Definition of break

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Break (v. t.) To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set..

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Shift :: Shift (v. t.) In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints..
Breach :: Breach (n.) A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf..
Smasher :: Smasher (n.) One who, or that which, smashes or breaks things to pieces..
Dwindle :: Dwindle (v. t.) To break; to disperse.
Break-up :: Break-up (n.) Disruption; a separation and dispersion of the parts or members; as, a break-up of an assembly or dinner party; a break-up of the government..
Broach :: Broach (n.) To cause to begin or break out.
Piece :: Piece (n.) A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piece of sugar; to break in pieces..
Discuss :: Discuss (v. t.) To break up; to disperse; to scatter; to dissipate; to drive away; -- said especially of tumors.
Break :: Break (v. t.) To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag..
Discompose :: Discompose (v. t.) To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up.
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..
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To break forth; to commence suddenly; -- with into; as, to strike into reputation; to strike into a run..
Bucking :: Bucking (n.) The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.
Ruction :: Ruction (n.) An uproar; a quarrel; a noisy outbreak.
Lithotriptist :: Lithotriptist (n.) One skilled in breaking and extracting stone in the bladder.
Upbreak :: Upbreak (v. i.) To break upwards; to force away or passage to the surface.
Dissolve :: Dissolve (v. t.) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to disunite; to sunder; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
Orthoclastic :: Orthoclastic (a.) Breaking in directions at right angles to each other; -- said of the monoclinic feldspars.
Ecphonema :: Ecphonema (n.) A breaking out with some interjectional particle.
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