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 |
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 |
| 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 |
break up
fragment
fragmentize
fragmentise | break or cause to break into pieces, The plate fragmented |
| break recrudesce develop | happen, Report the news as it develops, These political movements recrudesce from time to time |
| erupt break out | start abruptly, After , peace broke out in the former East Bloc |