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break definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb break 16 of 63 senses of break Sense 1 interrupt, break => break, hold on stop => cut short, break short, break off => freeze, suspend Sense 2 break, separate, split up fall apart, come apart => burst, split, break open => puncture => burst, bust => ladder, run => snap, crack => break up fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise => crush Sense 3 break => shatter => fracture => break in => smash, dash Sense 5 break, bust => break down Sense 6 transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break => sin => sin, blunder, boob, goof => conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene => trespass => trespass, intrude Sense 10 break, break off discontinue, stop => fracture => bog down bog => interrupt, disrupt, break up cut off Sense 15 disclose, let on bring out reveal, discover, expose, declare, divulge, impart, break, give away let out => blackwash => muckrake => blow => out => come out of the closet, out come out => spring => betray, bewray => confide => leak => talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out blab out Sense 17 fail go bad give way die, give out conk out go break, break down => crash, go down => blow out burn out blow => misfire => malfunction, misfunction Sense 21 dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break => deafen Sense 33 separate, part split up split, break, break up => disunify, break apart => disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint => break with => divorce, split up => secede, splinter, break away => break, break away Sense 34 demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs => reduce Sense 38 collapse, fall in cave in give give way break, founder => implode, go off => buckle, crumple => flop => break => slump, slide down sink Sense 44 break, wear, wear out bust, fall apart => fray, frazzle Sense 49 break, get out get around => leak, leak out Sense 50 pause, intermit, break => rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather => take five => take ten Sense 58 crack, check, break => crack Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb break 16 of 63 senses of break Sense 1 interrupt, break => break, hold on stop => cut short, break short, break off => hang up => freeze, suspend Sense 2 break, separate, split up fall apart, come apart => burst, split, break open => blow => stave, stave in => puncture => burst, bust => shatter => ladder, run => snap, crack => break up fragment, fragmentize, fragmentise => atomize, atomise => grind, mash, crunch, bray, comminute => pulp => pestle => mill => pound => sunder => splinter, sliver => rag => crumb => brecciate => crush => bruise => grate, grind => gnash => chew, masticate, manducate, jaw => chomp, champ => champ => mumble, gum => chaw => crunch, munch => gnaw => crush Sense 3 break => shatter => fracture => break in => stave in => smash, dash Sense 5 break, bust => break down Sense 6 transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break => sin => fall => sin, blunder, boob, goof => conflict, run afoul, infringe, contravene => trespass => trespass, intrude => break in break Sense 10 break, break off discontinue, stop => fracture => bog down bog => interrupt, disrupt, break up cut off => cut, cut off => punctuate => break => put away => pause, intermit, break => rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather => take five => take ten => chime in cut in put in butt in chisel in barge in break in => interrupt, disrupt => cut in => cut short => burst in on burst upon => heckle, harass => interject, come in interpose, put in throw in inject => jam, block => take off take time off Sense 15 disclose, let on bring out reveal, discover, expose, declare, divulge, impart, break, give away let out => blackwash => muckrake => blow => out => come out of the closet, out come out => spring => betray, bewray => confide => unbosom, relieve => leak => talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, sing, babble out blab out Sense 17 fail go bad give way die, give out conk out go break, break down => crash, go down => blow out burn out blow => misfire => malfunction, misfunction => jam Sense 21 dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break => deafen Sense 33 separate, part split up split, break, break up => disunify, break apart => disassociate, dissociate, divorce, disunite, disjoint => break with => divorce, split up => secede, splinter, break away => break, break away Sense 34 demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs => reduce Sense 38 collapse, fall in cave in give give way break, founder => implode, go off => buckle, crumple => flop => break => slump, slide down sink Sense 44 break, wear, wear out bust, fall apart => fray, frazzle Sense 49 break, get out get around => leak, leak out Sense 50 pause, intermit, break => rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather => take five => take ten Sense 58 crack, check, break => crack => chap => craze => alligator Entailment of verb break Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb break 63 senses of break Sense 1 interrupt, break => end terminate Sense 2 break, separate, split up fall apart, come apart => change integrity Also See-> break up#17 Sense 3 break => separate, divide Sense 4 break => damage Sense 5 break, bust => destroy, ruin Also See-> break up#8; break apart#1; break off#5; break up#10; break down#1 Sense 6 transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break => disrespect Sense 7 break, break out break away => escape, get away break loose Sense 8 break => disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out Sense 9 break, burst, erupt => express emotion, express feelings Sense 10 break, break off discontinue, stop => end terminate Sense 11 break in break => trespass, intrude Sense 12 break in break => domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, tame Sense 13 violate, go against, break Sense 14 better, break => surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount Sense 15 disclose, let on bring out reveal, discover, expose, declare, divulge, impart, break, give away let out => tell Sense 16 break => become go get Sense 17 fail go bad give way die, give out conk out go break, break down => change Sense 18 break, break away => separate, part split up split, break, break up Sense 19 break => flee, fly, take flight Sense 20 break => collapse, fall in cave in give give way break, founder Sense 21 dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break => deaden, blunt Sense 22 break => change Sense 23 break => end finish, terminate, cease Sense 24 break => change, alter, vary Sense 25 break Sense 26 break => discontinue, stop, cease, give up quit lay off Sense 27 break => come forth, emerge Sense 28 break => happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place Sense 29 break => ruin Sense 30 break => invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify Sense 31 break => cancel, call off Sense 32 break => divide, split, split up separate, dissever, carve up Sense 33 separate, part split up split, break, break up Sense 34 demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs => delegate, designate, depute, assign Sense 35 bankrupt, ruin, break => impoverish Sense 36 break => switch, shift, change Sense 37 break => appear Sense 38 collapse, fall in cave in give give way break, founder => change Sense 39 break dance, break-dance, break => dance, trip the light fantastic Sense 40 break => change, exchange, commute, convert Sense 41 break, break up => change, alter Sense 42 break => shoot Sense 43 break => separate, disunite, divide, part Sense 44 break, wear, wear out bust, fall apart => decay, crumble, delapidate Also See-> break away#1; break off#3; break up#4; break apart#2 Sense 45 break, break off snap off => detach Sense 46 break => pierce Sense 47 break Sense 48 break => penetrate Sense 49 break, get out get around Sense 50 pause, intermit, break => interrupt, disrupt, break up cut off Sense 51 break => interrupt, disrupt, break up cut off Sense 52 break => diphthongize Sense 53 break => destroy, ruin Sense 54 break => solve, work out figure out puzzle out lick, work Sense 55 break => switch, shift, change Sense 56 break, hold on stop => interrupt, break Sense 57 break, recrudesce, develop => happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place Also See-> break out#1; break through#2 Sense 58 crack, check, break => change Sense 59 break => change state, turn Sense 60 break => decrease, diminish, lessen, fall Sense 61 fracture, break Sense 62 break => decrease, diminish, lessen, fall Sense 63 break => weaken Familiarity of verb break break used as a verb is extremely familiar (polysemy count = 63) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb break Sense 2 break, separate, split up fall apart, come apart => change integrity Sense 3 break => separate, divide -------------- Sense 4 break => damage Sense 17 fail go bad give way die, give out conk out go break, break down => change -------------- Sense 5 break, bust => destroy, ruin Sense 44 break, wear, wear out bust, fall apart => decay, crumble, delapidate -------------- Sense 7 break, break out break away => escape, get away break loose Sense 19 break => flee, fly, take flight -------------- Sense 12 break in break => domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, tame Sense 22 break => change -------------- Sense 15 disclose, let on bring out reveal, discover, expose, declare, divulge, impart, break, give away let out => tell Sense 49 break, get out get around -------------- Sense 25 break Sense 26 break => discontinue, stop, cease, give up quit lay off -------------- Sense 40 break => change, exchange, commute, convert Sense 41 break, break up => change, alter -------------- Sense 46 break => pierce Sense 47 break Sense 48 break => penetrate -------------- Sense 53 break => destroy, ruin Sense 54 break => solve, work out figure out puzzle out lick, work -------------- Sense 1 interrupt, break => end terminate -------------- Sense 6 transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break => disrespect -------------- Sense 8 break => disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out -------------- Sense 9 break, burst, erupt => express emotion, express feelings -------------- Sense 10 break, break off discontinue, stop => end terminate -------------- Sense 11 break in break => trespass, intrude -------------- Sense 13 violate, go against, break -------------- Sense 14 better, break => surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount -------------- Sense 16 break => become go get -------------- Sense 18 break, break away => separate, part split up split, break, break up -------------- Sense 20 break => collapse, fall in cave in give give way break, founder -------------- Sense 21 dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break => deaden, blunt -------------- Sense 23 break => end finish, terminate, cease -------------- Sense 24 break => change, alter, vary -------------- Sense 27 break => come forth, emerge -------------- Sense 28 break => happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place -------------- Sense 29 break => ruin -------------- Sense 30 break => invalidate, annul, quash, void, avoid, nullify -------------- Sense 31 break => cancel, call off -------------- Sense 32 break => divide, split, split up separate, dissever, carve up -------------- Sense 33 separate, part split up split, break, break up -------------- Sense 34 demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs => delegate, designate, depute, assign -------------- Sense 35 bankrupt, ruin, break => impoverish -------------- Sense 36 break => switch, shift, change -------------- Sense 37 break => appear -------------- Sense 38 collapse, fall in cave in give give way break, founder => change -------------- Sense 39 break dance, break-dance, break => dance, trip the light fantastic -------------- Sense 42 break => shoot -------------- Sense 43 break => separate, disunite, divide, part -------------- Sense 45 break, break off snap off => detach -------------- Sense 50 pause, intermit, break => interrupt, disrupt, break up cut off -------------- Sense 51 break => interrupt, disrupt, break up cut off -------------- Sense 52 break => diphthongize -------------- Sense 55 break => switch, shift, change -------------- Sense 56 break, hold on stop => interrupt, break -------------- Sense 57 break, recrudesce, develop => happen, hap, go on pass off occur, pass, come about take place -------------- Sense 58 crack, check, break => change -------------- Sense 59 break => change state, turn -------------- Sense 60 break => decrease, diminish, lessen, fall -------------- Sense 61 fracture, break -------------- Sense 62 break => decrease, diminish, lessen, fall -------------- Sense 63 break => weaken -------------- Grep of noun break break break-in break dance break dancing break of day break of serve break of the day break seal breakability breakable breakableness breakage breakaway breakax breakaxe breakbone fever breakdown breaker breaker point breakers breakfast breakfast food breakfast table breakfast time breaking breaking and entering breaking away breaking ball breaking off breaking point breaking wind breakout breakstone breakthrough breakup breakwater coffee break daybreak fastbreak firebreak gaolbreak heartbreak jailbreak outbreak prisonbreak service break tax break tea break windbreak Overview of noun break The noun break has 15 senses (first 6 from tagged texts) 1. (3) interruption, break -- (some abrupt occurrence that interrupts; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt") 2. (2) break, good luck, happy chance -- (an unexpected piece of good luck; "he finally got his big break") 3. (1) fault, geological fault, shift, fracture, break -- ((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") 4. (1) rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out -- (a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations") 5. (1) respite, recess, break, time out -- (a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate") 6. (1) breakage, break, breaking -- (the act of breaking something "the breakage was unavoidable") 7. pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension -- (a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something) 8. fracture, break -- (breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall") 9. break -- (the occurrence of breaking; "the break in the dam threatened the valley") 10. break -- (the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool) 11. break, break of serve -- ((tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; "he was up two breaks in the second set") 12. break, interruption, disruption, gap -- (an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks") 13. break -- (a sudden dash; "he made a break for the open door") 14. open frame, break -- (any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare; "the break in the eighth frame cost him the match") 15. break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking -- (an escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned") Overview of verb break The verb break has 63 senses (first 22 from tagged texts) 1. (15) interrupt, break -- (end prematurely; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak") 2. (13) break, separate, split up fall apart, come apart -- (become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart") 3. (11) break -- (destroy the integrity of usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match") 4. (9) break -- (render inoperable or ineffective; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!") 5. (8) break, bust -- (ruin completely; "He busted my radio!") 6. (6) transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break -- (act in disregard of laws and rules "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law") 7. (4) break, break out break away -- (move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail") 8. (4) break -- (scatter or part "The clouds broke after the heavy downpour") 9. (4) break, burst, erupt -- (force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up "break into tears"; "erupt in anger") 10. (4) break, break off discontinue, stop -- (prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break the silence") 11. (3) break in break -- (enter someone's property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"; "They broke into my car and stole my radio!") 12. (3) break in break -- (make submissive, obedient, or useful, as of wild animals or new items: "The horse was tough to break"; used metaphorically for people) 13. (2) violate, go against, break -- (fail to agree with be in violation of as of rules or patterns; "He violated the agreement to stay away from his ex-wife"; "You are breaking the law!") 14. (2) better, break -- (surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record") 15. (2) disclose, let on bring out reveal, discover, expose, declare, divulge, impart, break, give away let out -- (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her") 16. (2) break -- (come into being "light broke over the horizon"; "Voices broke in the air") 17. (2) fail go bad give way die, give out conk out go break, break down -- (stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident") 18. (1) break, break away -- (interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns") 19. (1) break -- (make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing (military usage); "The ranks broke") 20. (1) break -- (curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves; "The surf broke") 21. (1) dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break -- (lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall") 22. (1) break -- (be broken in "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress") 23. break -- (come to an end "The heat wave finally broke yesterday") 24. break -- (vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity; "The flat plain was broken by sharply mesas") 25. break -- (cause to give up a habit; "She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes") 26. break -- (give up: "break cigarette smoking") 27. break -- (come forth or begin from a state of latency; "The first winter storm broke over New York") 28. break -- (happen or take place "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months" (informal)) 29. break -- (cause the failure or ruin of "His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage"; "This play will either make or break the playwright") 30. break -- (invalidate by judicial action "The will was broken") 31. break -- (stop or interrupt; "He broke the engagement"; "We had to break our plans for a trip to China") 32. break -- (divide into pieces, as by bending or cutting; "break the loaf of bread"; "break the crackers") 33. separate, part split up split, break, break up -- (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up") 34. demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs -- (assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up") 35. bankrupt, ruin, break -- (reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!") 36. break -- (change directions suddenly) 37. break -- (emerge from the surface, as of fish in water; "The whales broke") 38. collapse, fall in cave in give give way break, founder -- (break down literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice") 39. break dance, break-dance, break -- (do a break dance; "Kids were break-dancing at the street corner") 40. break -- (exchange for smaller units of money; "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy") 41. break, break up -- (destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set") 42. break -- (make the opening shot that scatters the balls, in billiards or pool) 43. break -- (separate from a clinch, in boxing; "The referee broke the boxers") 44. break, wear, wear out bust, fall apart -- (go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely") 45. break, break off snap off -- (break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree") 46. break -- (pierce the surface of "The fish broke the water") 47. break -- (become punctured or penetrated: "The skin broke") 48. break -- (pierce or penetrate; "The blade broke her skin") 49. break, get out get around -- (be released or become known of news "News of her death broke in the morning") 50. pause, intermit, break -- (cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch") 51. break -- (interrupt the flow of current in "break a circuit") 52. break -- (undergo breaking; "The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages") 53. break -- (find a flaw in: "break an alibi") 54. break -- (find the solution or key to "break the code") 55. break -- (change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another; "Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children") 56. break, hold on stop -- (stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"; "We broke at noon") 57. break, recrudesce, develop -- (happen, as of an event; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time") 58. crack, check, break -- (become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated") 59. break -- (of the male voice in puberty; "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir") 60. break -- (fall sharply; "stock prices broke") 61. fracture, break -- (fracture a bone of: "I broke my foot while playing hockey") 62. break -- (diminish or discontinue abruptly; "The patient's fever broke last night") 63. break -- (weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "For a hero loves the world till it breaks him"--Yeats) Grep of adj break breakable breakaway breaking breakneck Overview of noun break The noun break has 15 senses (first 6 from tagged texts) 1. (3) interruption, break -- (some abrupt occurrence that interrupts; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt") 2. (2) break, good luck, happy chance -- (an unexpected piece of good luck; "he finally got his big break") 3. (1) fault, geological fault, shift, fracture, break -- ((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") 4. (1) rupture, breach, break, severance, rift, falling out -- (a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations") 5. (1) respite, recess, break, time out -- (a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate") 6. (1) breakage, break, breaking -- (the act of breaking something "the breakage was unavoidable") 7. pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension -- (a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something) 8. fracture, break -- (breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall") 9. break -- (the occurrence of breaking; "the break in the dam threatened the valley") 10. break -- (the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool) 11. break, break of serve -- ((tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; "he was up two breaks in the second set") 12. break, interruption, disruption, gap -- (an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks") 13. break -- (a sudden dash; "he made a break for the open door") 14. open frame, break -- (any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare; "the break in the eighth frame cost him the match") 15. break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking -- (an escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned") Overview of verb break The verb break has 63 senses (first 22 from tagged texts) 1. (15) interrupt, break -- (end prematurely; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak") 2. (13) break, separate, split up fall apart, come apart -- (become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart") 3. (11) break -- (destroy the integrity of usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match") 4. (9) break -- (render inoperable or ineffective; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!") 5. (8) break, bust -- (ruin completely; "He busted my radio!") 6. (6) transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break -- (act in disregard of laws and rules "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law") 7. (4) break, break out break away -- (move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail") 8. (4) break -- (scatter or part "The clouds broke after the heavy downpour") 9. (4) break, burst, erupt -- (force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up "break into tears"; "erupt in anger") 10. (4) break, break off discontinue, stop -- (prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break the silence") 11. (3) break in break -- (enter someone's property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"; "They broke into my car and stole my radio!") 12. (3) break in break -- (make submissive, obedient, or useful, as of wild animals or new items: "The horse was tough to break"; used metaphorically for people) 13. (2) violate, go against, break -- (fail to agree with be in violation of as of rules or patterns; "He violated the agreement to stay away from his ex-wife"; "You are breaking the law!") 14. (2) better, break -- (surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record") 15. (2) disclose, let on bring out reveal, discover, expose, declare, divulge, impart, break, give away let out -- (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her") 16. (2) break -- (come into being "light broke over the horizon"; "Voices broke in the air") 17. (2) fail go bad give way die, give out conk out go break, break down -- (stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident") 18. (1) break, break away -- (interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns") 19. (1) break -- (make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing (military usage); "The ranks broke") 20. (1) break -- (curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves; "The surf broke") 21. (1) dampen, damp, soften, weaken, break -- (lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall") 22. (1) break -- (be broken in "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress") 23. break -- (come to an end "The heat wave finally broke yesterday") 24. break -- (vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity; "The flat plain was broken by sharply mesas") 25. break -- (cause to give up a habit; "She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes") 26. break -- (give up: "break cigarette smoking") 27. break -- (come forth or begin from a state of latency; "The first winter storm broke over New York") 28. break -- (happen or take place "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months" (informal)) 29. break -- (cause the failure or ruin of "His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage"; "This play will either make or break the playwright") 30. break -- (invalidate by judicial action "The will was broken") 31. break -- (stop or interrupt; "He broke the engagement"; "We had to break our plans for a trip to China") 32. break -- (divide into pieces, as by bending or cutting; "break the loaf of bread"; "break the crackers") 33. separate, part split up split, break, break up -- (discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up") 34. demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs -- (assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up") 35. bankrupt, ruin, break -- (reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!") 36. break -- (change directions suddenly) 37. break -- (emerge from the surface, as of fish in water; "The whales broke") 38. collapse, fall in cave in give give way break, founder -- (break down literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice") 39. break dance, break-dance, break -- (do a break dance; "Kids were break-dancing at the street corner") 40. break -- (exchange for smaller units of money; "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy") 41. break, break up -- (destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set") 42. break -- (make the opening shot that scatters the balls, in billiards or pool) 43. break -- (separate from a clinch, in boxing; "The referee broke the boxers") 44. break, wear, wear out bust, fall apart -- (go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely") 45. break, break off snap off -- (break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree") 46. break -- (pierce the surface of "The fish broke the water") 47. break -- (become punctured or penetrated: "The skin broke") 48. break -- (pierce or penetrate; "The blade broke her skin") 49. break, get out get around -- (be released or become known of news "News of her death broke in the morning") 50. pause, intermit, break -- (cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch") 51. break -- (interrupt the flow of current in "break a circuit") 52. break -- (undergo breaking; "The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages") 53. break -- (find a flaw in: "break an alibi") 54. break -- (find the solution or key to "break the code") 55. break -- (change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another; "Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children") 56. break, hold on stop -- (stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments; "Hold on a moment!"; "We broke at noon") 57. break, recrudesce, develop -- (happen, as of an event; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time") 58. crack, check, break -- (become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated") 59. break -- (of the male voice in puberty; "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir") 60. break -- (fall sharply; "stock prices broke") 61. fracture, break -- (fracture a bone of: "I broke my foot while playing hockey") 62. break -- (diminish or discontinue abruptly; "The patient's fever broke last night") 63. break -- (weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "For a hero loves the world till it breaks him"--Yeats)
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