Bead
(n.) A prayer. |
Bead
(n.) A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament |
Bead
(n.) Any small globular body |
Bead
(n.) A bubble in spirits. |
Bead
(n.) A drop of sweat or other liquid. |
Bead
(n.) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim). |
Bead
(n.) A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments. |
Bead
(n.) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe |
Bead
(v. t.) To ornament with beads or beading. |
Bead
(v. i.) To form beadlike bubbles. |
Bead proof
() Among distillers, a certain degree of strength in alcoholic liquor, as formerly ascertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it |
Bead proof
() A degree of strength in alcoholic liquor as shown by beads or small bubbles remaining on its surface, or at the side of the glass, when shaken. |
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 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 |
| wire-haired fox terrier | a fox terrier with wiry hair |
wirehair
wirehaired terrier
wire-haired terrier | a terrier with wiry hair |
| griffon wire-haired pointing griffon | breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat, originated in Holland but largely developed in France |
| baling wire | wire used to make bales |
barbed wire
barbwire | strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage |
| bead | a small ball with a hole through the middle |
beading
bead beadwork
astragal | a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture |
| 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 |
| chicken wire | a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh, used to build fences |
cross hair
cross wire | either of two fine mutually perpendicular lines that cross in the focus plane of an optical instrument and are use for sighting or calibration, he had the target in his cross hairs |
guy
guy cable
guy wire
guy rope | a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent) |
| high wire | a tightrope very high above the ground |
| piano wire | thin steel wire of high tensile strength |
quirk bead
bead and quirk | beading formed with a narrow groove separating it from the surface it decorates |
telephone wire
telephone line telegraph wire
telegraph line | the wire that carries telegraph and telephone signals |
| trip wire | a wire stretched close to the ground that activates something (a trap or camera or weapon) when tripped over |
| wire | ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc |
| wire conducting wire | a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance |
| wire cloth | fabric woven of metallic wire |
| wire cutter | an edge tool used in cutting wire |
wire gauge
wire gage | gauge for measuring the diameter of wire |
wire matrix printer
wire printer
stylus printer | an impact printer in which each character is represented by a pattern of dots made by wires or styli |
| wire recorder | an early type of magnetic recorder using iron wire |
| wire stripper | a hand tool used by electricians to remove insulation from the cut end of an insulated wire |
telegram
wire | a message transmitted by telegraph |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| trip wire | a small military force that serves as a first line of defense, if they become engaged in hostilities it will trigger the intervention of stronger military forces |
news agency
press agency
wire service
press association
news organization
news organisation | an agency to collects news reports for newspapers and distributes it electronically |
| wire | the finishing line on a racetrack |
fault
faulting
geological fault
shift
fracture
break | (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other, they built it right over a geological fault, he studied the faulting of the earth's crust |
eager beaver
busy bee
live wire
sharpie sharpy | an alert and energetic person |
| wire-puller | one who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own ends |