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Break

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Meaning

Verb

●
  • To
    into two or more
    , to
    or
    , by a process that cannot
    be
    for reassembly.
  • To
    or
    (bone) under a physical strain.
    • ●
    To
    (something, often money) into
    units.
    ●
  • To cause (a person or
    ) to
    or will; to
    the
    of.
  • To
    an
    into a
    of burden.
    • ●
    To be
    , or
    with
    or grief.
    ●
    To
    ; to
    the
    of; to
    or terminate.
    ●
    In Theater:
  • To
    ; to
    the
    of; to
    or terminate.
  • To end the
    of (a play).
    • ●
    To
    financially.
    ●
    To
    ;
    , to become bankrupt.
    ●
    In Finance:
    Of
    on the
    : to
    suddenly.
    ●
    To
    ; to
    to
    to.
    ●
    To
    ,
    ,
    that the most
    part of the
    has passed.
    ●
    In Weather:
    To end.
    ●
    To
    or end.
    ●
    To arrive.
    ●
    In Gaming:
    To
    (
    )
    by
    its
    or
    or
    in them
    that
    a
    an
    advantage.
    ●
    To
    , or to cause to
    ,
    or altogether.
    ●
    In Programming:
  • To
    , or to cause to
    ,
    or altogether.
  • To cause (some
    of a
    or
    of
    ) to
    ; to cause a regression.
    • ●
  • To cause (a
    ) to
    bar.
  • To cause the
    of (an
    ) to
    , so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
  • To
    (a
    ) without using the
    key,
    , or the like.
    • ●
    To
    the
    of; to
    into
    ; to pierce.
    ●
    To
    into
    , after
    in
    water.
    ●
    To
    ; to make its way; to
    view.
    ●
    To
    or
    work or
    ; to
    break.
    ●
    To
    (a
    ) by
    something so that the
    does not (immediately)
    beneath.
    ●
    To
    or
    an
    of
    ,
    , etc.
    ●
    To become
    suddenly.
    ●
    To change a
    abruptly.
    ●
    To (attempt to)
    and
    to; to make a
    for.
    ●
    To
    become.
    ●
    To become
    at puberty.
    ●
    To
    in type due to
    or
    : in
    ,
    to
    , in women, sometimes to
    ; to crack.
    ●
    To
    or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a
    ),
    a new
    .
    ●
    In Games, Sports & Tennis:
    To
    (against
    ) as receiver.
    ●
    In Billiards, Games, Snooker & Sports:
    To make the first
    ; to
    the
    from the
    arrangement.
    ●
    In Backgammon, Games & Sports:
    To
    one of the two
    on (a point).
    ●
    In Military:
    To
    ; to reduce the
    of.
    ●
    To end (a
    ); to disconnect.
    ●
    To demulsify.
    ●
    In Sports & Ultimate:
    To counter-attack.
    ●
    To
    , as a
    ; to
    ,
    , or communicate.
    ●
    To become
    in
    or
    ; to
    health or strength.
    ●
    To
    the
    ,
    , or
    of.
    ●
    To
    the
    and
    of; to
    ; to dismiss.
    ●
    To make an
    or
    change; to change gait.
    ●
    To
    ; to
    friendship.
    ●
    In Computing:
    To
    the
    of a
    before
    completion.
    ●
    In Programming:
    To
    the
    of a
    during
    so that the state of the
    can be investigated.
    ●
    In Computing:
    To cause, or
    the
    of, a
    break.
    ●
    In Music:
    To B-boy; to breakdance.

    Noun

    ●
    An
    of
    something into two or more pieces.
    ●
    A physical
    that
    in something or between two things.
    ●
    An
    of
    ;
    from or
    with.
    ●
    In British English, Education, Rest & Carriages:
  • A
    or
    , usually from work.
  • A time for students to
    or
    between lessons.
    • ●
    In Rest:
  • A
    or
    , usually from work.
  • A
    of
    or
    between
    of school
    ; a holiday.
    • ●
    A
    holiday.
    ●
    A
    with a
    partner.
    ●
    An
    or
    between two
    of a performance,
    a
    show,
    , or
    game.
    ●
    A significant change in
    ,
    ,
    , or focus of attention.
    ●
    In Finance:
    A
    on the
    exchange.
    ●
    The
    (of the morning).
    ●
    An
    of escaping.
    ●
    In Computing:
    The
    between
    ,
    or
    of a
    text.
    ●
    In Computing:
    A
    or other
    that
    a
    to
    or
    execution.
    ●
    In Programming:
    Short for breakpoint.
    ●
    In British English & Weather:
    A change,
    the
    a
    of
    good or
    weather.
    ●
    In Games, Sports & Tennis:
    A
    by the
    player(s).
    ●
    In Billiards, Games, Snooker & Sports:
    The first
    in
    of billiards.
    ●
    In Games, Snooker & Sports:
    The number of
    by one
    to the table.
    ●
    In Football (soccer), Games, Sports & Ultimate:
    The counter-attack.
    ●
    In Games, Golf & Sports:
    The
    to the ball's
    on the
    due to
    or
    texture.
    ●
    In Games, Sports & Surfing:
    A place where
    (that is, where
    or
    forward
    water).
    ●
    In Games, Horse racing & Sports:
    The
    of a
    race.
    ●
    In Carriages:
    A large
    , having a
    body and
    , with the
    and the footman's behind.
    ●
    A
    or snaffle.
    ●
    In Music:
    A
    of
    , often between
    , in which some
    while others continue.
    ●
    In Music:
    The point in the
    at which a
    is
    to
    , that is, to
    from its lower to its
    register.
    ●
    In Music:
    The
    area between a singer's
    ; the passaggio.
    ●
    In Geography:
    An area along a
    that
    ,
    , or
    (e.g; Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US).
    ●
    An error.
    ●
    In Music:
    A
    of
    of the
    to a
    ,
    by a
    DJ as
    music.
    Sourced from
    Wiktionary

    Origin

    break
    English
    arrow
    breken
    Middle English (1100-1500)
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    brecan
    Old English (ca. 450-1100)
    Sourced from
    Etym

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