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Definitions

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  • verb intransitive To enter a place by force or illicit means.
  • verb transitive, idiomatic To cause (something, or someone, new) to function more naturally through use or wear
  • verb transitive, of a horse To tame; make obedient; to train to follow orders of the owner.

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synonyms (170)

Words with the same meaning

  1. acclimate
  2. acclimatize
  3. accommodate
  4. accustom
  5. adapt
  6. adjust
  7. admit
  8. apprentice
  9. barge in
  10. be admitted
  11. breach
  12. break
  13. break in upon
  14. break into
  15. break open
  16. break through
  17. break to harness
  18. breaking and entering
  19. breed
  20. breeze in
  21. bring up
  22. burglarizing
  23. burglary
  24. burst in
  25. bust
  26. bust in
  27. butt in
  28. case harden
  29. cave in
  30. charge in
  31. chime in
  32. chip in
  33. come barging in
  34. come between
  35. come breezing in
  36. come busting in
  37. come in
  38. condition
  39. confirm
  40. crash
  41. crash in
  42. crash the gates
  43. creep in
  44. cross the threshold
  45. crowd in
  46. cultivate
  47. cut in
  48. develop
  49. discipline
  50. domesticate
  51. domesticize
  52. drill
  53. drop in
  54. edge in
  55. elbow in
  56. encroach
  57. enter
  58. entrench
  59. establish
  60. exercise
  61. familiarize
  62. fetch up
  63. fit
  64. fix
  65. foist in
  66. force open
  67. form
  68. foster
  69. gain admittance
  70. gentle
  71. get going
  72. get in
  73. get in there
  74. get off
  75. get squared away
  76. get under way
  77. go in
  78. go into
  79. groom
  80. habituate
  81. harden
  82. have an entree
  83. have an in
  84. hop in
  85. horn in
  86. house-train
  87. housebreak
  88. housebreaking
  89. impinge
  90. impose
  91. impose on
  92. impose upon
  93. improve
  94. infiltrate
  95. infringe
  96. insert
  97. insinuate
  98. interfere
  99. interlope
  100. interpose
  101. interrupt
  102. intervene
  103. intrude
  104. inure
  105. invade
  106. irrupt
  107. jam in
  108. jump in
  109. lick into shape
  110. look in
  111. make a beginning
  112. make a move
  113. naturalize
  114. nurse
  115. nurture
  116. obtrude
  117. orient
  118. orientate
  119. pack in
  120. pop in
  121. practice
  122. prepare
  123. press in
  124. prize open
  125. push in
  126. put in
  127. put in tune
  128. put on
  129. put to school
  130. put upon
  131. raise
  132. ready
  133. rear
  134. rehearse
  135. rupture
  136. rush in
  137. safeblowing
  138. safebreaking
  139. safecracking
  140. season
  141. send to school
  142. set a course
  143. set foot in
  144. slink in
  145. slip in
  146. smash in
  147. sneak in
  148. split open
  149. squeeze in
  150. start up
  151. steal in
  152. step in
  153. storm in
  154. stove in
  155. take in
  156. take in hand
  157. tame
  158. tear open
  159. throng in
  160. thrust in
  161. train
  162. trench
  163. trespass
  164. unlawful entry
  165. visit
  166. warm up
  167. wedge in
  168. wont
  169. work in
  170. worm in

cross-references (2)

Cross-references

  1. break out
  2. break-in

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