Definition of break

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Break (v. t.) To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle..

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Discuss :: Discuss (v. t.) To break up; to disperse; to scatter; to dissipate; to drive away; -- said especially of tumors.
Craze :: Craze (v. t.) To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase.
Perbreak :: Perbreak (n.) See Parbreak.
Squeak :: Squeak (v. i.) To break silence or secrecy for fear of pain or punishment; to speak; to confess.
Break-circuit :: Break-circuit (n.) A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit.
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..
Emeute :: Emeute (n.) A seditious tumult; an outbreak.
Disjoint :: Disjoint (v. t.) To break the natural order and relations of; to make incoherent; as, a disjointed speech..
Glucoside :: Glucoside (n.) One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and regarded as influental agents in the formation and disposition of the sugars. They are frequently of a bitter taste, but, by the action of ferments, or of dilute acids and alkalies, always break down into some characteristic substance (acid, aldehyde, alcohol, phenole, or alkaloid) and glucose (or some other sugar); hence the name. They are of the natur
Break :: Break (v. t.) To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods..
Snap :: Snap (n.) To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; -- usually with up..
Chasm :: Chasm (n.) A void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men..
Brittleness :: Brittleness (n.) Aptness to break; fragility.
Break :: Break (v. t.) To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate..
Breakbone Fever :: Breakbone fever () See Dengue.
Malacosteon :: Malacosteon (n.) A peculiar disease of the bones, in consequence of which they become softened and capable of being bent without breaking..
Breakneck :: Breakneck (a.) Producing danger of a broken neck; as, breakneck speed..
Tough :: Tough (superl.) Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough..
Eccoriate :: Eccoriate (v. t.) To strip or wear off the skin of; to abrade; to gall; to break and remove the cuticle of, in any manner, as by rubbing, beating, or by the action of acrid substances..
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