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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Chip :: Chip (v. t.) To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery..
O :: O () O, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, derives its form, value, and name from the Greek O, through the Latin. The letter came into the Greek from the Ph/nician, which possibly derived it ultimately from the Egyptian. Etymologically, the letter o is most closely related to a, e, and u; as in E. bone, AS. ban; E. stone, AS. stan; E. broke, AS. brecan to break; E. bore, AS. beran to bear; E. dove, AS. d/fe; E. toft, tuft; tone, tune; number, F. nombre..
Discontinuer :: Discontinuer (n.) One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee..
Infractor :: Infractor (n.) One who infracts or infringes; a violator; a breaker.
Rout :: Rout (v. t.) To break the ranks of, as troops, and put them to flight in disorder; to put to rout..
Breakbone Fever :: Breakbone fever () See Dengue.
Knap :: Knap (v. t.) To bite; to bite off; to break short.
Buck :: Buck (v. t.) To break up or pulverize, as ores..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.
Hackle :: Hackle (v. t.) To tear asunder; to break in pieces.
Fracture :: Fracture (n.) The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
Pistillation :: Pistillation (n.) The act of pounding or breaking in a mortar; pestillation.
Indican :: Indican (n.) A glucoside obtained from woad (indigo plant) and other plants, as a yellow or light brown sirup. It has a nauseous bitter taste, a decomposes or drying. By the action of acids, ferments, etc., it breaks down into sugar and indigo. It is the source of natural indigo..
Harrow :: Harrow (n.) To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex..
Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting..
Sunder :: Sunder (v. t.) To disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting, or breaking; to part; to put or keep apart; to separate; to divide; to sever; as, to sunder a rope; to sunder a limb; to sunder friends..
Comb :: Comb (n.) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves..
Smasher :: Smasher (n.) One who, or that which, smashes or breaks things to pieces..
Sea Breach :: Sea breach () A breaking or overflow of a bank or a dike by the sea.
Spall :: Spall (v. t.) To break into small pieces, as ore, for the purpose of separating from rock..
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