Break word meaning and definition

[noun] an escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned"
[noun] any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare; "the break in the eighth frame cost him the match"
[noun] a sudden dash; "he made a break for the open door"
[noun] the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"
[noun] an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"
[noun] (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; "he was up two breaks in the second set"
[noun] the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
[noun] a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"
[noun] a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
[noun] an unexpected piece of good luck; "he finally got his big break"
[noun] the occurrence of breaking; "the break in the dam threatened the valley"
[noun] some abrupt occurrence that interrupts; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"
[noun] (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"
[noun] breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
[noun] a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
[verb] weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "For a hero loves the world till it breaks him"--Yeats
[verb] come into being; "light broke over the horizon"; "Voices broke in the air"
[verb] diminish or discontinue abruptly; "The patient's fever broke last night"
[verb] fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey"
[verb] fall sharply; "stock prices broke"
[verb] make submissive, obedient, or useful, as of wild animals or new items; also used metaphorically of people; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern"
[verb] be broken in; "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress"
[verb] of the male voice in puberty; "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir"
[verb] render inoperable or ineffective; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!"
[verb] become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"
[verb] destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match"
[verb] become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated"
[verb] happen, as of an event; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"
[verb] prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break the silence"
[verb] stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"; "We broke at noon"
[verb] end prematurely; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"

\Break\, v. t. [imp. {broke}, (Obs. {Brake}); p. p. {Broken}, (Obs. {Broke}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Breaking}.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak, Sw. braka, br["a]kka to crack, Dan. br[ae]kke to break, Goth. brikan to break, L. frangere. Cf. {Bray} to pound, {Breach}, {Fragile}.] 1. 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. --Shak. 2. To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods. 3. To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate. Katharine, break thy mind to me. --Shak. 4. To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise. Out, out, hyena! these are thy wonted arts . . . To break all faith, all vows, deceive, betray. --Milton 5. To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey. Go, release them, Ariel; My charms I'll break, their senses I'll restore. --Shak. 6. To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set. 7. To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares. 8. To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments. The victim broke in pieces the musical instruments with which he had solaced the hours of captivity. --Prescott. 9. To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill. 10. To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax. 11. To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind. An old man, broken with the storms of state. --Shak. 12. To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow. I'll rather leap down first, and break your fall. --Dryden. 13. To impart, as news or information; to broach; -- with to, and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as, to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose cautiously to a friend. 14. To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle. ``To break a colt.'' --Spenser. Why, then thou canst not break her to the lute? --Shak. 15. To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin. With arts like these rich Matho, when he speaks, Attracts all fees, and little lawyers breaks. --Dryden. 16. To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss. I see a great officer broken. --Swift. Note: With prepositions or adverbs: {To break down}.
(a) To crush; to overwhelm; as, to break down one's strength; to break down opposition.
(b) To remove, or open a way through, by breaking; as, to break down a door or wall. {To break in}.
(a) To force in; as, to break in a door.
(b) To train; to discipline; as, a horse well broken in. {To break of}, to rid of; to cause to abandon; as, to break one of a habit. {To break off}.
(a) To separate by breaking; as, to break off a twig.
(b) To stop suddenly; to abandon. ``Break off thy sins by righteousness.'' --Dan. iv. 27. {To break open}, to open by breaking. ``Open the door, or I will break it open.'' --Shak. {To break out}, to take or force out by breaking; as, to break out a pane of glass. {To break out a cargo}, to unstow a cargo, so as to unload it easily. {To break through}.
(a) To make an opening through, as, as by violence or the force of gravity; to pass violently through; as, to break through the enemy's lines; to break through the ice.
(b) To disregard; as, to break through the ceremony. {To break up}.
(a) To separate into parts; to plow (new or fallow ground). ``Break up this capon.'' --Shak. ``Break up your fallow ground.'' --Jer. iv. 3.
(b) To dissolve; to put an end to. ``Break up the court.'' --Shak. {To break} (one) {all up}, to unsettle or disconcert completely; to upset. [Colloq.] Note: With an immediate object: {To break the back}.
(a) To dislocate the backbone; hence, to disable totally.
(b) To get through the worst part of; as, to break the back of a difficult undertaking. {To break bulk}, to destroy the entirety of a load by removing a portion of it; to begin to unload; also, to transfer in detail, as from boats to cars. {To break cover}, to burst forth from a protecting concealment, as game when hunted. {To break a deer} or {stag}, to cut it up and apportion the parts among those entitled to a share. {To break fast}, to partake of food after abstinence. See {Breakfast}. {To break ground}.
(a) To open the earth as for planting; to commence excavation, as for building, siege operations, and the like; as, to break ground for a foundation, a canal, or a railroad.
(b) Fig.: To begin to execute any plan.
(c) (Naut.) To release the anchor from the bottom. {To break the heart}, to crush or overwhelm (one) with grief. {To break a house} (Law), to remove or set aside with violence and a felonious intent any part of a house or of the fastenings provided to secure it. {To break the ice}, to get through first difficulties; to overcome obstacles and make a beginning; to introduce a subject. {To break jail}, to escape from confinement in jail, usually by forcible means. {To break a jest}, to utter a jest. ``Patroclus . . . the livelong day breaks scurril jests.'' --Shak. {To break joints}, to lay or arrange bricks, shingles, etc., so that the joints in one course shall not coincide with those in the preceding course. {To break a lance}, to engage in a tilt or contest. {To break the neck}, to dislocate the joints of the neck. {To break no squares}, to create no trouble. [Obs.] {To break a path}, {road}, etc., to open a way through obstacles by force or labor.

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