Definition of break

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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..

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Bucking :: Bucking (n.) The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.
Sulk :: Suleah fish () A coarse fish of India, used in making a breakfast relish called burtah..
Lawbreaker :: Lawbreaker (n.) One who disobeys the law; a criminal.
Drawlatch :: Drawlatch (n.) A housebreaker or thief.
Roll :: Roll (v.) A heavy cylinder used to break clods.
Interruptedly :: Interruptedly (adv.) With breaks or interruptions; discontinuously.
Dismast :: Dismast (v. t.) To deprive of a mast of masts; to break and carry away the masts from; as, a storm dismasted the ship..
Burst :: Burst (n.) A sudden breaking forth; a violent rending; an explosion; as, a burst of thunder; a burst of applause; a burst of passion; a burst of inspiration..
Discussion :: Discussion (n.) The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like..
Housebreaking :: Housebreaking (n.) The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See Burglary, and To break a house, under Break..
Crash :: Crash (v. t. ) To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.
Fracture :: Fracture (n.) The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
Stretch :: Stretch (v. i.) To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances..
Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable..
Shive :: Shive (n.) A thin piece or fragment; specifically, one of the scales or pieces of the woody part of flax removed by the operation of breaking..
Tract :: Tract (v.) Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; -- so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle..
Dash :: Dash (v. t.) To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin..
Crash :: Crash (n.) A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once..
Chipping :: Chipping (n.) The breaking off in small pieces of the edges of potter's ware, porcelain, etc..
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