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 |
Switch
(n.) A small, flexible twig or rod. |
Switch
(n.) A movable part of a rail |
Switch
(n.) A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women. |
Switch
(n.) A mechanical device for shifting an electric current to another circuit. |
Switch
(v. t.) To strike with a switch or small flexible rod |
Switch
(v. t.) To swing or whisk |
Switch
(v. t.) To trim, as, a hedge. |
Switch
(v. t.) To turn from one railway track to another |
Switch
(v. t.) To shift to another circuit. |
Switch
(v. i.) To walk with a jerk. |
To-break
(v. t.) To break completely |
break breakout
jailbreak
gaolbreak
prisonbreak
prison-breaking | an escape from jail, the breakout was carefully planned |
| bait and switch | a deceptive way of selling that involves advertising a product at a very low price in order to attract customers who are then persuaded to switch to a more expensive product |
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 |
switch
switching
shift | the act of changing one thing or position for another, his switch on abortion cost him the election |
| 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 |
| switch | a basketball maneuver, two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other |
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 |
DIP switch
dual inline package switch | (computer science) one of a set of small on-off switches mounted in computer hardware, used in place of jumpers to configure the machine for a user |
| ignition switch | switch that operates a solenoid that closes a circuit to operate the starter |
selector
selector switch | a switch that is used to select among alternatives |
| switch | a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment |
switch electric switch
electrical switch | control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit |
| switch | railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections, used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock |
| switch | hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair, used by women to give shape to a coiffure |
switch engine
donkey engine | a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a railroad yard |
three-way switch
three-point switch | an electric switch that has three terminals, used to control a circuit from two different locations |
| time-switch | a switch set to operate at a desired time |
toggle switch
toggle on-off switch
on
off switch | a hinged switch that can assume either of two positions |
| 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 |
substitution
permutation
transposition replacement
switch | an event in which one thing is substituted for another, the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood |
| 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 |
| switch-hitter | a baseball player who can bat either right or left handed |
| switch-hitter | slang term for a bisexual person |
switch grass
Panicum virgatum | grass of western America used for hay |
small cane
switch cane
Arundinaria tecta | small cane of watery or moist areas in southern United States |
breakax
breakaxe
break-axe
Sloanea jamaicensis | West Indian timber tree having very hard wood |
dog laurel
dog hobble
switch-ivy
Leucothoe fontanesiana
Leucothoe editorum | fast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowers |
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 |