Break (v. t.) To strain apart |
Break (v. t.) To lay open as by breaking |
Break (v. t.) To lay open, as a purpose |
Break (v. t.) To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise. |
Break (v. t.) To interrupt |
Break (v. t.) To destroy the completeness of |
Break (v. t.) To destroy the arrangement of |
Break (v. t.) To shatter to pieces |
Break (v. t.) To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination |
Break (v. t.) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of |
Break (v. t.) To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind. |
Break (v. t.) To diminish the force of |
Break (v. t.) To impart, as news or information |
Break (v. t.) To tame |
Break (v. t.) To destroy the financial credit of |
Break (v. t.) To destroy the official character and standing of |
Break (v. i.) To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence |
Break (v. i.) To open spontaneously, or by pressure from within, as a bubble, a tumor, a seed vessel, a bag. |
Break (v. i.) To burst forth |
Break (v. i.) To burst forth violently, as a storm. |
Break (v. i.) To open up |
Break (v. i.) To become weakened in constitution or faculties |
Break (v. i.) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief |
Break (v. i.) To fall in business |
Break (v. i.) To make an abrupt or sudden change |
Break (v. i.) To fail in musical quality |
Break (v. i.) To fall out |
Break (v. t.) An opening made by fracture or disruption. |
Break (v. t.) An interruption of continuity |
Break (v. t.) A projection or recess from the face of a building. |
Break (v. t.) An opening or displacement in the circuit, interrupting the electrical current. |
Break (v. t.) An interruption |
Break (v. t.) An interruption in continuity in writing or printing, as where there is an omission, an unfilled line, etc. |
Break (v. t.) The first appearing, as of light in the morning |
Break (v. t.) A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind. |
Break (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10. |
Break (n.) See Commutator. |
Break-circuit (n.) A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit. |
Break-up (n.) Disruption |
Curb roof () A roof having a double slope, or composed, on each side, of two parts which have unequal inclination |
Main (n.) A hand or match at dice. |
Main (n.) A stake played for at dice. |
Main (n.) The largest throw in a match at dice |
Main (n.) A match at cockfighting. |
Main (n.) A main-hamper. |
Main (v.) Strength |
Main (v.) The chief or principal part |
Main (v.) The great sea, as distinguished from an arm, bay, etc. |
Main (v.) The continent, as distinguished from an island |
Main (v.) principal duct or pipe, as distinguished from lesser ones |
break breakout jailbreak gaolbreak prisonbreak prison-breaking | an escape from jail, the breakout was carefully planned |
open frame break | any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare, the break in the eighth frame cost him the match |
fast break | (basketball) a rapid dash to get a shot as soon as possible after taking possession of the ball |
break | a sudden dash, he made a break for the open door |
breakage break breaking | the act of breaking something, the breakage was unavoidable |
break interruption disruption gap | an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity, it was presented without commercial breaks, there was a gap in his account |
break break of serve | (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving, he was up two breaks in the second set |
break | the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool |
break dancing break dance | a form of solo dancing that involves rapid acrobatic moves in which different parts of the body touch the ground, normally performed to the rhythm of rap music |
housebreaking break-in breaking and entering | trespassing for an unlawful purpose, illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent |
respite recess break time out | a pause from doing something (as work), we took a -minute break, he took time out to recuperate |
spring break | a week or more of recess during the spring term at school |
surprise attack coup de main | an attack without warning |
black rat roof rat Rattus rattus | common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide |
break seal | a seal that must be broken when first used and cannot easily be resealed, it was stored in a tube with a break seal |
curb roof | a roof with two or more slopes on each side of the ridge |
electric main | a main that distributes electricity |
French roof | a mansard roof with sides that are nearly perpendicular |
gable roof saddle roof saddleback saddleback roof | a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end |
gambrel gambrel roof | a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper |
gas main | a main that distributes gas |
headquarters central office main office home office home base | (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise, many companies have their headquarters in New York |
highway main road | a major road for any form of motor transport |
hip roof hipped roof | a roof having sloping ends as well as sloping sides |
hurricane deck hurricane roof promenade deck awning deck | a deck at the top of a passenger ship |
luggage rack roof rack | carrier for holding luggage above the seats of a train or on top of a car |
main | a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage |
main course | a square mainsail |
main deck second deck | the uppermost sheltered deck that runs the entire length of a large vessel |
main drag | the main street of a town or city |
main line | the principal route of a transportation system |
main rotor | rotor consisting of large rotating airfoils on a singleotor helicopter that produce the lift to support the helicopter in the air |
main street high street | street that serves as a principal thoroughfare for traffic in a town |
main-topmast | the topmast next above the mainmast |
main-topsail | a topsail set on the mainmast |
main yard | yard for a square mainsail |
mansard mansard roof | a hip roof having two slopes on each side |
riser riser pipe riser pipeline riser main | a vertical pipe in a building |
roof | a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building |
roof | protective covering on top of a motor vehicle |
roof garden | a garden on a flat roof of a building |
roof peak | the highest point of a roof |
sewer main sewer line | a main in a sewage system |
slate roof | a roof covered with slate |
thatch thatched roof | a house roof made with a plant material (as straw) |
tile roof | a roof made of fired clay tiles |
water main | main (a pipe or conduit) for conveying water |
palate roof of the mouth | the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities |
citation form main entry word entry word | the form of a word that heads a lexical entry and is alphabetized in a dictionary |
main clause independent clause | a clause in a complex sentence that can stand alone as a complete sentence |