Definition of break

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Break (v. i.) To burst forth violently, as a storm..

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Rent :: Rent (n.) An opening made by rending; a break or breach made by force; a tear.
Knap :: Knap (v. t.) To bite; to bite off; to break short.
Saxifragant :: Saxifragant (a.) Breaking or destroying stones; saxifragous.
Break :: Break (v. i.) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
Denutrition :: Denutrition (n.) The opposition of nutrition; the failure of nutrition causing the breaking down of tissue.
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..
Frush :: Frush (v. t.) To batter; to break in pieces.
Parbreak :: Parbreak (n.) Vomit.
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
Break :: Break (v. t.) A projection or recess from the face of a building.
Sponge :: Sponge (v. t.) Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast..
Tract :: Tract (v.) Verses of Scripture sung at Mass, instead of the Alleluia, from Septuagesima Sunday till the Saturday befor Easter; -- so called because sung tractim, or without a break, by one voice, instead of by many as in the antiphons..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow..
Hiatus :: Hiatus (n.) An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm; esp., a defect in a manuscript, where some part is lost or effaced; a space where something is wanting; a break..
Ossifragous :: Ossifragous (a.) Serving to break bones; bone-breaking.
Pistillation :: Pistillation (n.) The act of pounding or breaking in a mortar; pestillation.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.
To- :: To- (prep.) An obsolete intensive prefix used in the formation of compound verbs; as in to-beat, to-break, to-hew, to-rend, to-tear. See these words in the Vocabulary. See the Note on All to, or All-to, under All, adv..
Pliant :: Pliant (v.) Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart..
Crumb :: Crumb (v. t.) To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, to crumb bread..
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