Definition of break

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Break (v. t.) To impart, as news or information; to broach; -- with to, and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as, to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose cautiously to a friend..

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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..
Bolt :: Bolt (v. i.) To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or a caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
Crash :: Crash (v. t. ) To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence.
Breakfasting :: Breakfasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breakfas.
Part :: Part (v. i.) To be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to break; to become separated; to go asunder; as, rope parts; his hair parts in the middle..
Lithotriptist :: Lithotriptist (n.) One skilled in breaking and extracting stone in the bladder.
Break :: Break (v. t.) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey..
Fractious :: Fractious (a.) Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
Breach :: Breach (v. i.) To break the water, as by leaping out; -- said of a whale..
Breach :: Breach (n.) A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture..
Spelt :: Spelt (v. t. & i.) To split; to break; to spalt.
Gird :: Gird (v. i.) To gibe; to sneer; to break a scornful jest; to utter severe sarcasms.
Break :: Break (v. t.) To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin.
Emeute :: Emeute (n.) A seditious tumult; an outbreak.
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..
Transgressor :: Transgressor (n.) One who transgresses; one who breaks a law, or violates a command; one who violates any known rule or principle of rectitude; a sinner..
Crumble :: Crumble (v. t.) To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.
Wit-cracker :: Wit-cracker (n.) One who breaks jests; a joker.
Wind-break :: Wind-break (v. t.) To break the wind of; to cause to lose breath; to exhaust.
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