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 |
Game (n.) Crooked |
Game (v. i.) Sport of any kind |
Game (v. i.) A contest, physical or mental, according to certain rules, for amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake |
Game (v. i.) The use or practice of such a game |
Game (v. i.) That which is gained, as the stake in a game |
Game (v. i.) In some games, a point credited on the score to the player whose cards counts up the highest. |
Game (v. i.) A scheme or art employed in the pursuit of an object or purpose |
Game (v. i.) Animals pursued and taken by sportsmen |
Game (a.) Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock |
Game (a.) Of or pertaining to such animals as are hunted for game, or to the act or practice of hunting. |
Game (n.) To rejoice |
break breakout jailbreak gaolbreak prisonbreak prison-breaking | an escape from jail, the breakout was carefully planned |
mind game | deliberate actions of calculated psychological manipulation intended to intimidate or confuse (usually for competitive advantage), football players try to play mind games with the opposition, the jeweler's mind game is to convince lovers that the size of a gemstone reflects the depth of their feelings |
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 |
game | an amusement or pastime, they played word games, he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time, his life was all fun and games |
game | a contest with rules to determine a winner, you need four people to play this game |
game | a single play of a sport or other contest, the game lasted two hours |
day game | a game played in daylight |
night game | a game played under artificial illumination at night |
away game road game | a game played away from home |
home game | a game played at home |
exhibition game practice game | a game whose outcome is not recorded in the season's standing |
party game | a game to amuse guests at a party |
computer game video game | a game played against a computer |
pinball pinball game | a game played on a sloping board, the object is to propel marbles against pins or into pockets |
guessing game | a game in which participants compete to identify some obscurely indicated thing |
mind game | any game designed to exercise the intellect |
playoff game | one game in the series of games constituting a playoff |
war game | a simulation of a military operation intended to train military commanders or to demonstrate a situation or to test a proposed strategy |
athletic game | a game involving athletic activity |
ice hockey hockey hockey game | a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks |
outdoor game | an athletic game that is played outdoors |
golf golf game | a game played on a large open course with or holes, the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes |
field game | an outdoor game played on a field of specified dimensions |
football football game | any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal |
American football American football game | a game played by two teams of players on a rectangular field yards long, teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays |
ball game ballgame | a field game played with a ball (especially baseball) |
baseball baseball game r | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players, teams take turns at bat trying to score runs, he played baseball in high school, there was a baseball game on every empty lot, there was a desire for National League ball in the area, play ball! |
perfect game | a game in which a pitcher does not allow any opposing player to reach base |
no-hit game no-hitter | a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team no hits |
softball softball game | a game closely resembling baseball that is played on a smaller diamond and with a ball that is larger and softer |
stickball stickball game | a form of baseball played in the streets with a rubber ball and broomstick handle |
court game | an athletic game played on a court |
volleyball volleyball game | a game in which two teams hit an inflated ball over a high net using their hands |
basketball basketball game hoops | a game played on a court by two opposing teams of players, points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop |
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 |
child's game | a game enjoyed by children |
card game cards | a game played with playing cards |
poker poker game | any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highestanking hand |
table game | a game that is played on a table |
break | the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool |
parlor game parlour game | a game suitable for playing in a parlor |
word game | any game involving the formation or alteration or discovery of words |
board game | a game played on a specially designed board |
chess chess game | a board game for two players who move their pieces according to specific rules, the object is to checkmate the opponent's king |
go go game | a board game for two players who place counters on a grid, the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters |
game of chance gambling game | a game that involves gambling |