Break vs. Brake

Breakverb

To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.

Breakverb

To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.

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(transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.

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(transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.

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(intransitive) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.

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(transitive) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.

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(transitive) To ruin financially.

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(transitive) To violate, to not adhere to.

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To pass the most dangerous part of the illness; to go down, in terms of temperature.

Breakverb

To end.

Breakverb

To begin; to end.

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To arrive.

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To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.

Breakverb

To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.

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To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.

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(transitive) To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.

Breakverb

(specifically) To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.

Breakverb

(specifically) To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like.

Breakverb

(transitive) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.

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To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.

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(intransitive) To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.

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(intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily.

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(transitive) To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.

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To disclose or make known an item of news, etc.

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To become audible suddenly.

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(transitive) To change a steady state abruptly.

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To suddenly become.

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(intransitive) Of a male voice, to become deeper at puberty.

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(intransitive) Of a voice, to alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men generally to go up, in women sometimes to go down; to crack.

Breakverb

(transitive) To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (a record), setting a new record.

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Breakverb

To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.

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To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.

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To remove one of the two men on (a point).

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To demote, to reduce the military rank of.

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(transitive) To end (a connection), to disconnect.

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To demulsify.

Breakverb

To counter-attack

Breakverb

To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.

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(intransitive) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.

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To fail in business; to become bankrupt.

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(transitive) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.

Breakverb

(transitive) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.

Breakverb

(intransitive) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait.

Breakverb

To fall out; to terminate friendship.

Breaknoun

An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.

Breaknoun

A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.

Breaknoun

A rest or pause, usually from work.

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A short holiday.

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A temporary split with a romantic partner.

Breaknoun

An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.

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A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.

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The beginning (of the morning).

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An act of escaping.

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The separation between lines or paragraphs of a written text.

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A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.

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(tennis) A game won by the receiving player(s).

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The first shot in a game of billiards

Breaknoun

(snooker) The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table

Breaknoun

(soccer) The counter-attack

Breaknoun

(surfing) A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).

Breaknoun

(dated) A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.

Breaknoun

(equitation) A sharp bit or snaffle.

Breaknoun

(music) A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.

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(music) The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.

Breaknoun

(music) A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.

Breakverb

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.

Breakverb

To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods.

Breakverb

To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.

Breakverb

To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise.

Breakverb

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.

Breakverb

To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set.

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To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares.

Breakverb

To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments.

Breakverb

To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill.

Breakverb

To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax.

Breakverb

To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind.

Breakverb

To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow.

Breakverb

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.

Breakverb

To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle.

Breakverb

To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin.

Breakverb

To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.

Breakverb

To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder.

Breakverb

To open spontaneously, or by pressure from within, as a bubble, a tumor, a seed vessel, a bag.

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To burst forth; to make its way; to come to view; to appear; to dawn.

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To burst forth violently, as a storm.

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To open up; to be scattered; to be dissipated; as, the clouds are breaking.

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To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.

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To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking.

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To fall in business; to become bankrupt.

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To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop.

Breakverb

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.

Breakverb

To fall out; to terminate friendship.

Breaknoun

An opening made by fracture or disruption.

Breaknoun

An interruption of continuity; change of direction; as, a break in a wall; a break in the deck of a ship.

Breaknoun

An interruption; a pause; as, a break in friendship; a break in the conversation.

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An interruption in continuity in writing or printing, as where there is an omission, an unfilled line, etc.

Breaknoun

The first appearing, as of light in the morning; the dawn; as, the break of day; the break of dawn.

Breaknoun

A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.

Breaknoun

A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10.

Breaknoun

See Commutator.

Breaknoun

some abrupt occurrence that interrupts;

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an unexpected piece of good luck;

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(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other;

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a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions);

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a pause from doing something (as work);

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the act of breaking something;

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a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

Breaknoun

breaking of hard tissue such as bone;

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the occurrence of breaking;

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the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool

Breaknoun

(tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving;

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an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity;

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a sudden dash;

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any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare;

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an escape from jail;

Breakverb

terminate;

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become separated into pieces or fragments;

Breakverb

destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments;

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render inoperable or ineffective;

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ruin completely;

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act in disregard of laws and rules;

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move away or escape suddenly;

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scatter or part;

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force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up;

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prevent completion;

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enter someone's property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act;

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make submissive, obedient, or useful;

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fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns;

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surpass in excellence;

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make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret;

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come into being;

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stop operating or functioning;

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interrupt a continued activity;

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make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing;

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curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves;

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lessen in force or effect;

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be broken in;

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come to an end;

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vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity;

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cause to give up a habit;

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give up;

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come forth or begin from a state of latency;

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happen or take place;

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cause the failure or ruin of;

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invalidate by judicial action;

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discontinue an association or relation; go different ways;

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assign to a lower position; reduce in rank;

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reduce to bankruptcy;

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change directions suddenly

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emerge from the surface of a body of water;

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break down, literally or metaphorically;

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do a break dance;

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exchange for smaller units of money;

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destroy the completeness of a set of related items;

Breakverb

make the opening shot that scatters the balls

Breakverb

separate from a clinch, in boxing;

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go to pieces;

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break a piece from a whole;

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become punctured or penetrated;

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pierce or penetrate;

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be released or become known; of news;

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cease an action temporarily;

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interrupt the flow of current in;

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undergo breaking;

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find a flaw in;

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find the solution or key to;

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change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another;

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happen;

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become fractured; break or crack on the surface only;

Breakverb

of the male voice in puberty;

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fall sharply;

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fracture a bone of;

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diminish or discontinue abruptly;

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weaken or destroy in spirit or body;

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separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain

Breakverb

sustain an injury involving the fracture of a bone or bones in a part of the body

Breakverb

cause a cut or graze in (the skin)

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make or become inoperative

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(of the amniotic fluid surrounding a fetus) be discharged when the sac is ruptured in the first stages of labour

Breakverb

open (a safe) forcibly.

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use (a banknote) to pay for something and receive change out of the transaction

Breakverb

(of two boxers or wrestlers) come out of a clinch, especially at the referee's command

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make the first stroke at the beginning of a game of billiards, pool, or snooker.

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unfurl (a flag or sail).

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succeed in deciphering (a code)

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disprove (an alibi).

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interrupt (a continuity, sequence, or course)

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put an end to (a silence) by speaking or making contact

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make a pause in (a journey)

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stop proceedings in order to have a pause or vacation

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lessen the impact of (a fall)

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disconnect or interrupt (an electric circuit)

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stop oneself from engaging in (a habitual practice)

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surpass (a record)

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fail to observe (a law, regulation, or agreement)

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fail to continue with (a self-imposed discipline)

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crush the emotional strength, spirit, or resistance of

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(of a person's emotional strength or control) give way

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destroy the power of (a movement or organization)

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destroy the effectiveness of (a strike), typically by moving in other people to replace the striking workers

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(of the weather) change suddenly, especially after a fine spell

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(of a storm) begin violently

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(of dawn or a day) begin as the sun rises

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(of clouds) move apart and begin to disperse

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(of waves) curl over and dissolve into foam

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(of a person's voice) falter and change tone, due to emotion

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(of a boy's voice) change in tone and register at puberty

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(of a vowel) develop into a diphthong, under the influence of an adjacent sound.

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(of prices on the stock exchange) fall sharply.

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(of news or a scandal) suddenly become public

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make bad news known to (someone)

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(chiefly of an attacking player or team, or of a military force) make a rush or dash in a particular direction

Breakverb

(of a bowled cricket ball) change direction on bouncing, due to spin.

Breakverb

(of a ball) rebound unpredictably

Breaknoun

an interruption of continuity or uniformity

Breaknoun

an act of separating oneself from a pre-existing state of affairs

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a change in the weather

Breaknoun

a change of line, paragraph, or page

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a change of tone in a person's voice due to emotion

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an interruption in an electric circuit.

Breaknoun

the winning of a game against an opponent's serve.

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a pause in work or during an activity or event

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an interval during the school day

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a short holiday

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a short solo or instrumental passage in jazz or popular music.

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dance music featuring breakbeats.

Breaknoun

a gap or opening

Breaknoun

an instance of breaking something, or the point where something is broken

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a rush or dash in a particular direction, especially by an attacking player or team

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an escape, typically from prison.

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a change in the direction of a bowled ball on bouncing.

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an opportunity or chance, especially one leading to professional success

Breaknoun

a consecutive series of successful shots, scoring a specified number of points

Breaknoun

a player's turn to make the opening shot of a game

Breaknoun

a bud or shoot sprouting from a stem.

Breaknoun

former term for breaking cart

Breaknoun

another term for brake

Brakenoun

A fern; bracken.

Brakenoun

A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.

Brakenoun

A tool used for breaking flax or hemp.

Brakenoun

A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)

Brakenoun

A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after ploughing; a drag.

Brakenoun

(military) An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.

Brakenoun

(obsolete) The winch of a crossbow.

Brakenoun

The handle of a pump.

Brakenoun

A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, by friction; also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.

Brakenoun

The act of braking, of using a brake to slow down a machine or vehicle

Brakenoun

(engineering) An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine or other motor by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake.

Brakenoun

(figuratively) Something used to retard or stop some action, process etc.

Brakenoun

A baker's kneading trough.

Brakenoun

A device used to confine or prevent the motion of an animal.

Brakenoun

A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him.

Brakenoun

An enclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.

Brakenoun

A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.W

Brakenoun

A carriage for transporting shooting parties and their equipment.W

Brakenoun

That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.

Brakenoun

(obsolete) A cage.

Brakenoun

A type of torture instrument.

Brakeverb

(transitive) To bruise and crush; to knead

Brakeverb

(transitive) To pulverise with a harrow

Brakeverb

(intransitive) To operate (a) brake(s).

Brakeverb

(intransitive) To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.

Brakeverb

(archaic) break

Brake

imp. of Break.

Brakenoun

A fern of the genus Pteris, esp. the Pteris aquilina, common in almost all countries. It has solitary stems dividing into three principal branches. Less properly: Any fern.

Brakenoun

A thicket; a place overgrown with shrubs and brambles, with undergrowth and ferns, or with canes.

Brakenoun

An instrument or machine to break or bruise the woody part of flax or hemp so that it may be separated from the fiber.

Brakenoun

An extended handle by means of which a number of men can unite in working a pump, as in a fire engine.

Brakenoun

A baker's kneading though.

Brakenoun

A sharp bit or snaffle.

Brakenoun

A frame for confining a refractory horse while the smith is shoeing him; also, an inclosure to restrain cattle, horses, etc.

Brakenoun

That part of a carriage, as of a movable battery, or engine, which enables it to turn.

Brakenoun

An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.

Brakenoun

A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after plowing; a drag.

Brakenoun

A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by friction, as of a carriage or railway car, by the pressure of rubbers against the wheels, or of clogs or ratchets against the track or roadway, or of a pivoted lever against a wheel or drum in a machine.

Brakenoun

An apparatus for testing the power of a steam engine, or other motor, by weighing the amount of friction that the motor will overcome; a friction brake.

Brakenoun

A cart or carriage without a body, used in breaking in horses.

Brakenoun

An ancient instrument of torture.

Brakenoun

a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle

Brakenoun

any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants

Brakenoun

large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan

Brakenoun

an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant

Brakeverb

stop travelling by applying a brake;

Brakeverb

cause to stop by applying the brakes;

Brakenoun

a device for slowing or stopping a moving vehicle, typically by applying pressure to the wheels

Brakenoun

a thing that slows or hinders a process

Brakenoun

another term for brake van

Brakenoun

an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels.

Brakenoun

a toothed instrument used for crushing flax and hemp.

Brakenoun

a heavy machine formerly used in agriculture for breaking up large lumps of earth.

Brakenoun

a thicket.

Brakenoun

a coarse fern of warm and tropical countries, frequently having the fronds divided into long linear segments.

Brakenoun

archaic term for bracken

Brakeverb

make a moving vehicle slow down or stop by using a brake

Brake

A brake is a mechanical device that inhibits motion by absorbing energy from a moving system. It is used for slowing or stopping a moving vehicle, wheel, axle, or to prevent its motion, most often accomplished by means of friction.