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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 swimmingplay

  Familiarity information: BREAK WATER used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BREAK WATER (verb)


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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