Definition of break

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

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Divide :: Divide (v. i.) To break friendship; to fall out.
Chip :: Chip (v. t.) To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To open up; to be scattered; to be dissipated; as, the clouds are breaking..
Wind-break :: Wind-break (v. t.) To break the wind of; to cause to lose breath; to exhaust.
Spend :: Spend (v. i.) To break ground; to continue working.
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..
Break-circuit :: Break-circuit (n.) A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit.
Flash :: Flash (v. i.) To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed..
Spalt :: Spalt (a.) Liable to break or split; brittle; as, spalt timber..
Trowel :: Trowel (n.) A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them..
Snap :: Snap (v. i.) To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps..
Housebreaker :: Housebreaker (n.) One who is guilty of the crime of housebreaking.
Wind-break :: Wind-break (n.) A clump of trees serving for a protection against the force of wind.
Disshiver :: Disshiver (v. t. & i.) To shiver or break in pieces.
Jasper :: "Jasper (n.) An opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and other dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff boxes, etc. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped / banded jasper. The Egyptian pebble is a brownish yellow jasper..
Bucking :: Bucking (n.) The process of breaking up or pulverizing ores.
Breakfast :: Breakfast (v. i.) To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in the day.
Breaking :: Breaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brea.
Breakwater :: Breakwater (n.) Any structure or contrivance, as a mole, or a wall at the mouth of a harbor, to break the force of waves, and afford protection from their violence..
Undertow :: Undertow (n.) The current that sets seaward near the bottom when waves are breaking upon the shore.
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