three-hour discussion.
Of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term.
Of a conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection; of a signal, to deteriorate.
- You're breaking up. Can you repeat that? Well, it got cut off.
To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting.
- The police came in to break up the disturbance.
To become disorganised.
To cut or take to pieces for scrap.
To be or cause to be overcome with laughter.

Noun