breakdown

IPA: brˈeɪkdaʊn

A failure, particularly mechanical in nature.
Something that has experienced a mechanical failure.
A physical collapse or lapse of mental stability.
Listing, division or categorization in great detail.
(film, television) A detailed description of a forthcoming project, including the characters and roles required.
(chemistry) Breaking of chemical bonds within a compound to produce simpler compounds or elements.
(physics) The sudden transition of an electrical insulator to a conductor when subjected to a sufficiently strong voltage, caused by the partial or complete ionization of the insulator.
A musical technique by which the music is stripped down, becoming simpler, varying in heaviness depending on the genre.
(sports) A loss of organization (of the parts of a system).
(US, dated) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, common in traditional African American music from the Southern United States.
(US, dated) Any noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
(US) Any rapid bluegrass dance tune, especially featuring a five-string banjo.
(music) The percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music.

break down

IPA: brˈeɪkdˈaʊn

(intransitive) To stop functioning. (machine, computer, vehicle)
(intransitive) To collapse, physically or in structure. (unexpectedly)
(transitive) To demolish, to pull down. (intentionally)
(intransitive) To cease to function. (others)
(intransitive) To fail, especially socially or for political reasons.
(intransitive, idiomatic) To give in, relent, concede, or surrender.
(ergative, figuratively) To render or to become unstable due to stress, to collapse physically or mentally.
(ergative, figuratively) To render or to become weak and ineffective.
(ergative) To (cause to) decay, to decompose.
To separate into a number of parts.
(ergative, figuratively) To divide into parts to give more details, to provide a more indepth analysis of.
(ergative) To digest.