Definition of break

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Break (v. t.) An opening made by fracture or disruption.

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Bruise :: Bruise (v. t.) To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush..
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..
To-brest :: To-brest (v. t.) To burst or break in pieces.
Rout :: Rout (v. t.) To break the ranks of, as troops, and put them to flight in disorder; to put to rout..
Jimmy :: Jimmy (n.) A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors.
Brittle :: Brittle (a.) Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
Snip :: Snip (v. t.) To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away..
Piccage :: Piccage (n.) Money paid at fairs for leave to break ground for booths.
Flexible :: Flexible (a.) Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle..
Chasm :: Chasm (n.) A void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men..
Lunch :: Lunch (n.) A luncheon; specifically, a light repast between breakfast and dinner..
Ecphonema :: Ecphonema (n.) A breaking out with some interjectional particle.
Flash :: Flash (v. i.) To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary brilliancy; to come or pass like a flash..
Faller :: Faller (n.) A part which acts by falling, as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks..
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..
Nicker :: Nicker (v. t.) One of the night brawlers of London formerly noted for breaking windows with half-pence.
Upbreak :: Upbreak (n.) A breaking upward or bursting forth; an upburst.
Break :: Break (v. t.) To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin.
Shatter :: Shatter (n.) A fragment of anything shattered; -- used chiefly or soley in the phrase into shatters; as, to break a glass into shatters..
F :: F () F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma /, which probably had the value of English w consonant. The form and value of Greek letter came from the Phoenician, the ultimate source being probably Egyptian. Etymologically f is most closely related to p, k, v, and b; as in E. five, Gr. pe`nte; E. wolf, L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos; E. fox, vixen ; fragile, break; fruit, brook, v. t.;
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