Barleybreak :: Barleybreak (n.) An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal..

Break :: Break (v. t.) To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock..

Break :: Break (v. t.) To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods..

Break :: Break (v. t.) To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate..

Break :: Break (v. t.) To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise..

Break :: Break (v. t.) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey..

Break :: Break (v. t.) To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set..

Break :: Break (v. t.) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares..

Break :: Break (v. t.) To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments.

Break :: Break (v. t.) To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill..

Break :: Break (v. t.) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax..

Break :: Break (v. t.) To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind..

Break :: Break (v. t.) To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow..

Break :: Break (v. t.) To impart, as news or information; to broach; -- with to, and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as, to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose cautiously to a friend..

Break :: Break (v. t.) To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle..

Break :: Break (v. t.) To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin.

Break :: Break (v. t.) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.

Break :: Break (v. i.) To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder..

Break :: Break (v. i.) To open spontaneously, or by pressure from within, as a bubble, a tumor, a seed vessel, a bag..

Break :: Break (v. i.) To burst forth; to make its way; to come to view; to appear; to dawn.

Break :: Break (v. i.) To burst forth violently, as a storm..

Break :: Break (v. i.) To open up; to be scattered; to be dissipated; as, the clouds are breaking..

Break :: Break (v. i.) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.

Break :: Break (v. i.) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking..

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

Break :: Break (v. i.) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop..

Break :: Break (v. i.) To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, but degenerates into an unmusical sound instead. Also, to change in tone, as a boy's voice at puberty..

Break :: Break (v. i.) To fall out; to terminate friendship.

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

Break :: 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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