Definition of break

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

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Break :: Break (v. i.) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop..
Breach :: Breach (n.) A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf..
Discontinuer :: Discontinuer (n.) One who discontinues, or breaks off or away from; an absentee..
Brake :: Brake () imp. of Break.
Break-circuit :: Break-circuit (n.) A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit.
Erumpent :: Erumpent (a.) Breaking out; -- said of certain fungi which burst through the texture of leaves.
Rail :: Rail (n.) The light, fencelike structures of wood or metal at the break of the deck, and elsewhere where such protection is needed..
Gall :: Gall (v. t.) To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind..
Disintegrate :: Disintegrate (v. t.) To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences..
Cabbling :: Cabbling (n.) The process of breaking up the flat masses into which wrought iron is first hammered, in order that the pieces may be reheated and wrought into bar iron..
Disjoint :: Disjoint (v. t.) To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint and edifice..
Breaking :: Breaking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Brea.
Stramash :: Stramash (v. t.) To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy..
Breakwater :: Breakwater (n.) Any structure or contrivance, as a mole, or a wall at the mouth of a harbor, to break the force of waves, and afford protection from their violence..
Cavezon :: Cavezon (n.) A kind of noseband used in breaking and training horses.
Bruise :: Bruise (v. t.) To break; as in a mortar; to bray, as minerals, roots, etc.; to crush..
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..
Knap :: Knap (v. t.) To bite; to bite off; to break short.
Refracture :: Refracture (v. t.) To break again, as a bone..
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