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 |
Fabric (n.) The structure of anything |
Fabric (n.) That which is fabricated |
Fabric (n.) Framework |
Fabric (n.) Cloth of any kind that is woven or knit from fibers, either vegetable or animal |
Fabric (n.) The act of constructing |
Fabric (n.) Any system or structure consisting of connected parts |
Fabric (v. t.) To frame |
To-break (v. t.) To break completely |
Wind-break (v. t.) To break the wind of |
Wind-break (n.) A clump of trees serving for a protection against the force of wind. |
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 |
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 |
fabric cloth material textile | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers, the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent, woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around BC, she measured off enough material for a dress |
figure loom figured-fabric loom | a loom for weaving figured fabrics |
framework fabric | the underlying structure, providing a factual framework for future research, it is part of the fabric of society |
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 |
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 |
breakax breakaxe break-axe Sloanea jamaicensis | West Indian timber tree having very hard wood |
tax benefit tax break | a tax deduction that is granted in order to encourage a particular type of commercial activity |
fracture break | breaking of hard tissue such as bone, it was a nasty fracture, the break seems to have been caused by a fall |
c dawn dawning morning aurora first light daybreak break of day break of the day dayspring sunrise sunup cockcrow a | the first light of day, we got up before dawn, they talked until morning |
pause intermission break interruption suspension | a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something |
break up crack up | laugh unrestrainedly |
break | weaken or destroy in spirit or body, His resistance was broken, a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death |
break down collapse | collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack |
fart break wind | expel intestinal gases through the anus |
break b | diminish or discontinue abruptly, The patient's fever broke last night |
fracture break | fracture a bone of, I broke my foot while playing hockey |
break | fall sharply, stock prices broke |
break in break b | make submissive, obedient, or useful, The horse was tough to break, I broke in the new intern |
break c | be broken in, If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress |
decompose break up break down | separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts |
break | crack, of the male voice in puberty, his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir |
break | render inoperable or ineffective, You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart! |
explode burst forth break loose | be unleashed, emerge with violence or noise, His anger exploded |
erupt irrupt flare up flare break open burst out | erupt or intensify suddenly, Unrest erupted in the country, Tempers flared at the meeting, The crowd irrupted into a burst of patriotism |
erupt recrudesce break out | become raw or open, He broke out in hives, My skin breaks out when I eat strawberries, Such boils tend to recrudesce |
burst split break open | come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure, The bubble burst |
break up disperse scatter | cause to separate, break up kidney stones, disperse particles |
break separate split up fall apart come apart | become separated into pieces or fragments, The figurine broke, The freshly baked loaf fell apart |
break | destroy the integrity of, usually by force, cause to separate into pieces or fragments, He broke the glass plate, She broke the match |
break in | break so as to fall inward, He broke in the door |
crack check break f | become fractured, break or crack on the surface only, The glass cracked when it was heated |