Definition of break

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Break (v. t.) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax..

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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..
Breaker :: Breaker (n.) Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines; also, the building in which such a machine is placed..
Prong-hoe :: Prong-hoe (n.) A hoe with prongs to break the earth.
Running :: Running (a.) Successive; one following the other without break or intervention; -- said of periods of time; as, to be away two days running; to sow land two years running..
Breakable :: Breakable (a.) Capable of being broken.
Stave :: Stave (n.) To break in a stave or the staves of; to break a hole in; to burst; -- often with in; as, to stave a cask; to stave in a boat..
Plough :: Plough (v. t.) To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods..
Screed :: Screed (n.) A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds..
Poop :: Poop (v. i.) To make a noise; to pop; also, to break wind..
Saxifragant :: Saxifragant (n.) That which breaks or destroys stones.
Contuse :: Contuse (v. t.) To bruise; to injure or disorganize a part without breaking the skin.
Overrake :: Overrake (v. t.) To rake over, or sweep across, from end to end, as waves that break over a vessel anchored with head to the sea..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To burst forth violently, as a storm..
Spelt :: Spelt (v. t. & i.) To split; to break; to spalt.
Breach :: Breach (n.) A breaking out upon; an assault.
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..
Reveille :: Reveille (n.) The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging..
Sewel :: Sewel (n.) A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place..
Fracture :: Fracture (v. t.) To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull..
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