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Definition of break

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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..

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Break :: Break (v. t.) An interruption of continuity; change of direction; as, a break in a wall; a break in the deck of a ship..

Crash :: Crash (v. i.) To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof..

Iconoclasm :: Iconoclasm (n.) The doctrine or practice of the iconoclasts; image breaking.

Crack :: Crack (v. t.) To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts..

Hydracrylic :: Hydracrylic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an isomeric variety of lastic acid that breaks down into acrylic acid and water..

Strength :: Strength (n.) Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they endure the application of force without breaking or yielding; -- in this sense opposed to frangibility; as, the strength of a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and the like..

Eruptive :: Eruptive (a.) Breaking out or bursting forth.

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..

Inbreak :: Inbreak (n.) Alt. of Inbreakin.

Break :: Break (v. t.) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares..

Nutbreaker :: Nutbreaker (n.) The European nuthatch.

Wit-cracker :: Wit-cracker (n.) One who breaks jests; a joker.

Unseal :: Unseal (v. t.) To break or remove the seal of; to open, as what is sealed; as, to unseal a letter..

Shortcake :: Shortcake (n.) An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard, rolled thin, and baked..

Break :: Break (v. t.) A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind..

Collapse :: Collapse (n.) A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown.

Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag..

Nutbreaker :: Nutbreaker (n.) The nutcracker.

Interrupt :: Interrupt (v. t.) To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks speaking..

Snip :: Snip (v. t.) To cut off the nip or neb of, or to cut off at once with shears or scissors; to clip off suddenly; to nip; hence, to break off; to snatch away..