Definition of break

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

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Flame :: Flame (n.) To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardor.
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..
Fallow :: Fallow (n.) To plow, harrow, and break up, as land, without seeding, for the purpose of destroying weeds and insects, and rendering it mellow; as, it is profitable to fallow cold, strong, clayey land..
Shiver :: Shiver (v. t.) To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet..
Taint :: Taint (v. t.) To injure, as a lance, without breaking it; also, to break, as a lance, but usually in an unknightly or unscientific manner..
Pounding :: Pounding (n.) The act of beating, bruising, or breaking up; a beating..
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.
Brittle :: Brittle (a.) Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
Lithotriptist :: Lithotriptist (n.) One skilled in breaking and extracting stone in the bladder.
Break :: Break (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate..
Prong-hoe :: Prong-hoe (n.) A hoe with prongs to break the earth.
Peeper :: Peeper (n.) A chicken just breaking the shell; a young bird.
Rail :: Rail (n.) The light, fencelike structures of wood or metal at the break of the deck, and elsewhere where such protection is needed..
Hackle :: Hackle (v. t.) To tear asunder; to break in pieces.
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..
Dengue :: Dengue (n.) A specific epidemic disease attended with high fever, cutaneous eruption, and severe pains in the head and limbs, resembling those of rheumatism; -- called also breakbone fever. It occurs in India, Egypt, the West Indies, etc., is of short duration, and rarely fatal..
Saxifragant :: Saxifragant (n.) That which breaks or destroys stones.
Sulk :: Suleah fish () A coarse fish of India, used in making a breakfast relish called burtah..
Consecutive :: Consecutive (a.) Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years..
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