Definition of break

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Break (v. t.) To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind..

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Crack :: Crack (v. i.) To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts..
Breakfasting :: Breakfasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breakfas.
Shim :: Shim (n.) A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground, and clear it of weeds..
Shattery :: Shattery (a.) Easily breaking into pieces; not compact; loose of texture; brittle; as, shattery spar..
Dash :: Dash (n.) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis..
Break :: Break (v. t.) A projection or recess from the face of a building.
Infraction :: Infraction (n.) The act of infracting or breaking; breach; violation; nonobservance; infringement; as, an infraction of a treaty, compact, rule, or law..
Breaking :: Breaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brea.
Protovertebra :: Protovertebra (n.) One of the primitive masses, or segments, into which the mesoblast of the vertebrate embryo breaks up on either side of the anterior part of the notochord; a mesoblastic, or protovertebral, somite. See Illust. of Ectoderm..
Carronade :: Carronade (n.) A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side..
Brittle :: Brittle (a.) Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
Keratonyxis :: Keratonyxis (n.) The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye, and breaking up the opaque mass..
Crisp :: Crisp (a.) Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow..
Breaker :: Breaker (n.) A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface..
Part :: Part (v. i.) To be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to break; to become separated; to go asunder; as, rope parts; his hair parts in the middle..
Shiver :: Shiver (v. t.) To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet..
Breach :: Breach (n.) A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture.
Infringe :: Infringe (v. i.) To break, violate, or transgress some contract, rule, or law; to injure; to offend..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
Wit-cracker :: Wit-cracker (n.) One who breaks jests; a joker.
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