Definition of break

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

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Pound :: Pound (v. t.) To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt..
Haggard :: Haggard (a.) Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed; as, a haggard or refractory hawk..
Inbreaking :: Inbreaking (n.) A breaking in; inroad; invasion.
Plough :: Plough (n.) A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow..
Rut :: Rut (n.) Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote..
Haematoplastic :: Haematoplastic (a.) Blood formative; -- applied to a substance in early fetal life, which breaks up gradually into blood vessels..
Consecutive :: Consecutive (a.) Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years..
Enchantment :: Enchantment (n.) The effect produced by the act; the state of being enchanted; as, to break an enchantment..
Washboard :: Washboard (n.) A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard..
Rider :: Rider (n.) One who breaks or manages a horse.
Discontinuance :: Discontinuance (n.) The act of discontinuing, or the state of being discontinued; want of continued connection or continuity; breaking off; cessation; interruption; as, a discontinuance of conversation or intercourse; discontinuance of a highway or of travel..
Icequake :: Icequake (n.) The crash or concussion attending the breaking up of masses of ice, -- often due to contraction from extreme cold..
Break-circuit :: Break-circuit (n.) A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit.
Crash :: Crash (v. i.) To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof..
Wit-cracker :: Wit-cracker (n.) One who breaks jests; a joker.
Trowel :: Trowel (n.) A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them..
Pause :: Pause (n.) A break or paragraph in writing.
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..
Resolution :: Resolution (n.) A breaking up, disappearance; or termination, as of a fever, a tumor, or the like..
Shiver :: Shiver (v. t.) To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet..
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