Definition of break

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

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Breach :: Breach (n.) A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture..
Glucoside :: Glucoside (n.) One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and regarded as influental agents in the formation and disposition of the sugars. They are frequently of a bitter taste, but, by the action of ferments, or of dilute acids and alkalies, always break down into some characteristic substance (acid, aldehyde, alcohol, phenole, or alkaloid) and glucose (or some other sugar); hence the name. They are of the natur
Debacle :: Debacle (n.) A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other debris..
Interruption :: Interruption (n.) The state of being interrupted; a breach or break, caused by the abrupt intervention of something foreign; intervention; interposition..
Haematoplastic :: Haematoplastic (a.) Blood formative; -- applied to a substance in early fetal life, which breaks up gradually into blood vessels..
Wind-break :: Wind-break (n.) A clump of trees serving for a protection against the force of wind.
Break :: Break (v. t.) An opening or displacement in the circuit, interrupting the electrical current..
Breaker :: Breaker (n.) One who, or that which, breaks..
Disband :: Disband (v. i.) To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered; especially, to quit military service by breaking up organization..
Breakable :: Breakable (a.) Capable of being broken.
Alligator :: Alligator (n.) a rock breake.
Diffract :: Diffract (v. t.) To break or separate into parts; to deflect, or decompose by deflection, a/ rays of light..
Erumpent :: Erumpent (a.) Breaking out; -- said of certain fungi which burst through the texture of leaves.
Spend :: Spend (v. i.) To break ground; to continue working.
Iconoclasm :: Iconoclasm (n.) The doctrine or practice of the iconoclasts; image breaking.
Burst :: Burst (v. i.) To exert force or pressure by which something is made suddenly to give way; to break through obstacles or limitations; hence, to appear suddenly and unexpectedly or unaccountably, or to depart in such manner; -- usually with some qualifying adverb or preposition, as forth, out, away, into, upon, through, etc..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind..
Breakage :: Breakage (n.) The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles broken..
Infringe :: Infringe (v. i.) To break, violate, or transgress some contract, rule, or law; to injure; to offend..
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..
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