Hypertext Webster Gateway: "breakaway"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Breakaway \Break"a*way`\, n. [Break + away] [Australasia]
1. A wild rush of sheep, cattle, horses, or camels
(especially at the smell or the sight of water); a
stampede.

2. An animal that breaks away from a herd.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

breakaway
adj 1: designed to break or tear or come apart easily; "breakaway
highway signposts"
2: having separated or advocating separation from another
entity or policy or attitude; "a breakaway faction" [syn:
{separatist}]
n : the act of breaking away or withdrawing from: "there was a
breakaway by the discontented members"; "a breaking away
from family and neighborhood" [syn: {breaking away}]


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