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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Stretch :: Stretch (v. i.) To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances..
Crumble :: Crumble (v. t.) To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.
Short :: Short (superl.) Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry..
To- :: To- (prep.) An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break, to-hew, to-rend, to-tear. See these words in the Vocabulary. See the Note on All to, or All-to, under All, adv..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind..
Attenuate :: Attenuate (v. t.) To make thin or less consistent; to render less viscid or dense; to rarefy. Specifically: To subtilize, as the humors of the body, or to break them into finer parts..
Dwindle :: Dwindle (v. t.) To break; to disperse.
Unspell :: Unspell (v. t.) To break the power of (a spell); to release (a person) from the influence of a spell; to disenchant.
Enchantment :: Enchantment (n.) The effect produced by the act; the state of being enchanted; as, to break an enchantment..
Breakage :: Breakage (n.) An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use..
Break :: Break (v. t.) The first appearing, as of light in the morning; the dawn; as, the break of day; the break of dawn..
Smasher :: Smasher (n.) One who, or that which, smashes or breaks things to pieces..
Discussion :: Discussion (n.) The act or process of discussing by breaking up, or dispersing, as a tumor, or the like..
Dismember :: Dismember (v. t.) To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.
Brittle :: Brittle (a.) Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
Disarray :: Disarray (v. t.) To throw into disorder; to break the array of.
Hydracrylic :: Hydracrylic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an isomeric variety of lastic acid that breaks down into acrylic acid and water..
Scab :: Scab (n.) A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold..
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
Interruption :: Interruption (n.) The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition..
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