Definition of breaks Breaks
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- breaks (Noun)
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| break - an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account" | ||
| interruption, disruption, gap | ||
| delay, holdup the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time | ||
| cut-in, insert (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film | ||
| cut-in, insert (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film | ||
| interjection, interpellation, interposition, interpolation the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts | ||
| abruption, breaking off an instance of sudden interruption | ||
| break - the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool | ||
| stroke, shot a light touch with the hands | ||
| billiards any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls | ||
| pocket billiards, pool any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets | ||
| break - an escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned" | ||
| breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking | ||
| escape, flight the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt" | ||
| break - the occurrence of breaking; "the break in the dam threatened the valley" | ||
| breakup, detachment, separation the act of releasing from an attachment or connection | ||
| break - a sudden dash; "he made a break for the open door" | ||
| sprint, dash a quick run | ||
| break - (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; "he was up two breaks in the second set" | ||
| break of serve | ||
| score the act of scoring in a game or sport; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play" | ||
| 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" | ||
| break - an unexpected piece of good luck; "he finally got his big break" | ||
| good luck, happy chance | ||
| break - breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall" | ||
| fracture | ||
| trauma, harm, hurt, injury an emotional wound or shock often having long-lasting effects | ||
| comminuted fracture fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed | ||
| complete fracture break involving the entire width of the bone | ||
| compound fracture, open fracture bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound | ||
| compression fracture fracture in which the bone collapses (especially in short bones such as vertebrae) | ||
| depressed fracture fracture of the skull where the bone is pushed in | ||
| displaced fracture fracture in which the two ends of the broken bone are separated from one another | ||
| fatigue fracture, stress fracture fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury | ||
| capillary fracture, hairline fracture a fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin | ||
| incomplete fracture fracture that does not go across the entire width of the bone | ||
| impacted fracture fracture in which one broken end is wedged into the other broken end | ||
| break - a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something | ||
| pause, intermission, interruption, suspension | ||
| time interval, interval a definite length of time marked off by two instants | ||
| lapse a break or intermission in the occurrence of something; "a lapse of three weeks between letters" | ||
| blackout a momentary loss of consciousness | ||
| caesura a break or pause (usually for sense) in the middle of a verse line | ||
| dead air an inadvertent interruption in a broadcast during which there is no sound | ||
| time lag, delay, postponement, wait, hold the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time | ||
| halftime an intermission between the first and second half of a game | ||
| rest period, respite, rest, relief a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate" | ||
| time-out a brief suspension of play; "each team has two time-outs left" | ||
| break - the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable" | ||
| breakage, breaking | ||
| change of integrity the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something | ||
| rupture the act of making a sudden noisy break | ||
| shattering, smashing the act of breaking something into small pieces | ||
| cracking, fracture, crack the process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process) | ||
| 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" | ||
| fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture | ||
| scissure, cleft, crevice, fissure, crack a split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin) | ||
| geology a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks | ||
| fault line (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface | ||
| inclined fault a geological fault in which one side is above the other | ||
| 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" | ||
| interruption | ||
| happening, natural event, occurrent, occurrence an event that happens | ||
| dislocation, disruption the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue; "the social dislocations resulting from government policies"; "his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London" | ||
| punctuation the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases | ||
| abatement, hiatus, reprieve, respite, suspension the act of abating; "laws enforcing noise abatement" | ||
| break - a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate" | ||
| respite, recess, time out | ||
| pause temporary inactivity | ||
| break - a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" | ||
| rupture, breach, severance, rift, falling out | ||
| breakup, detachment, separation the act of releasing from an attachment or connection | ||
| break - any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare; "the break in the eighth frame cost him the match" | ||
| open frame | ||
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| break - ruin completely; "He busted my radio!" | ||
| bust | ||
| bushel, furbish up, mend, doctor, touch on, repair, restore, fix heal or recover; "My broken leg is mending" | ||
| wear out, fall apart, bust, wear, break lose one's emotional or mental composure; "She fell apart when her only child died" | ||
| wear out, fall apart, bust, wear, break lose one's emotional or mental composure; "She fell apart when her only child died" | ||
| destroy, ruin put (an animal) to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"; "the sick cat had to be put down" | ||
| bust up, wrack, wreck smash or break forcefully; "The kid busted up the car" | ||
| disassemble, break apart, dismantle, take apart, break up take apart into its constituent pieces | ||
| knap, break off, chip, cut off break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth" | ||
| sever, break up set or keep apart; "sever a relationship" | ||
| dissect, take apart, analyse, analyze, break down cut open or cut apart; "dissect the bodies for analysis" | ||
| break down collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack | ||
| break - become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" | ||
| separate, split up, fall apart, come apart | ||
| change integrity change in physical make-up | ||
| decompose, break down, break up separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts | ||
| break open, split, burst open with force; "He broke open the picnic basket" | ||
| puncture be pierced or punctured; "The tire punctured" | ||
| bust, burst come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure; "The bubble burst" | ||
| smash break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow; "The window smashed" | ||
| ladder, run come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were running" | ||
| break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" | ||
| crack, snap break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked" | ||
| fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up laugh unrestrainedly | ||
| crush break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy" | ||
| break - go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely" | ||
| wear, wear out, bust, fall apart | ||
| dilapidate, crumble, decay bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin by neglect or misuse | ||
| wear off, wear away diminish, as by friction; "Erosion wore away the surface" | ||
| whittle away, whittle down, wear away cut away in small pieces | ||
| chip off, come off, break away, break off, chip break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth" | ||
| break apart, crash, break up stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week" | ||
| fray, frazzle wear away by rubbing; "The friction frayed the sleeve" | ||
| bust, break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" | ||
| break - destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match" | ||
| come apart, fall apart, split up, separate, break lose one's emotional or mental composure; "She fell apart when her only child died" | ||
| divide, separate perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?" | ||
| shatter break into many pieces; "The wine glass shattered" | ||
| fracture fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" | ||
| break in make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern" | ||
| dash, smash add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed with white" | ||
| break - happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time" | ||
| recrudesce, develop | ||
| come about, hap, take place, occur, fall out, go on, happen, pass off, pass come to one's mind; suggest itself; "It occurred to me that we should hire another secretary"; "A great idea then came to her" | ||
| break out, erupt begin suddenly and sometimes violently; "He broke out shouting" | ||
| break through, come through penetrate; "The sun broke through the clouds"; "The rescue team broke through the wall in the mine shaft" | ||
| develop expand in the form of a series; "Develop the function in the following form" | ||
| break - prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations" | ||
| break off, discontinue, stop | ||
| end, terminate bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" | ||
| fracture fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" | ||
| bog, bog down get stuck while doing something; "She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation" | ||
| disrupt, interrupt, cut off, break up throw into disorder; "This event disrupted the orderly process" | ||
| break - break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree" | ||
| break off, snap off | ||
| detach cause to become detached or separated; take off; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it" | ||
| break - destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set" | ||
| break up | ||
| modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" | ||
| break - render inoperable or ineffective; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!" | ||
| damage inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" | ||
| break - make the opening shot that scatters the balls | ||
| shoot produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" | ||
| billiards any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls | ||
| break - pierce or penetrate; "The blade broke her skin" | ||
| perforate, penetrate come to understand | ||
| break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" | ||
| break - be released or become known; of news; "News of her death broke in the morning" | ||
| get out, get around | ||
| divulge, let on, unwrap, disclose, reveal, let out, give away, discover, expose, bring out, break make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" | ||
| leak out, leak have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly" | ||
| break - interrupt the flow of current in; "break a circuit" | ||
| disrupt, interrupt, cut off, break up throw into disorder; "This event disrupted the orderly process" | ||
| break - find a flaw in; "break an alibi"; "break down a proof" | ||
| destroy, ruin put (an animal) to death; "The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid"; "the sick cat had to be put down" | ||
| break - find the solution or key to; "break the code" | ||
| figure out, puzzle out, solve, lick, work out, work find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem" | ||
| break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" | ||
| break - exchange for smaller units of money; "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy" | ||
| commute, exchange, change, convert exchange a penalty for a less severe one | ||
| break up, break laugh unrestrainedly | ||
| break - curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves; "The surf broke" | ||
| cave in, fall in, founder, give way, collapse, give, break to take one's place in a military formation or line; "Troops fall in!" | ||
| break - be broken in; "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress" | ||
| change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | ||
| break in, break make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern" | ||
| break - separate from a clinch, in boxing; "The referee broke the boxers" | ||
| disunite, part, divide, separate perform a division; "Can you divide 49 by seven?" | ||
| break - emerge from the surface of a body of water; "The whales broke" | ||
| appear come into sight or view; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon" | ||
| break - force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger" | ||
| burst, erupt | ||
| express emotion, express feelings give verbal or other expression to one's feelings | ||
| break - weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" | ||
| weaken become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days" | ||
| break - become punctured or penetrated; "The skin broke" | ||
| break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" | ||
| break - diminish or discontinue abruptly; "The patient's fever broke last night" | ||
| decrease, diminish, lessen, fall decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" | ||
| break - undergo breaking; "The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages" | ||
| diphthongise, diphthongize change from a simple vowel to a diphthong; "This vowel diphthongized in Germanic" | ||
| break - come into being; "light broke over the horizon"; "Voices broke in the air" | ||
| become, go, get enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!" | ||
| break - change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another; "Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children" | ||
| switch, change, shift make a shift in or exchange of; "First Joe led; then we switched" | ||
| break - crack; of the male voice in puberty; "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir" | ||
| change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" | ||
| break - fall sharply; "stock prices broke" | ||
| decrease, diminish, lessen, fall decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" | ||
| break - scatter or part; "The clouds broke after the heavy downpour" | ||
| dissipate, disperse, scatter, spread out live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption | ||
| break - make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" | ||
| unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, give away, let out | ||
| get around, get out, break move around; move from place to place; "How does she get around without a car?" | ||
| get around, get out, break move around; move from place to place; "How does she get around without a car?" | ||
| tell discern or comprehend; "He could tell that she was unhappy" | ||
| blackwash color with blackwash | ||
| muckrake explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures; "This reporter was well-known for his muckraking" | ||
| blow exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down" | ||
| out be made known; be disclosed or revealed; "The truth will out" | ||
| come out of the closet, out, come out to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality; "This actor outed last year" | ||
| spring develop suddenly; "The tire sprang a leak" | ||
| bewray, betray reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings" | ||
| confide reveal in private; tell confidentially | ||
| leak have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out; "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly" | ||
| peach, babble out, spill the beans, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, tattle, blab, babble, sing, talk divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" | ||
| reveal disclose directly or through prophets; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind" | ||
| break - act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" | ||
| transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach | ||
| observe, keep stick to correctly or closely; "The pianist kept time with the metronome"; "keep count"; "I cannot keep track of all my employees" | ||
| disrespect have little or no respect for; hold in contempt | ||
| sin, transgress, trespass commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law | ||
| boob, drop the ball, goof, sin, blunder commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake; "I blundered during the job interview" | ||
| run afoul, conflict, contravene, infringe go against, as of rules and laws; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules" | ||
| trespass break the law | ||
| intrude, trespass thrust oneself in as if by force; "The colors don't intrude on the viewer" | ||
| break - discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up" | ||
| separate, part, split up, split, break up | ||
| give the bounce, give the gate, give the axe terminate a relationship abruptly; "Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman" | ||
| disunify, break apart break up or separate; "The country is disunifying"; "Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989" | ||
| disassociate, disunite, divorce, dissociate, disjoint part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president" | ||
| break with end a relationship; "China broke with Russia" | ||
| divorce, split up get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months" | ||
| secede, splinter, break away withdraw from an organization or communion; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away" | ||
| break away, break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" | ||
| break - break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice" | ||
| collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, founder | ||
| change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | ||
| implode, go off burst inward; "The bottle imploded" | ||
| abandon, give up stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations" | ||
| buckle, crumple fold or collapse; "His knees buckled" | ||
| flop fall suddenly and abruptly | ||
| break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" | ||
| slide down, slump, sink fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly; "The real estate market fell off" | ||
| collapse, burst lose significance, effectiveness, or value; "The school system is collapsing"; "The stock market collapsed" | ||
| break - stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" | ||
| fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break down | ||
| buy the farm, perish, kick the bucket, give-up the ghost, snuff it, drop dead, decease, cash in one's chips, pop off, pass away, expire, exit, croak, conk, die, choke, pass, go leave quickly | ||
| break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" | ||
| change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | ||
| go down, crash be defeated; "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too" | ||
| burn out, blow out, blow melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew" | ||
| misfire fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired" | ||
| malfunction, misfunction fail to function or function improperly; "the coffee maker malfunctioned" | ||
| break - cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch" | ||
| pause, intermit | ||
| disrupt, interrupt, cut off, break up throw into disorder; "This event disrupted the orderly process" | ||
| catch one's breath, take a breather, breathe, rest draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring" | ||
| take five take a break for five minutes; "The musicians took five during the rehearsal" | ||
| take ten take a ten minute break; "The players took ten during the long rehearsal" | ||
| break - become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated" | ||
| crack, check | ||
| change undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" | ||
| crack break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked" | ||
| break - assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant" | ||
| demote, bump, relegate, kick downstairs | ||
| kick upstairs, elevate, promote, upgrade, advance, raise change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent | ||
| delegate, depute, designate, assign give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | ||
| bump off, off, slay, murder, polish off, dispatch, remove, hit kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" | ||
| sideline remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position; "The outspoken cabinet member was sidelined by the President" | ||
| reduce take off weight | ||
| break - fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns; "This sentence violates the rules of syntax" | ||
| violate, go against | ||
| conform to observe; "conform to the rules" | ||
| fly in the face of, fly in the teeth of go against; "This action flies in the face of the agreement" | ||
| break - fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" | ||
| fracture | ||
| wound, injure cause injuries or bodily harm to | ||
| break - lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall" | ||
| dampen, damp, soften, weaken | ||
| blunt, deaden make less sharp; "blunt the knives" | ||
| deafen make soundproof; "deafen a room" | ||
| damp, dampen, deaden restrain or discourage; "the sudden bad news damped the joyous atmosphere" | ||
| break - terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty" | ||
| interrupt | ||
| end, terminate bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" | ||
| hold on, stop stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!" | ||
| break short, cut short, break off interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut short our vacation" | ||
| suspend, freeze cause to be held in suspension in a fluid; "suspend the particles" | ||
| break - make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern" | ||
| break in | ||
| break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" | ||
| break weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" | ||
| domesticise, domesticize, domesticate, reclaim, tame make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog" | ||
| break - enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act; "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"; "They broke into my car and stole my radio!"; "who broke into my account last night?" | ||
| break in | ||
| intrude, trespass thrust oneself in as if by force; "The colors don't intrude on the viewer" | ||
| crack break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked" | ||
| break - do a break dance; "Kids were break-dancing at the street corner" | ||
| break dance, break-dance | ||
| trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, dance move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio" | ||
| break - reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him" | ||
| bankrupt, ruin, smash | ||
| impoverish make poor | ||
| break - surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record" | ||
| better | ||
| outgo, outmatch, outperform, outdo, outstrip, exceed, surmount, surpass get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition" | ||
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Wiktionary
- break (Noun)
An instance of breaking something into two pieces. - break (Noun)
A physical space that open opens up in something or between two things. - break (Noun)
A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue. - break (Noun)
A rest or pause, usually from work; a breaktime. - break (Noun)
A temporary split with a romantic partner. - break (Noun)
An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game. - break (Noun)
A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention: big break, lucky break , bad break . - break (Noun)
A change; the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather. - break (Noun)
The beginning of the morning. - break (Noun)
An act of escaping. - break (Noun)
A place where waves break that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water. - break (Noun)
A game won by the receiving players. - break (Noun)
The first shot in a game of billiards. - break (Noun)
The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table. - break (Noun)
The counter-attack. - break (Noun)
Quote-news. - break (Noun)
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 (Noun)
A sharp bit or snaffle. - break (Verb)
To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly. - break (Verb)
To crack or fracture bone under a physical strain. - break (Verb)
His ribs broke under the weight of the rocks piled on his chest. - break (Verb)
She broke his neck. - break (Verb)
He slipped on the ice and broke his leg. - break (Verb)
To divide something, often money into smaller units. - break (Verb)
To cause a person to lose his or her spirit or will; to crush the spirits of; to ruin a person emotionally. - break (Verb)
To cause a person or animal to lose its will. - break (Verb)
To cause a habit to no longer exist. - break (Verb)
To ruin financially. - break (Verb)
To violate. - break (Verb)
To pass the most dangerous part of the illness; to go down, temperaturewise. - break (Verb)
To design or use a powerful yet legal strategy that unbalances the game in a player's favor. - break (Verb)
To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether. - break (Verb)
To cause some feature of a program or piece of software to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression. - break (Verb)
Adding 64-bit support broke backward compatibility with earlier versions. - break (Verb)
To cause a barrier to no longer bar. - break (Verb)
To cause the shell of an egg to crack, so that the inside yolk is accessible. - break (Verb)
To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water. Image:A storm at A wave <b>breaking</b>. . - break (Verb)
To end. - break (Verb)
To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily. - break (Verb)
To interrupt a fall by inserting something so that the falling object not hit something else beneath. - break (Verb)
To disclose or make known an item of news, etc. - break (Verb)
To arrive. - break (Verb)
To become audible suddenly. - break (Verb)
To change a steady state abruptly. - break (Verb)
To suddenly become. - break (Verb)
Of a voice, to alter in type: in men generally to go up, in women sometimes to go down; to crack. - break (Verb)
To surpass or do better than a specific number, to do better than a record, setting a new record. - break (Verb)
To win a game against one's opponent as receiver. - break (Verb)
He needs to break serve to win the match. - break (Verb)
Quote-news. - break (Verb)
To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement. - break (Verb)
Is it your or my turn to break? - break (Verb)
To remove one of the two men on a point. - break (Verb)
To demote, to reduce the military rank of. - break (Verb)
To end a connection, to disconnect. - break (Verb)
To demulsify. - break (Verb)
To counter-attack.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
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To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock. - break (v. t.)
To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods. - break (v. t.)
To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate. - break (v. t.)
To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise. - break (v. t.)
To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey. - break (v. t.)
To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set. - break (v. t.)
To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares. - break (v. t.)
To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments. - break (v. t.)
To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill. - break (v. t.)
To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax. - break (v. t.)
To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind. - break (v. t.)
To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow. - break (v. t.)
To impart, as news or information; to broach; -- with to, and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as, to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose cautiously to a friend. - break (v. t.)
To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle. - break (v. t.)
To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin. - break (v. t.)
To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss. - break (v. i.)
To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder. - 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; to make its way; to come to view; to appear; to dawn. - break (v. i.)
To burst forth violently, as a storm. - break (v. i.)
To open up; to be scattered; to be dissipated; as, the clouds are breaking. - break (v. i.)
To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength. - break (v. i.)
To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking. - break (v. i.)
To fall in business; to become bankrupt. - break (v. i.)
To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop. - break (v. i.)
To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, but degenerates into an unmusical sound instead. Also, to change in tone, as a boy's voice at puberty. - break (v. i.)
To fall out; to terminate friendship. - break (v. t.)
An opening made by fracture or disruption. - break (v. t.)
An interruption of continuity; change of direction; as, a break in a wall; a break in the deck of a ship. - 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; a pause; as, a break in friendship; a break in the conversation. - 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; the dawn; as, the break of day; the break of dawn. - 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.
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Destroy in two or more pieces, which can't easily be reassembled. -
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To surpass in excellence. -
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To break a hard tissue such as a bone.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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brāk, v.t. to part by force: to shatter: to crush: to tame, or wear out: to violate, or outrage, as a law, a bargain, &c.: to check by intercepting, as a fall: to interrupt, as silence, or the monotony of anything, or in 'to break one off a habit:' to make bankrupt: to degrade from rank, as an officer.—v.i. to part in two: to burst forth: to open or appear, as the morning: to become bankrupt: to crack or give way, as the voice: to dissolve, as frost: to collapse in foam, as a wave: to fall out, as with a friend:—pa.t. brōke; pa.p. brōk′en.—n. the state of being broken: an opening: a pause or interruption: (billiards) a consecutive series of successful strokes, also the number of points attained by such: the dawn.—ns. Break′age, the action of breaking, or its consequences: an interruption; Break′-down, a dance, vigorous rather than graceful, in which much noise is made by the feet of the one performer; Break′er, a wave broken on rocks or the shore.—adj. Break′-neck, likely to cause a broken neck.—ns. Break′-prom′ise, Break′-vow, one who makes a practice of breaking his promise or vow; Break′water, a barrier to break the force of the waves.—Break a jest, to utter a jest unexpectedly; Break a lance with, to enter into a contest with a rival; Break away, to go away abruptly, as from prison, &c.: to be scattered, as clouds after a storm; Break bulk, to open the hold and take out a portion of the cargo; Break cover, to burst forth from concealment, as a fox; Break down, to crush down or level: to collapse, to fail completely; Break forth, to burst out, issue; Break ground, to commence digging or excavation: to begin; Break in, to train to labour, as a horse; Break in, in upon, or into, to enter violently or unexpectedly, to interpose abruptly in a conversation, &c.; Break loose, to extricate one's self forcibly: to break through all restraint; Break news, to make anything known, esp. of bad news, with caution and delicacy; Break off, to separate by breaking, put an end to; Break out, to appear suddenly: to break through all restraint; Break sheer (said of a ship riding at anchor), to be forced by wind or tide out of a position clear of the anchor; Break the heart, to destroy with grief; Break the ice (fig.), to get through first difficulties: Break up, to break open; Break upon the wheel, to punish by stretching a criminal on a wheel and breaking his bones; Break wind, to void wind from the stomach; Break with, to fail out, as friends may do. [A.S. brecan; Ger. brechen.] -
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Brake, brāk, n. a large wagonette: a carriage frame, all wheels and no body, used in breaking in horses. [Break, v.t.]
Electrical DictionaryThe Standard Electrical Dictionary 💡
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A point where an electric conductor is cut, broken, or opened by a switch or other device, or simply by discontinuity of the wires.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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The sudden rise of a deck when not flush; when the aft, and sometimes the fore part, of a vessel's deck is kept up to give more height below, and at the drifts.--Break of the poop, where it ends at the foremost part.
