Definition of break

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Break (v. t.) To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind..

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Entry :: Entry (n.) The act in addition to breaking essential to constitute the offense or burglary.
Infractor :: Infractor (n.) One who infracts or infringes; a violator; a breaker.
Break :: Break (v. i.) To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder..
Uncamp :: Uncamp (v. t.) To break up the camp of; to dislodge from camp.
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..
Hayward :: Hayward (n.) An officer who is appointed to guard hedges, and to keep cattle from breaking or cropping them, and whose further duty it is to impound animals found running at large..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To open up; to be scattered; to be dissipated; as, the clouds are breaking..
Crash :: Crash (n.) A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once..
Perbreak :: Perbreak (n.) See Parbreak.
Rail :: Rail (n.) The light, fencelike structures of wood or metal at the break of the deck, and elsewhere where such protection is needed..
Muffin :: Muffin (n.) A light, spongy, cylindrical cake, used for breakfast and tea..
Nippers :: Nippers (n. pl.) Small pinchers for holding, breaking, or cutting..
Recrudescent :: Recrudescent (a.) Breaking out again after temporary abatement or supression; as, a recrudescent epidemic..
Smash :: Smash (n.) A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck.
Thrust :: Thrust (n.) The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.
Break :: Break (v. i.) To open spontaneously, or by pressure from within, as a bubble, a tumor, a seed vessel, a bag..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, but degenerates into an unmusical sound instead. Also, to change in tone, as a boy's voice at puberty..
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.
Flash :: Flash (v. i.) To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary brilliancy; to come or pass like a flash..
Heartbreaking :: Heartbreaking (a.) Causing overpowering sorrow.
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