Definition of break

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Break (v. t.) To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods..

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Refract :: Refract (n.) To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.
Bond :: Bond (n.) The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways, as in English or block bond (Fig. 1), where one course consists of bricks with their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers, and the next course of bricks with their lengths parallel to the face of the wall, called stretchers; Flemish bond (Fig.2), where each course consists of headers and stretchers alternately, so laid as always to break jo
Break :: Break (v. t.) To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill..
Ripple :: Ripple (v. i.) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore..
Incide :: Incide (v. t.) To cut; to separate and remove; to resolve or break up, as by medicines..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To fall in business; to become bankrupt.
Breakneck :: Breakneck (n.) A fall that breaks the neck.
Discuss :: Discuss (v. t.) To break to pieces; to shatter.
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) A heavy harrow, for breaking up ground..
Plough :: Plough (v. t.) To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field..
Parbreak :: Parbreak (v. i. & t.) To throw out; to vomit.
Break :: Break (v. t.) To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise..
Transgress :: Transgress (v. t.) Hence, to overpass, as any prescribed as the /imit of duty; to break or violate, as a law, civil or moral..
Burst :: Burst (v. t.) To break.
Disjoint :: Disjoint (v. t.) To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint and edifice..
Dash :: Dash (n.) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis..
Ruction :: Ruction (n.) An uproar; a quarrel; a noisy outbreak.
Chasm :: Chasm (n.) A void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men..
Break :: Break (v. t.) An interruption; a pause; as, a break in friendship; a break in the conversation..
Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.
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