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 |
Cellular (a.) Consisting of, or containing, cells |
Respiration (n.) The act of respiring or breathing again, or catching one's breath. |
Respiration (n.) Relief from toil or suffering: rest. |
Respiration (n.) Interval |
Respiration (n.) The act of resping or breathing |
Schwann's white substance () The substance of the medullary sheath. |
Substance (n.) That which underlies all outward manifestations |
Substance (n.) The most important element in any existence |
Substance (n.) Body |
Substance (n.) Material possessions |
Substance (n.) Same as Hypostasis, 2. |
substance | the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists, DNA is the substance of our genes |
substance | a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties, shigella is one of the most toxic substances known to man |
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 |
respiration internal respiration cellular respiration | the metabolic processes whereby certain organisms obtain energy from organic molecules, processes that take place in the cells and tissues during which energy is released and carbon dioxide is produced and absorbed by the blood to be transported to the lungs |
breathing external respiration respiration ventilation | the bodily process of inhalation and exhalation, the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation |
respiration | a single complete act of breathing in and out, thirty respirations per minute |
artificial respiration | an emergency procedure whereby breathing is maintained artificially |
periodic breathing Cheyne-Stokes respiration | abnormal respiration in which periods of shallow and deep breathing alternate |
substance abuse drug abuse habit | excessive use of drugs |
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 |
cellular telephone cellular phone cellphone cell mobile phone | a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own shortange transmitter receiver |
controlled substance | a drug or chemical substance whose possession and use are controlled by law |
psychoactive drug mind-altering drug consciousness-altering drug psychoactive substance | a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions |
body substance | the substance of the body |
solid body substance | the solid parts of the body |
liquid body substance bodily fluid body fluid humor humour | the liquid parts of the body |
protoplasm living substance | the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus) |
hyaloplasm ground substance | the clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell |
grey matter gray matter grey substance gray substance substantia grisea | greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers, forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons |
matrix intercellular substance ground substance | the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded |
meaning substance | the idea that is intended, What is the meaning of this proverb? |
kernel substance core center centre essence gist heart heart and soul inwardness marrow meat nub pith sum nitty-gritty f a e a c | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience, the gist of the prosecutor's argument, the heart and soul of the Republican Party, the nub of the story |
message content subject matter substance | what a communication that is about something is about |
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 |
inclusion body cellular inclusion inclusion | any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases), an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell |
drug user substance abuser user | a person who takes drugs |
breakax breakaxe break-axe Sloanea jamaicensis | West Indian timber tree having very hard wood |
cellular slime mold | differing from true slime molds in being cellular and nucleate throughout the life cycle |
tax benefit tax break | a tax deduction that is granted in order to encourage a particular type of commercial activity |
means substance | considerable capital (wealth or income), he is a man of means |
cell division cellular division | the process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cells |
fracture break | breaking of hard tissue such as bone, it was a nasty fracture, the break seems to have been caused by a fall |