Definition of break

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Break (v. t.) A projection or recess from the face of a building.

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Dissolve :: Dissolve (v. t.) To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation, etc.; to terminate; to destroy; to deprive of force; as, to dissolve a partnership; to dissolve Parliament..
Breakbone Fever :: Breakbone fever () See Dengue.
Protovertebra :: Protovertebra (n.) One of the primitive masses, or segments, into which the mesoblast of the vertebrate embryo breaks up on either side of the anterior part of the notochord; a mesoblastic, or protovertebral, somite. See Illust. of Ectoderm..
Break :: Break (v. t.) An opening made by fracture or disruption.
Crase :: Crase (v. t.) To break in pieces; to crack.
Nutbreaker :: Nutbreaker (n.) The European nuthatch.
Erumpent :: Erumpent (a.) Breaking out; -- said of certain fungi which burst through the texture of leaves.
Break :: Break (v. t.) To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill..
Hanch :: Hanch () A sudden fall or break, as the fall of the fife rail down to the gangway..
Pause :: Pause (n.) A break or paragraph in writing.
Chip :: Chip (v. i.) To break or fly off in small pieces.
Spurt :: Sourt (n.) Fig.: A sudden outbreak; as, a spurt of jealousy..
Smash :: Smash (v. t.) To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.
Disestablish :: Disestablish (v. t.) To unsettle; to break up (anything established); to deprive, as a church, of its connection with the state..
Burglary :: Burglary (n.) Breaking and entering the dwelling house of another, in the nighttime, with intent to commit a felony therein, whether the felonious purpose be accomplished or not..
Rout :: Rout (n.) The state of being disorganized and thrown into confusion; -- said especially of an army defeated, broken in pieces, and put to flight in disorder or panic; also, the act of defeating and breaking up an army; as, the rout of the enemy was complete..
Dissolution :: Dissolution (n.) The dispersion of an assembly by terminating its sessions; the breaking up of a partnership.
Carronade :: Carronade (n.) A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side..
Luddite :: Luddite (n.) One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames..
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