Definition of break

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

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Interpel :: Interpel (v. t.) To interrupt, break in upon, or intercede with..
Icequake :: Icequake (n.) The crash or concussion attending the breaking up of masses of ice, -- often due to contraction from extreme cold..
Saxifragant :: Saxifragant (a.) Breaking or destroying stones; saxifragous.
Plough :: Plough (v. t.) To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow; to till with, or as with, a plow; as, to plow the ground; to plow a field..
Stave :: Stave (n.) To suffer, or cause, to be lost by breaking the cask..
Disband :: Disband (v. t.) To loose the bands of; to set free; to disunite; to scatter; to disperse; to break up the organization of; especially, to dismiss from military service; as, to disband an army..
Broach :: Broach (n.) To cause to begin or break out.
Piece :: Piece (n.) A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piece of sugar; to break in pieces..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To open up; to be scattered; to be dissipated; as, the clouds are breaking..
Break :: Break (v. t.) An interruption; a pause; as, a break in friendship; a break in the conversation..
Flashing :: Flashing (n.) Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also, similar pieces used to cover the valleys of roofs of slate, shingles, or the like. By extension, the metal covering of ridges and hips of roofs; also, in the United States, the protecting of angles and breaks in walls of frame houses with waterproof material, tarred paper, or the like. Cf. Filleting..
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..
Crack :: Crack (v. t.) To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts..
Entry :: Entry (n.) The act in addition to breaking essential to constitute the offense or burglary.
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) An interleaved strip at the back, as in a scrap book, to guard against its breaking when filled..
Scratch :: Scratch (n.) A break in the surface of a thing made by scratching, or by rubbing with anything pointed or rough; a slight wound, mark, furrow, or incision..
Sunder :: Sunder (v. t.) To disunite in almost any manner, either by rending, cutting, or breaking; to part; to put or keep apart; to separate; to divide; to sever; as, to sunder a rope; to sunder a limb; to sunder friends..
Dwindle :: Dwindle (v. t.) To break; to disperse.
Outbreak :: Outbreak (n.) A bursting forth; eruption; insurrection.
Iconoclastic :: Iconoclastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the iconoclasts, or to image breaking..
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