BREAK
Definition of BREAK
- (verb)terminate or end
- (verb)become separated into pieces or fragments
- (verb)render inoperable or ineffective
- (verb)ruin completely
- (verb)destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- (verb)act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- (verb)move away or escape suddenly
- (verb)scatter or part
- (verb)force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- (verb)prevent completion
- (verb)enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- (verb)make submissive, obedient, or useful
- (verb)fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- (verb)surpass in excellence
- (verb)make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- (verb)come into being
- (verb)stop operating or functioning
- (verb)interrupt a continued activity
- (verb)make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- (verb)curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- (verb)lessen in force or effect
- (verb)be broken in
- (verb)come to an end
- (verb)vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- (verb)cause to give up a habit
- (verb)give up
- (verb)come forth or begin from a state of latency
- (verb)happen or take place
- (verb)cause the failure or ruin of
- (verb)invalidate by judicial action
- (verb)discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- (verb)assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- (verb)reduce to bankruptcy
- (verb)change directions suddenly
- (verb)emerge from the surface of a body of water
- (verb)break down, literally or metaphorically
- (verb)do a break dance
- (verb)exchange for smaller units of money
- (verb)destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- (verb)make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- (verb)separate from a clinch, in boxing
- (verb)go to pieces
- (verb)break a piece from a whole
- (verb)become punctured or penetrated
- (verb)pierce or penetrate
- (verb)be released or become known; of news
- (verb)cease an action temporarily
- (verb)interrupt the flow of current in
- (verb)undergo breaking
- (verb)find a flaw in
- (verb)find the solution or key to
- (verb)change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- (verb)happen
- (verb)become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- (verb)crack; of the male voice in puberty
- (verb)fall sharply
- (verb)fracture a bone of
- (verb)diminish or discontinue abruptly
- (verb)weaken or destroy in spirit or body
- (noun)some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- (noun)an unexpected piece of good luck
- (noun)(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- (noun)a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- (noun)a pause from doing something (as work)
- (noun)the act of breaking something
- (noun)a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- (noun)breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- (noun)the occurrence of breaking
- (noun)an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- (noun)the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- (noun)(tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- (noun)an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- (noun)a sudden dash
- (noun)any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- (noun)an escape from jail