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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Break :: Break (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10..
Break :: Break (v. t.) An interruption in continuity in writing or printing, as where there is an omission, an unfilled line, etc..
Heartbreak :: Heartbreak (n.) Crushing sorrow or grief; a yielding to such grief.
Breakage :: Breakage (n.) The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles broken..
Fractious :: Fractious (a.) Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse..
Crack :: Crack (v. i.) To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts..
Caesura :: Caesura (n.) A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the caesural accent rests, or which is used as a foot..
Break :: Break (v. t.) A projection or recess from the face of a building.
Discontinuance :: Discontinuance (n.) The act of discontinuing, or the state of being discontinued; want of continued connection or continuity; breaking off; cessation; interruption; as, a discontinuance of conversation or intercourse; discontinuance of a highway or of travel..
Storm :: Storm (n.) A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; sedition, insurrection, or war; violent outbreak; clamor; tumult..
Pace :: Pace (v. t.) To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To burst forth; to make its way; to come to view; to appear; to dawn.
Whitecap :: Whitecap (n.) A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the wind is freshening..
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..
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.
Spall :: Spall (v. t.) To break into small pieces, as ore, for the purpose of separating from rock..
Infringe :: Infringe (v. t.) To break; to violate; to transgress; to neglect to fulfill or obey; as, to infringe a law or contract..
Shatter :: Shatter (v. t.) To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bomb; too much steam shatters a boiler; an oak is shattered by lightning..
Part :: Part (n.) To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to sever.
Trucebreaker :: Trucebreaker (n.) One who violates a truce, covenant, or engagement..
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