łamać

Definitions

1. 1.
   to break (to form columns of a book or magazine before printing)
2. 2.
   to break (to eliminate the effects of a disease in someone's body)
3. 3.
   to hurt; to break (to inflict pain; to torture)
4. 4.
   to break (to permanently lose one's original shape under the action of an external force)

   • Nie łamij sie, kalinowy moście!

     Don't break, Kalina bridge!

5. 5.
   to break (to fracture due to impact or fall)
6. 6.
   to break (to crash into something and scatter)
7. 7.
   to break (to give up something under the influence of pressure or circumstances)
8. 8.
   to fight
9. 9.
   to break (to cause something to permanently lose its shape by force so that separate parts of it can be distinguished)

   • Silna wichura łamała gałęzie w lesie.

     A strong wind was snapping branches in the forest.

   • Różdżka zielona z drzewa łamiona.

     Green rod, broken from a tree.

   • Near-synonyms: miażdżyć, rozcierać

10. 10.
    to break (to cause a bone to fracture due to a fall or impact)
11. 11.
    to break (to not adhere to some standards, arrangements, e.g. rules, laws)
12. 12.
    to break (to overcome obstacles or resistance)
13. 13.
    to break (to destroy someone's psyche or someone's life)

    • Near-synonyms: nękać, niepokoić

14. 14.
    to break; to crack (to read code, cipher, etc. that secures protected information or access to something)
15. 15.
    to break (to reduce the intensity or change the shade of a color by adding another to it)
16. 16.
    obsoleteto fish; to catch; to kill
17. 17.
    obsoleteto roam in a forest during rutting season
18. 18.
    obsoleteto fragment, to break, to rend (to break off, to knock stones off a rock, to split, to hew stones)
19. 19.
    obsoleteto break; to bend, to twist; to snap, to distort
20. 20.
    literaryto break; to scatter (to change direction)
21. 21.
    literaryto break (to cease to exist or change for the worse)
22. 22.
    colloquialto break (to lose hope and the will to act)
23. 23.
    literaryto grapple (to attempt to overcome that which hinders or impedes)
24. 24.
    datedto break (to share food by breaking it into pieces)
25. 25.
    to break; to ache (to experience severe bone and muscle pain that makes movement difficult)

    • Łamie mnie dziś w kościach.

      My bones are aching today.

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