Definition of break

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Break (v. i.) To open spontaneously, or by pressure from within, as a bubble, a tumor, a seed vessel, a bag..

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Break :: Break (v. t.) To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods..
Break :: Break (v. t.) An interruption; a pause; as, a break in friendship; a break in the conversation..
Iconoclasm :: Iconoclasm (n.) The doctrine or practice of the iconoclasts; image breaking.
Strength :: Strength (n.) Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they endure the application of force without breaking or yielding; -- in this sense opposed to frangibility; as, the strength of a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and the like..
Malacosteon :: Malacosteon (n.) A peculiar disease of the bones, in consequence of which they become softened and capable of being bent without breaking..
Breakneck :: Breakneck (n.) A fall that breaks the neck.
Luddite :: Luddite (n.) One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To fall out; to terminate friendship.
Endure :: Endure (v. t.) To remain firm under; to sustain; to undergo; to support without breaking or yielding; as, metals endure a certain degree of heat without melting; to endure wind and weather..
Peacebreaker :: Peacebreaker (n.) One who disturbs the public peace.
Rake :: Rake (n.) An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting hay, or other light things which are spread over a large surface, or for breaking and smoothing the earth..
O :: O () O, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, derives its form, value, and name from the Greek O, through the Latin. The letter came into the Greek from the Ph/nician, which possibly derived it ultimately from the Egyptian. Etymologically, the letter o is most closely related to a, e, and u; as in E. bone, AS. ban; E. stone, AS. stan; E. broke, AS. brecan to break; E. bore, AS. beran to bear; E. dove, AS. d/fe; E. toft, tuft; tone, tune; number, F. nombre..
Incide :: Incide (v. t.) To cut; to separate and remove; to resolve or break up, as by medicines..
Regma :: Regma (n.) A kind of dry fruit, consisting of three or more cells, each which at length breaks open at the inner angle..
Meat :: Meat (n.) The flesh of animals used as food; esp., animal muscle; as, a breakfast of bread and fruit without meat..
Picking :: Picking (n.) The act of digging or breaking up, as with a pick..
Cob :: Cob (v. t.) To break into small pieces, as ore, so as to sort out its better portions..
Oathbreaking :: Oathbreaking (n.) The violation of an oath; perjury.
Refracture :: Refracture (n.) A second breaking (as of a badly set bone) by the surgeon.
Disestablish :: Disestablish (v. t.) To unsettle; to break up (anything established); to deprive, as a church, of its connection with the state..
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