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..

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

Break :: Break (v. t.) An opening or displacement in the circuit, interrupting the electrical current..

Break :: Break (v. t.) An interruption; a pause; as, a break in friendship; a break in the conversation..

Break :: Break (v. t.) An interruption in continuity in writing or printing, as where there is an omission, an unfilled line, etc..

Break :: Break (v. t.) The first appearing, as of light in the morning; the dawn; as, the break of day; the break of dawn..

Break :: Break (v. t.) A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind..

Break :: Break (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10..

Break :: Break (n.) See Commutator.

Break-circuit :: Break-circuit (n.) A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit.

Break-up :: Break-up (n.) Disruption; a separation and dispersion of the parts or members; as, a break-up of an assembly or dinner party; a break-up of the government..

Breakable :: Breakable (a.) Capable of being broken.

Breakage :: Breakage (n.) The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles broken..

Breakage :: Breakage (n.) An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use..

Breakbone Fever :: Breakbone fever () See Dengue.

Breakdown :: Breakdown (n.) The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall..

Breakdown :: Breakdown (n.) A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, as among the colored people of the Southern United States, and so called, perhaps, because the exercise is continued until most of those who take part in it break down..

Breakdown :: Breakdown (n.) Any rude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time..

Breaker :: Breaker (n.) One who, or that which, breaks..

Breaker :: Breaker (n.) Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines; also, the building in which such a machine is placed..

Breaker :: Breaker (n.) A small water cask.

Breaker :: Breaker (n.) A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface..

Breakfast :: Breakfast (n.) The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal..

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