Definition of break

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Break (v. t.) To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill..

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Mace :: Mace (n.) A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; -- used as weapon in war before the general use of firearms, especially in the Middle Ages, for breaking metal armor..
Hydracrylic :: Hydracrylic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an isomeric variety of lastic acid that breaks down into acrylic acid and water..
Spall :: Spall (v. t.) To break into small pieces, as ore, for the purpose of separating from rock..
Ruction :: Ruction (n.) An uproar; a quarrel; a noisy outbreak.
Disrupt :: Disrupt (v. t.) To break asunder; to rend.
Chip :: Chip (v. t.) To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop..
Rabbet :: Rabbet (n.) A longitudinal channel, groove, or recess cut out of the edge or face of any body; especially, one intended to receive another member, so as to break or cover the joint, or more easily to hold the members in place; thus, the groove cut for a panel, for a pane of glass, or for a door, is a rabbet, or rebate..
Snap :: Snap (n.) To break at once; to break short, as substances that are brittle..
Pestle :: Pestle (n.) An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar.
Shive :: Shive (n.) A thin piece or fragment; specifically, one of the scales or pieces of the woody part of flax removed by the operation of breaking..
Frangent :: Frangent (a.) Causing fracture; breaking.
Break :: Break (v. i.) To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder..
Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.
Fracture :: Fracture (n.) The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
Idoloclast :: Idoloclast (n.) A breaker of idols; an iconoclast.
Discompose :: Discompose (v. t.) To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up.
Bolter :: Bolter (n.) One who bolts; esp.: (a) A horse which starts suddenly aside. (b) A man who breaks away from his party.
Crisp :: Crisp (a.) Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow..
Refract :: Refract (n.) To bend sharply and abruptly back; to break off.
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