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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Crash :: Crash (v. i.) To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise..
Flaw :: Flaw (v. t.) To break; to violate; to make of no effect.
Ecphonema :: Ecphonema (n.) A breaking out with some interjectional particle.
Osteoclasis :: Osteoclasis (n.) The operation of breaking a bone in order to correct deformity.
Housebreaker :: Housebreaker (n.) One who is guilty of the crime of housebreaking.
Knap :: Knap (v. t.) To bite; to bite off; to break short.
Break :: Break (v. i.) To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, but degenerates into an unmusical sound instead. Also, to change in tone, as a boy's voice at puberty..
Dress :: Dress (v. t.) To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal..
Break :: Break (v. t.) An opening or displacement in the circuit, interrupting the electrical current..
Discompose :: Discompose (v. t.) To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up.
Dismount :: Dismount (v. t.) To throw or remove from the carriage, or from that on which a thing is mounted; to break the carriage or wheels of, and render useless; to deprive of equipments or mountings; -- said esp. of artillery..
To-brest :: To-brest (v. t.) To burst or break in pieces.
Ossifragous :: Ossifragous (a.) Serving to break bones; bone-breaking.
Bond :: Bond (n.) The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways, as in English or block bond (Fig. 1), where one course consists of bricks with their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers, and the next course of bricks with their lengths parallel to the face of the wall, called stretchers; Flemish bond (Fig.2), where each course consists of headers and stretchers alternately, so laid as always to break jo
Glass-snake :: Glass-snake (n.) A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States; -- so called from its fragility, the tail easily breaking into small pieces. It grows to the length of three feet. The name is applied also to similar species found in the Old World..
Nutbreaker :: Nutbreaker (n.) The nutcracker.
Smash :: Smash (n.) A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck.
Tumbleweed :: Tumbleweed (n.) Any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots in the autumn, and is driven by the wind, as a light, rolling mass, over the fields and prairies; as witch grass, wild indigo, Amarantus albus, etc..
Dig :: Dig (v. t.) To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, open, or loosen, as if with a spade..
Smash :: Smash (v. i.) To break up, or to pieces suddenly, as the result of collision or pressure..
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