Definition of break

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Break (v. t.) To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle..

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Fracture :: Fracture (n.) The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
Harrow :: Harrow (n.) To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex..
Feldspath :: Feldspath (n.) A name given to a group of minerals, closely related in crystalline form, and all silicates of alumina with either potash, soda, lime, or, in one case, baryta. They occur in crystals and crystalline masses, vitreous in luster, and breaking rather easily in two directions at right angles to each other, or nearly so. The colors are usually white or nearly white, flesh-red, bluish, or greenish..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill..
Exanthema :: Exanthema (n.) An efflorescence or discoloration of the skin; an eruption or breaking out, as in measles, smallpox, scarlatina, and the like diseases; -- sometimes limited to eruptions attended with fever..
Dawn :: Dawn (v. i.) To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns..
Housebreaker :: Housebreaker (n.) One who is guilty of the crime of housebreaking.
Break :: Break (v. i.) To open up; to be scattered; to be dissipated; as, the clouds are breaking..
Disjoint :: Disjoint (v. t.) To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint and edifice..
Breakage :: Breakage (n.) An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use..
Stave :: Stave (n.) To suffer, or cause, to be lost by breaking the cask..
Subdue :: Subdue (v. t.) To make mellow; to break, as land; also, to destroy, as weeds..
Poach :: Poach (v. & n.) To cook, as eggs, by breaking them into boiling water; also, to cook with butter after breaking in a vessel..
Sever :: Sever (v. t.) To cut or break open or apart; to divide into parts; to cut through; to disjoin; as, to sever the arm or leg..
Frangent :: Frangent (a.) Causing fracture; breaking.
Chip :: Chip (v. i.) To break or fly off in small pieces.
Wit-cracker :: Wit-cracker (n.) One who breaks jests; a joker.
Unseal :: Unseal (v. t.) To break or remove the seal of; to open, as what is sealed; as, to unseal a letter..
To-brest :: To-brest (v. t.) To burst or break in pieces.
Flute :: Flute (n.) A long French breakfast roll.
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