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I see robotic technology getting rid of the dangerous, the dirty, and the just plain boring jobs. Some people say, 'You can't. People won't have anything to do.' But we found things that were a lot easier than backbreaking labor in the sun and the fields. Let people rise to better things.
Rodney Brooks

Meaning of "backbreaking" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BACKBREAKING

backbreaking  [ˈbækˌbreɪkɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BACKBREAKING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Backbreaking is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BACKBREAKING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of backbreaking in the English dictionary

The definition of backbreaking in the dictionary is demanding great effort; exhausting.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BACKBREAKING


aerobraking
ˈɛərəʊˌbreɪkɪŋ
baking
ˈbeɪkɪŋ
barnsbreaking
ˈbɑːnzˌbreɪkɪŋ
braking
ˈbreɪkɪŋ
breaking
ˈbreɪkɪŋ
heartbreaking
ˈhɑːtˌbreɪkɪŋ
housebreaking
ˈhaʊsˌbreɪkɪŋ
icebreaking
ˈaɪsˌbreɪkɪŋ
jawbreaking
ˈdʒɔːˌbreɪkɪŋ
law-breaking
ˈlɔːbreɪkɪŋ
making
ˈmeɪkɪŋ
moonraking
ˈmuːnˌreɪkɪŋ
muck-raking
ˈmʌkreɪkɪŋ
path-breaking
ˈpɑːθˌbreɪkɪŋ
raking
ˈreɪkɪŋ
record-breaking
ˈrɛkɔːdˈbreɪkɪŋ
shopbreaking
ˈʃɒpˌbreɪkɪŋ
strike-breaking
ˈstraɪkˌbreɪkɪŋ
taking
ˈteɪkɪŋ
vraicking
ˈvreɪkɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BACKBREAKING

backband
backbeat
backbench
backbencher
backbenches
backbend
backbit
backbite
backbiter
backbiting
backbitten
backblock
backblocker
backblocks
backboard
backbond
backbone
backboneless
backbreaker
backburn

WORDS THAT END LIKE BACKBREAKING

banking
breathtaking
English-speaking
freaking
ground-breaking
home baking
homemaking
in a manner of speaking
in the making
matchmaking
money-making
phreaking
policy-making
printmaking
public speaking
sneaking
soaking
speaking
undertaking
waking
winemaking

Synonyms and antonyms of backbreaking in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «BACKBREAKING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «backbreaking» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of backbreaking

Translation of «backbreaking» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BACKBREAKING

Find out the translation of backbreaking to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of backbreaking from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «backbreaking» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

辛劳
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

backbreaking
570 millions of speakers

English

backbreaking
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

backbreaking
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المضني
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

каторжный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

exaustivo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

backbreaking
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

éreintant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Backbreaking
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

erschöpfend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

骨の折れる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

몹시 힘든
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Backbreaking
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

backbreaking
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முதுகெலும்பை உடைக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अत्यंत वाईट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yıpratıcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

backbreaking
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

backbreaking
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

каторжна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

istovitor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοπιαστική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

backbreaking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

slitsamma
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

backbreaking
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of backbreaking

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BACKBREAKING»

The term «backbreaking» is regularly used and occupies the 61.915 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BACKBREAKING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about backbreaking

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2 QUOTES WITH «BACKBREAKING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word backbreaking.
1
Rodney Brooks
I see robotic technology getting rid of the dangerous, the dirty, and the just plain boring jobs. Some people say, 'You can't. People won't have anything to do.' But we found things that were a lot easier than backbreaking labor in the sun and the fields. Let people rise to better things.
2
Mike Newell
Romantic comedies are backbreaking to write because they have to be fresh.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BACKBREAKING»

Discover the use of backbreaking in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to backbreaking and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Loving Hawaii
The backbreaking, sweaty, and stoop-labor takes its toll on the human body. Planting rice is a less punishing form of backbreaking, sweaty, and stoop-labor. Still, it is punishing enough for rice-planters to have sung: Planting rice is never fun, ...
Choo Lak Yeow, 2011
2
Technology and Critical Literacy in Early Childhood
Backbreaking Work? While searching for possible ways to plant tomatoes, however, an advertisement for the Topsy Turvey Tomato planter caught TJ's attention. In particular, he wondered about the use of the phrase back-breaking work, ...
Vivian Maria Vasquez, Carol Branigan Felderman, 2012
3
Stabbed in the Back (Large Print 16pt)
SEVEN. Backbreaking. Work. Altruism has an uneven history. The Judeo—Chris — tian—Islamic tradition demands the giving of charity. In the Old Testament, tzedakah (the Hebrew word for “charity”) is a duty, an act of justice and righteous — ...
Hadler, ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited, 2010
4
Iditarod Glory
If everyone involved in the enterprise were on the Iditarod Trail Committee's payroll, employees would easily number in the hundreds. Entering its fourth decade, Redington's great race thrives because it enjoys backbreaking contributions from ...
Brian Patrick O'Donoghue, 2005
5
Women from Afghanistan in Diaspora: Their Stories of ...
Backbreaking. Wedding. Costs. One thing that was very prevalent was the expensive weddings that the participants had in general. In addition to monetary gifts, the jewelry, bride dress, groom suit or traditional clothes, dress for close relatives ...
Sayid Sattar Langary, 2010
6
Colonial Women
They worked from sunup to sundown six days a week. Their tasks included planting, tending, picking, and packing the crops that their owners sold. Many field slaves died at a young age as a result of their backbreaking labor and long hours in ...
Bobbie Kalman, Niki Walker, 2002
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Proverbial Phrases
Their lifespan was short because of the type of backbreaking work they performed, and that was harvesting sugarcane in swampy, mosquito-infested fields. Just as tea had once been for the upper class before commoners could enjoy it, sugar ...
Glen El Writer, 2012
8
Boat that inhales fish
It is here that the backbreaking work comes in. Large, long-handled dip nets are used. They hold as much as a man can lift. Slowly, a dip net at a time, the school is taken from the seine, passed from hand to hand until the last man dumps it into  ...
9
Memories of My Life and Travels
It was grueling, backbreaking work. When you got tired of crawling on your knees or hitting your knees on the rocks in the potatoes field your only other choice was to stand up and bend over to pick up the potatoes. You'd fill up the basket then ...
Antoinette Brown, 2002
10
The Taos Truth Game
Most miners hate mining, not just the awful danger, the cave-ins, the floods, the fires and poisonous fumes, but the day-to-day backbreaking work. A miner knows something that the Communists, flush with their victory in Russia, have either ...
Earl Ganz, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BACKBREAKING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term backbreaking is used in the context of the following news items.
1
MLS Week 18 recap, highlights: Late winners for Seattle, Portland
First, Luis Robles get down to his left to deny Kamara what would have been a backbreaking goal. But less than a minute later, Steve Clark ... «Empire Of Soccer, Jul 15»
2
Greek referendum: Why is this surprising?
... these youth a lesson but cannot decide whether a long spell in jail or a short spell in backbreaking community service is the best way forward ... «Asia Times, Jul 15»
3
Review: Traditional Thai massage at Ayuthaya - The Royal Thai Spa
But my fear of backbreaking, painful massage was dispelled after a 70-minute herbal scrub and massage session at Ayuthaya Royal Thai Spa. «AsiaOne, Jul 15»
4
Titanic investment
... hollow repetitive 'conk' sound of heavy wood joints being knocked together, three thousand labourers fulfilled their daily backbreaking work. «Exhibition News, Jul 15»
5
Vermont is one focal point on issue of farm wages
... lauded the movements but said they had not helped enough farmworkers and had done too little to raise wages for backbreaking work. «Rutland Herald, Jul 15»
6
Help-Wanted Ad for Los Angeles Clippers' Newly Open Center …
A minimum contract is rarely a bad one, but when it comes with maximum reliance, it can create a backbreaking situation. It's not like the Clips ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
7
Legal seasonal labor boosts Louisiana's economy: Rep. Charles …
Amazingly, my friend Frank told me that he's resorted to bailing prisoners out of jail to do the backbreaking work of processing Louisiana ... «NOLA.com, Jul 15»
8
8 Landscaping Tips That Can Save You Money Thanks To World …
This is what he has to say about the Weed Master: “When weeding is required, most home owners and gardeners prefer the backbreaking job ... «Press Release Rocket, Jul 15»
9
Pujols has five RBIs; Cards beat Brewers 12-3 in NLCS Game 2
But that play didn't matter much after the Brewers gave up four runs in a backbreaking seventh inning. Fielder homered in the eighth, well after ... «Alton Telegraph, Jul 15»
10
Alaska sweeps Star to advance to Finals
After Star took a 77-74 lead off a Blakely jumper, Travis drilled a midrange shot, then canned his backbreaking three-pointer to give the Aces ... «ABS CBN News, Jul 15»

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