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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Breach :: Breach (n.) A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture.
Break :: Break (v. i.) To open spontaneously, or by pressure from within, as a bubble, a tumor, a seed vessel, a bag..
Flaw :: Flaw (v. t.) To break; to violate; to make of no effect.
Breaker :: Breaker (n.) One who, or that which, breaks..
Fritter :: Fritter (v. t.) To break into small pieces or fragments.
Jimmy :: Jimmy (n.) A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors.
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.
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..
Parbreak :: Parbreak (n.) Vomit.
Dash :: Dash (n.) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis..
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.
Mace :: Mace (n.) A heavy staff or club of metal; a spiked club; -- used as weapon in war before the general use of firearms, especially in the Middle Ages, for breaking metal armor..
Resolution :: Resolution (n.) A breaking up, disappearance; or termination, as of a fever, a tumor, or the like..
Imbricated :: Imbricated (a.) Lying over each other in regular order, so as to break joints, like tiles or shingles on a roof, the scales on the leaf buds of plants and the cups of some acorns, or the scales of fishes; overlapping each other at the margins, as leaves in aestivation..
Pause :: Pause (n.) A break or paragraph in writing.
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) A heavy harrow, for breaking up ground..
Subdue :: Subdue (v. t.) To make mellow; to break, as land; also, to destroy, as weeds..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To open up; to be scattered; to be dissipated; as, the clouds are breaking..
Rut :: Rut (n.) Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote..
Rider :: Rider (n.) One who breaks or manages a horse.
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