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 |
Hiatus
(pl. ) of Hiatus |
Hiatus
(n.) An opening |
Hiatus
(n.) The concurrence of two vowels in two successive words or syllables. |
Lacuna
(n.) A small opening |
Lacuna
(n.) A small opening |
Lost
(v. t.) Parted with unwillingly or unintentionally |
Lost
(v. t.) Parted with |
Lost
(v. t.) Not employed or enjoyed |
Lost
(v. t.) Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way |
Lost
(v. t.) Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally |
Lost
(v. t.) Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery |
| record track record | the sum of recognized accomplishments, the lawyer has a good record, the track record shows that he will be a good president |
break breakout
jailbreak
gaolbreak
prisonbreak
prison-breaking | an escape from jail, the breakout was carefully planned |
| record | an extreme attainment, the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport), he tied the Olympic record, coffee production last year broke all previous records, Chicago set the homicide record |
| track record | the fastest time ever recorded for a specific distance at a particular racetrack, the track record for the mile and a half at Belmont is minutes seconds held by Secretariat since |
| world record | the best record in the whole world |
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 |
| lost cause | a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable |
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 |
| 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 |
| coffer caisson lacuna | an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome |
lacuna
blank | a blank gap or missing part |
| lost-and-found | repository in a public building where lost articles can be kept until their owners reclaim them |
phonograph album
record album | an album for holding phonograph records |
phonograph record
phonograph recording
record
disk disc platter | sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove, used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove |
record changer
autohanger
changer | an automatic mechanical device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention |
| record jacket | the jacket for a phonograph record |
record player
phonograph | machine in which rotating records cause a stylus to vibrate and the vibrations are amplified acoustically or electronically |
record sleeve
record cover | a sleeve for storing a phonograph record |
foramen
hiatus | a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure |
criminal record
record | a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted, he ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court, the prostitute had a record a mile long |
written record
written account | a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events |
| won-lost record | (sports) a record of win versus losses |
| Congressional Record | a published written account of the speeches and debates and votes of the United States Congress |
medical history
medical record
anamnesis | the case history of a medical patient as recalled by the patient |
historical document
historical paper
historical record | writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.) |
annals
chronological record | a chronological account of events in successive years |
album
record album | one or more recordings issued together, originally released on -inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc |
record record book
book | a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone, Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record', his name is in all the record books |
| record | anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events, the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques |
graph
graphical record | a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities plotted with reference to a set of axes |
| hiatus | a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript) |
| break | an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion), then there was a break in her voice |
rupture
breach
break severance
rift
falling out | a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions), they hoped to avoid a break in relations |
break good luck
happy chance | an unexpected piece of good luck, he finally got his big break |
| break | the occurrence of breaking, the break in the dam threatened the valley |
interruption
break | some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity, the telephone is an annoying interruption, there was a break in the action when a player was hurt |
suspension
respite
reprieve
hiatus
abatement | an interruption in the intensity or amount of something |
hop
record hop | an informal dance where popular music is played |
| service break | a tennis game won on the opponent's service |
coffee break
tea break | a snack taken during a break in the work day, a ten-minute coffee break, the British have tea breaks |
doomed
lost | people who are destined to die soon, the agony of the doomed was in his voice |