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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Upburst :: Upburst (n.) The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush; as, an upburst of molten matter..
Burst :: Burst (v. i.) To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to pressure from within; to explode; as, the boiler had burst; the buds will burst in spring..
Lawbreaker :: Lawbreaker (n.) One who disobeys the law; a criminal.
Sewel :: Sewel (n.) A scarecrow, generally made of feathers tied to a string, hung up to prevent deer from breaking into a place..
Screed :: Screed (n.) A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds..
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) A heavy harrow, for breaking up ground..
Spend :: Spend (v. i.) To break ground; to continue working.
Dwindle :: Dwindle (v. t.) To break; to disperse.
Jimmy :: Jimmy (n.) A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors.
Contuse :: Contuse (v. t.) To bruise; to injure or disorganize a part without breaking the skin.
Break :: Break (v. t.) The first appearing, as of light in the morning; the dawn; as, the break of day; the break of dawn..
Overrake :: Overrake (v. t.) To rake over, or sweep across, from end to end, as waves that break over a vessel anchored with head to the sea..
Wit-cracker :: Wit-cracker (n.) One who breaks jests; a joker.
Breach :: Breach (n.) The act of breaking, in a figurative sense..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set..
Unman :: Unman (v. t.) To deprive of the courage and fortitude of a man; to break or subdue the manly spirit in; to cause to despond; to dishearten; to make womanish.
Keratonyxis :: Keratonyxis (n.) The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye, and breaking up the opaque mass..
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..
Lithotriptist :: Lithotriptist (n.) One skilled in breaking and extracting stone in the bladder.
Saxifragant :: Saxifragant (a.) Breaking or destroying stones; saxifragous.
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