Broken (p. p.) of Break |
Breaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Break |
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 |
Broken (v. t.) Separated into parts or pieces by violence |
Broken (v. t.) Disconnected |
Broken (v. t.) Fractured |
Broken (v. t.) Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships. |
Broken (v. t.) Subdued |
Broken (v. t.) Subjugated |
Broken (v. t.) Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope |
Broken (v. t.) Not carried into effect |
Broken (v. t.) Ruined financially |
breaking away | departing hastily |
break breakout jailbreak gaolbreak prisonbreak prison-breaking | an escape from jail, the breakout was carefully planned |
curve curve ball breaking ball bender | a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter |
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 |
flood overflow outpouring | a large flow |
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 |
breakaway breaking away | the act of breaking away or withdrawing from, there was a breakaway by the discontented members, a breaking away from family and neighborhood |
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 |
crime offense criminal offense criminal offence offence law-breaking | (criminal law) an act punishable by law, usually considered an evil act, a long record of crimes |
housebreaking break-in breaking and entering | trespassing for an unlawful purpose, illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent |
fart farting flatus wind breaking wind | a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus |
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 |
breaking off abruption | an instance of sudden interruption |
Battle of the Marne Belleau Wood Chateau-Thierry Marne River | a World War I battle in northwestern France where the Allies defeated the Germans in |
Granicus Battle of Granicus River | the battle in which Alexander won his first major victory against the Persians ( BC) |
Metaurus River | a battle during the second Punic War ( BC), Hannibal's brother Hasdrubal was defeated by the Romans which ended Hannibal's hopes for success in Italy |
Meuse Meuse River Argonne Argonne Forest Meuse-Argonne Meuse-Argonne operation | an American operation in World War I (), American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November |
Somme Somme River Battle of the Somme | battle in World War I () |
Somme Somme River Battle of the Somme | battle of World War II () |
Yalu River | a battle in the Korean War (November ), when UN troops advanced north to the Yalu River , Chinese troops crossed the river and drove them back |
cooter river cooter Pseudemys concinna | large river turtle of the southern United States and northern Mexico |
river limpet freshwater limpet Ancylus fluviatilis | minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants |
longlawed prawn river prawn Palaemon australis | large (a foot or more) edible freshwater prawn common in Australian rivers |
river dolphin | any of several long-snouted usually freshwater dolphins of South America and southern Asia |
hippopotamus hippo river horse Hippopotamus amphibius | massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa |
river otter Lutra canadensis | sociable aquatic animal widely distributed along streams and lake borders in North America |
river shad Alosa chrysocloris | shad that spawns in streams of the Mississippi drainage, very similar to Alosa sapidissima |
Australian arowana Dawson River salmon saratoga spotted barramundi spotted bonytongue Scleropages leichardti | a species of large fish found in Australian rivers |
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 |
broken arch | an arch with a gap at the apex, the gap is usually filled with some decoration |
New River Gorge Bridge | a steel arch bridge across New River at Fayetteville, West Virginia |
river boat | a boat used on rivers or to ply a river |
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 |
overflow runoff overspill | the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity |
service break | a tennis game won on the opponent's service |
broken heart | devastating sorrow and despair, he is recovering from a broken heart, a broken heart languishes here |
coffee break tea break | a snack taken during a break in the work day, a ten-minute coffee break, the British have tea breaks |
anchovy pear river pear | West Indian fruit resembling the mango, often pickled |
river prawn | large Australian prawn |
broken home | a family in which the parents have separated or divorced |