Definition of break

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Break (v. t.) An interruption of continuity; change of direction; as, a break in a wall; a break in the deck of a ship..

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Tryst :: Tryst (n.) An appointment to meet; also, an appointed place or time of meeting; as, to keep tryst; to break tryst..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate..
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..
Eruption :: Eruption (n.) The breaking out of pimples, or an efflorescence, as in measles, scarlatina, etc..
Orthoclastic :: Orthoclastic (a.) Breaking in directions at right angles to each other; -- said of the monoclinic feldspars.
Sunder :: Sunder (v. t.) To disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting, or breaking; to part; to put or keep apart; to separate; to divide; to sever; as, to sunder a rope; to sunder a limb; to sunder friends..
Pound-breach :: Pound-breach (n.) The breaking of a public pound for releasing impounded animals.
Sewel :: Sewel (n.) A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place..
Shim :: Shim (n.) A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground, and clear it of weeds..
Squeak :: Squeak (v. i.) To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess.
Snap :: Snap (n.) To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle..
Snap :: Snap (n.) To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; -- usually with up..
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.
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..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise..
Smasher :: Smasher (n.) One who, or that which, smashes or breaks things to pieces..
Peacebreaker :: Peacebreaker (n.) One who disturbs the public peace.
Parbreak :: Parbreak (v. i. & t.) To throw out; to vomit.
Housebreaking :: Housebreaking (n.) The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See Burglary, and To break a house, under Break..
Muffin :: Muffin (n.) A light, spongy, cylindrical cake, used for breakfast and tea..
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