Definition of break

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Break (v. t.) To impart, as news or information; to broach; -- with to, and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as, to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose cautiously to a friend..

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Breakable :: Breakable (a.) Capable of being broken.
Inbreaking :: Inbreaking (n.) A breaking in; inroad; invasion.
Break :: Break (v. t.) To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock..
Infraction :: Infraction (n.) The act of infracting or breaking; breach; violation; nonobservance; infringement; as, an infraction of a treaty, compact, rule, or law..
Rag :: Rag (v. t.) To break (ore) into lumps for sorting.
Pounding :: Pounding (n.) The act of beating, bruising, or breaking up; a beating..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise..
Train :: Train (v. t.) To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen..
Diffract :: Diffract (v. t.) To break or separate into parts; to deflect, or decompose by deflection, a/ rays of light..
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..
Spermospore :: Spermospore (n.) The male germinal or seminal cell, from the breaking up of which the spermoblasts are formed and ultimately the spermatozoids; a spermatospore..
Refract :: Refract (n.) To break the natural course of, as rays of light orr heat, when passing from one transparent medium to another of different density; to cause to deviate from a direct course by an action distinct from reflection; as, a dense medium refrcts the rays of light as they pass into it from a rare medium..
Consecutive :: Consecutive (a.) Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years..
Unspell :: Unspell (v. t.) To break the power of (a spell); to release (a person) from the influence of a spell; to disenchant.
Crash :: Crash (n.) Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise..
Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To break forth; to commence suddenly; -- with into; as, to strike into reputation; to strike into a run..
Faller :: Faller (n.) A part which acts by falling, as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax..
Harrow :: Harrow (n.) An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown..
Malacosteon :: Malacosteon (n.) A peculiar disease of the bones, in consequence of which they become softened and capable of being bent without breaking..
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