Definition of break

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Break (v. i.) To fall in business; to become bankrupt.

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Trowel :: Trowel (n.) A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them..
Split :: Split (v. t.) To divide or break up into parts or divisions, as by discord; to separate into parts or parties, as a political party; to disunite..
Iconoclastic :: Iconoclastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the iconoclasts, or to image breaking..
Harrow :: Harrow (n.) To draw a harrow over, as for the purpose of breaking clods and leveling the surface, or for covering seed; as, to harrow land..
To- :: To- (prep.) An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break, to-hew, to-rend, to-tear. See these words in the Vocabulary. See the Note on All to, or All-to, under All, adv..
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..
Stretch :: Stretch (v. i.) To be extended, or to bear extension, without breaking, as elastic or ductile substances..
Squeak :: Squeak (v. i.) To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess.
Interrupt :: Interrupt (v. t.) To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill..
Infract :: Infract (v. t.) To break; to infringe.
Nutbreaker :: Nutbreaker (n.) The European nuthatch.
Burst :: Burst (v. t.) To break.
Awash :: Awash (a.) Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it..
Falsify :: Falsify (a.) To violate; to break by falsehood; as, to falsify one's faith or word..
Nicker :: Nicker (v. t.) One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with half-pence.
Crumble :: Crumble (v. t.) To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.
Infringe :: Infringe (v. t.) To break; to violate; to transgress; to neglect to fulfill or obey; as, to infringe a law or contract..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To fall in business; to become bankrupt.
Short :: Short (superl.) Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry..
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..
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