Definition of break

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Break (v. i.) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop..

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Breakfast :: Breakfast (n.) The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal..
Crash :: Crash (v. i.) To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof..
Trowel :: Trowel (n.) A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them..
Perbreak :: Perbreak (n.) See Parbreak.
Wit-cracker :: Wit-cracker (n.) One who breaks jests; a joker.
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.
Inbreaking :: Inbreaking (n.) A breaking in; inroad; invasion.
Lunch :: Lunch (n.) A luncheon; specifically, a light repast between breakfast and dinner..
Pace :: Pace (v. t.) To develop, guide, or control the pace or paces of; to teach the pace; to break in..
Smasher :: Smasher (n.) One who, or that which, smashes or breaks things to pieces..
Snap :: Snap (v. i.) To break short, or at once; to part asunder suddenly; as, a mast snaps; a needle snaps..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin.
Crack :: Crack (v. t.) To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts..
Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A sudden breaking or rupture of any substance.
Heartbreaking :: Heartbreaking (a.) Causing overpowering sorrow.
Aposiopesis :: Aposiopesis (n.) A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, I declare to you that his conduct -- but I can not speak of that, here..
Rough :: Rough (v. t.) To break in, as a horse, especially for military purposes..
Salvo :: Salvo (n.) A concentrated fire from pieces of artillery, as in endeavoring to make a break in a fortification; a volley..
Pound-breach :: Pound-breach (n.) The breaking of a public pound for releasing impounded animals.
Unspell :: Unspell (v. t.) To break the power of (a spell); to release (a person) from the influence of a spell; to disenchant.
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