Definition of break

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Break (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10..

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Oathbreaking :: Oathbreaking (n.) The violation of an oath; perjury.
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..
Exanthema :: Exanthema (n.) An efflorescence or discoloration of the skin; an eruption or breaking out, as in measles, smallpox, scarlatina, and the like diseases; -- sometimes limited to eruptions attended with fever..
Alligator :: Alligator (n.) a rock breake.
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) To break, as land, by drawing a drag or harrow over it; to harrow; to draw a drag along the bottom of, as a stream or other water; hence, to search, as by means of a drag..
Destroy :: Destroy (v. t.) To unbuild; to pull or tear down; to separate virulently into its constituent parts; to break up the structure and organic existence of; to demolish.
Whitecap :: Whitecap (n.) A wave whose crest breaks into white foam, as when the wind is freshening..
Breakfast :: Breakfast (v. t.) To furnish with breakfast.
Interpel :: Interpel (v. t.) To interrupt, break in upon, or intercede with..
Dismantle :: Dismantle (v. t.) To strip of furniture and equipments, guns, etc.; to unrig; to strip of walls or outworks; to break down; as, to dismantle a fort, a town, or a ship..
Plough :: Plough (n.) A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops; also used to furrow or break up the soil for other purposes; as, the subsoil plow; the draining plow..
Dengue :: Dengue (n.) A specific epidemic disease attended with high fever, cutaneous eruption, and severe pains in the head and limbs, resembling those of rheumatism; -- called also breakbone fever. It occurs in India, Egypt, the West Indies, etc., is of short duration, and rarely fatal..
Dissolution :: Dissolution (n.) The dispersion of an assembly by terminating its sessions; the breaking up of a partnership.
Shortcake :: Shortcake (n.) An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened with butter or lard, rolled thin, and baked..
Dig :: Dig (v. t.) To turn up, or delve in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, open, or loosen, as if with a spade..
Sea Breach :: Sea breach () A breaking or overflow of a bank or a dike by the sea.
Brake :: Brake (v. t.) A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses..
Break :: Break (v. i.) To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder..
Interruption :: Interruption (n.) Obstruction caused by breaking in upon course, current, progress, or motion; stop; hindrance; as, the author has met with many interruptions in the execution of his work; the speaker or the argument proceeds without interruption..
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..
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