Definition of break

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Break (v. t.) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares..

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Ossifragous :: Ossifragous (a.) Serving to break bones; bone-breaking.
Glucoside :: Glucoside (n.) One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and regarded as influental agents in the formation and disposition of the sugars. They are frequently of a bitter taste, but, by the action of ferments, or of dilute acids and alkalies, always break down into some characteristic substance (acid, aldehyde, alcohol, phenole, or alkaloid) and glucose (or some other sugar); hence the name. They are of the natur
Breakfast :: Breakfast (n.) The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal..
Poop :: Poop (v. t.) To break over the poop or stern, as a wave..
Strand :: Strand (v. t.) To break a strand of (a rope).
Cut-out :: Cut-out (n.) A device for breaking or separating a portion of circuit.
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..
Poke :: Poke (n.) A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward..
Crash :: Crash (n.) A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once..
Disrupt :: Disrupt (v. t.) To break asunder; to rend.
Washboard :: Washboard (n.) A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard..
Split :: Split (v. t.) To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political party; to disunite..
Wash :: Wash (n.) The flow, swash, or breaking of a body of water, as a wave; also, the sound of it..
Discontinuer :: Discontinuer (n.) One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee..
Giving :: Giving (n.) The act of softening, breaking, or yielding..
Prong-hoe :: Prong-hoe (n.) A hoe with prongs to break the earth.
Roll :: Roll (v.) A heavy cylinder used to break clods.
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..
Icequake :: Icequake (n.) The crash or concussion attending the breaking up of masses of ice, -- often due to contraction from extreme cold..
To-brest :: To-brest (v. t.) To burst or break in pieces.
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