Definition of break

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Break (v. t.) 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..

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Rider :: Rider (n.) One who breaks or manages a horse.
Fracture :: Fracture (v. t.) To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull..
Incide :: Incide (v. t.) To cut; to separate and remove; to resolve or break up, as by medicines..
Pounding :: Pounding (n.) The act of beating, bruising, or breaking up; a beating..
Break :: 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..
Strength :: Strength (n.) Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they endure the application of force without breaking or yielding; -- in this sense opposed to frangibility; as, the strength of a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and the like..
Fractious :: Fractious (a.) Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse..
Ragguled :: Ragguled (a.) Notched in regular diagonal breaks; -- said of a line, or a bearing having such an edge..
Endure :: Endure (v. t.) To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather..
Swallow :: Swallet (n.) Water breaking in upon the miners at their work; -- so called among tin miners.
Flint :: Flint (n.) A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidal fracture and sharp edge. It is very hard, and strikes fire with steel..
Roughrider :: Roughrider (n.) One who breaks horses; especially (Mil.), a noncommissioned officer in the British cavalry, whose duty is to assist the riding master..
Breakable :: Breakable (a.) Capable of being broken.
Sea Breach :: Sea breach () A breaking or overflow of a bank or a dike by the sea.
Breaker :: Breaker (n.) One who, or that which, breaks..
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) An interleaved strip at the back, as in a scrap book, to guard against its breaking when filled..
Crash :: Crash (v. i.) To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof..
Breakdown :: Breakdown (n.) Any rude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time..
Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting..
Pound :: Pound (v. t.) To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt..
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