Definition of break | What does break mean?
What is the definition of the word BREAK?
Here is a list of definitions for break.
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"
- an unexpected piece of good luck; "he finally got his big 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"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
- a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"
- the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
- the occurrence of breaking; "the break in the dam threatened the valley"
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion); "then there was a break in her voice"
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; "he was up two breaks in the second set"
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"
- a sudden dash; "he made a break for the open door"
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare; "the break in the eighth frame cost him the match"
- an escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned"
What are the verbs of the word BREAK?
Here is a list of definitions for break.
- terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"
- become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"
- render inoperable or ineffective; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!"
- ruin completely; "He busted my radio!"
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match"
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"
- move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"
- scatter or part; "The clouds broke after the heavy downpour"
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger"
- prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"
- enter someone's (virtual or real) 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!"; "who broke into my account last night?"
- make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern"
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns; "This sentence violates the rules of syntax"
- surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record"
- 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"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"; "The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings"
- come into being; "light broke over the horizon"; "Voices broke in the air"
- 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"
- interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns"
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing; "The ranks broke"
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves; "The surf broke"
- lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
- be broken in; "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress"
- come to an end; "The heat wave finally broke yesterday"
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity; "The flat plain was broken by tall mesas"
- cause to give up a habit; "She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes"
- give up; "break cigarette smoking"
- come forth or begin from a state of latency; "The first winter storm broke over New York"
- happen or take place; "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months"
- cause the failure or ruin of; "His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage"; "This play will either make or break the playwright"
- invalidate by judicial action; "The will was broken"
- 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"
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"
- reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"
- change directions suddenly
- emerge from the surface of a body of water; "The whales broke"
- 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"
- do a break dance; "Kids were break-dancing at the street corner"
- exchange for smaller units of money; "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy"
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set"
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- separate from a clinch, in boxing; "The referee broke the boxers"
- go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"
- break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree"
- become punctured or penetrated; "The skin broke"
- pierce or penetrate; "The blade broke her skin"
- be released or become known; of news; "News of her death broke in the morning"
- cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"
- interrupt the flow of current in; "break a circuit"
- undergo breaking; "The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages"
- find a flaw in; "break an alibi"; "break down a proof"
- find the solution or key to; "break the code"
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another; "Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children"
- happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated"
- crack; of the male voice in puberty; "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir"
- fall sharply; "stock prices broke"
- fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey"
- diminish or discontinue abruptly; "The patient's fever broke last night"
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"
What are the synonyms of the word BREAK?
What is another word for BREAK?. Here is a list of synonyms for BREAK
- INTERRUPTION
- BREAK
- GOOD LUCK
- HAPPY CHANCE
- FAULT
- FAULTING
- GEOLOGICAL FAULT
- SHIFT
- FRACTURE
- RUPTURE
- BREACH
- SEVERANCE
- RIFT
- FALLING OUT
- RESPITE
- RECESS
- TIME OUT
- BREAKAGE
- BREAKING
- PAUSE
- INTERMISSION
- SUSPENSION
- BREAK OF SERVE
- DISRUPTION
- GAP
- OPEN FRAME
- BREAKOUT
- JAILBREAK
- GAOLBREAK
- PRISONBREAK
- PRISON-BREAKING
- INTERRUPT
- SEPARATE
- SPLIT UP
- FALL APART
- COME APART
- BUST
- TRANSGRESS
- OFFEND
- INFRACT
- VIOLATE
- GO AGAINST
- BREAK OUT
- BREAK AWAY
- BURST
- ERUPT
- BREAK OFF
- DISCONTINUE
- STOP
- BREAK IN
- BETTER
- FAIL
- GO BAD
- GIVE WAY
- DIE
- GIVE OUT
- CONK OUT
- GO
- BREAK DOWN
- DAMPEN
- DAMP
- SOFTEN
- WEAKEN
- PART
- SPLIT
- BREAK UP
- DEMOTE
- BUMP
- RELEGATE
- KICK DOWNSTAIRS
- BANKRUPT
- RUIN
- SMASH
- COLLAPSE
- FALL IN
- CAVE IN
- GIVE
- FOUNDER
- BREAK DANCE
- BREAK-DANCE
- WEAR
- WEAR OUT
- SNAP OFF
- GET OUT
- GET AROUND
- INTERMIT
- RECRUDESCE
- DEVELOP
- CRACK
- CHECK
Words beginning with BREAK?
We only list the first 50 results for words beginning with BREAK.
- breakwaters
- breakwater
- breakups
- breakup
- breaktimes
- breaktime
- breakthroughs
- breakthrough
- breaks
- breakpoints
- breakpoint
- breakouts
- breakout
- breakneck
- breakings
- breaking
- breakfronts
- breakfront
- breakfasts
- breakfasting
- breakfasters
- breakfaster
- breakfasted
- breakfast
- breakevens
- breakeven
- breakers
- breaker
- breakdowns
- breakdown
- breakdancings
- breakdancing
- breakdances
- breakdancers
- breakdancer
- breakdanced
- breakdance
- breakbeats
- breakbeat
- breakback
- breakaways
- breakaway
- breakages
- breakage
- breakables
- breakablenesses
- breakableness
- breakable
- break
In which dictionaries does the word break exist?
English International (SOWPODS) - Yes
English USA (TWL 98) - Yes
English USA (TWL 06) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2012) - Yes
Collins Scrabble Words (CSW2007) - Yes
Words with Friends (WWF) - Yes
Enable1 (ENABLE1) - Yes
Letterpress (LETTERPRESS) - Yes