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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Nicker :: Nicker (v. t.) One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with half-pence.
Breakfast :: Breakfast (n.) A meal after fasting, or food in general..
Tract :: Tract (v.) Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; -- so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons..
Shatter :: Shatter (n.) A fragment of anything shattered; -- used chiefly or soley in the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag..
Comb :: Comb (n.) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves..
Disband :: Disband (v. i.) To become separated, broken up, dissolved, or scattered; especially, to quit military service by breaking up organization..
Dwindle :: Dwindle (v. t.) To break; to disperse.
Breakman :: Breakman (n.) See Brakeman.
Part :: Part (v. i.) To be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to break; to become separated; to go asunder; as, rope parts; his hair parts in the middle..
Enchantment :: Enchantment (n.) The effect produced by the act; the state of being enchanted; as, to break an enchantment..
Pound :: Pound (v. t.) To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow..
Jimmy :: Jimmy (n.) A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors.
Pound-breach :: Pound-breach (n.) The breaking of a public pound for releasing impounded animals.
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) To break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow; to draw a drag along the bottom of, as a stream or other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag..
Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable..
Sewel :: Sewel (n.) A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place..
Gap :: Gap (n.) An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, a gap in a fence; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; a mountain pass..
Ripple :: Ripple (v. i.) To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore..
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