Definition of break

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Break (v. i.) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking..

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Ruption :: Ruption (n.) A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture.
Crash :: Crash (v. t. ) To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.
Breakfast :: Breakfast (n.) A meal after fasting, or food in general..
Crumb :: Crumb (v. t.) To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, to crumb bread..
Hanch :: Hanch () A sudden fall or break, as the fall of the fife rail down to the gangway..
Refracture :: Refracture (v. t.) To break again, as a bone..
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..
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..
Gneiss :: Gneiss (n.) A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs or flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the place of the mica, and it is then called hornblendic / syenitic gneiss. Similar varieties of related rocks are also called gneiss..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To burst forth; to make its way; to come to view; to appear; to dawn.
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) An interleaved strip at the back, as in a scrap book, to guard against its breaking when filled..
Prong-hoe :: Prong-hoe (n.) A hoe with prongs to break the earth.
Disconcert :: Disconcert (v. t.) To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy..
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..
Fracture :: Fracture (n.) The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
Crisp :: Crisp (a.) Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow..
Interrupter :: Interrupter (n.) A device for opening and closing an electrical circuit; a vibrating spring or tuning fork, arranged to make and break a circuit at rapidly recurring intervals, by the action of the current itself..
Whitecap :: Whitecap (n.) A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the wind is freshening..
Breach :: Breach (n.) Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise..
Break :: 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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