Definition of break

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Break (v. i.) To burst forth violently, as a storm..

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Knapple :: Knapple (v.) To break off with an abrupt, sharp noise; to bite; to nibble..
Pause :: Pause (n.) A break or paragraph in writing.
Fracture :: Fracture (n.) The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
Lawbreaker :: Lawbreaker (n.) One who disobeys the law; a criminal.
Flute :: Flute (n.) A long French breakfast roll.
Barleybreak :: Barleybreak (n.) An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal..
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 large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind..
Disestablishment :: Disestablishment (n.) The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the state from an established church; as, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church by Act of Parliament..
Reveille :: Reveille (n.) The beat of drum, or bugle blast, about break of day, to give notice that it is time for the soldiers to rise, and for the sentinels to forbear challenging..
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed in courses so as to break joints..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods..
Piece :: Piece (n.) A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piece of sugar; to break in pieces..
Breakfast :: Breakfast (v. t.) To furnish with breakfast.
Train :: Train (v. t.) To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen..
Lithotriptist :: Lithotriptist (n.) One skilled in breaking and extracting stone in the bladder.
Dismast :: Dismast (v. t.) To deprive of a mast of masts; to break and carry away the masts from; as, a storm dismasted the ship..
Chipping :: Chipping (n.) The breaking off in small pieces of the edges of potter's ware, porcelain, etc..
Oathbreaking :: Oathbreaking (n.) The violation of an oath; perjury.
Dissolving :: Dissolving (a.) Melting; breaking up; vanishing.
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