A Quick and Simple Dictionary

break

1. Verb.  (intransitive) To end up in two or more pieces that cannot easily be reassembled.
2. Verb.  (transitive) To cause to end up in two or more pieces that cannot easily be reassembled.
3. Verb.  (transitive, US) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
4. Verb.  (intransitive) Of a bone, to crack or fracture due to a physical strain, such as a collision.
5. Verb.  (transitive) To cause, accidentally or intentionally, (a bone) to crack under physical strain.
6. Verb.  (transitive) To cause (a person) to lose his spirit or will; to crush the spirits of; to ruin (a person) emotionally.
7. Verb.  To cause an animal to lose its will, to tame.
8. Verb.  To cause (a habit) to no longer exist.
9. Verb.  To ruin financially.
10. Verb.  (transitive) To do that which is forbidden by (a rule or rules).
11. Verb.  (transitive, gaming) To design or use a powerful (yet legal) strategy that unbalances the game in a player's favor.
12. Verb.  (intransitive) To stop functioning properly or altogether.
13. Verb.  (transitive) To cause to stop functioning properly or altogether.
14. Verb.  (transitive) To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
15. Verb.  (intransitive, of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water. Image:A storm at Pors-Loubous.jpg|right|thumb|196px|A wave '''breaking'''..
16. Verb.  (intransitive, of a) to end.
17. Verb.  (intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily.
18. Verb.  (transitive) To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object not hit something else beneath.
19. Verb.  (transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, etc.
20. Verb.  (intransitive, of morning) To arrive.
21. Verb.  (intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.
22. Verb.  (transitive) To change a steady state abruptly.
23. Verb.  (copulative, informal) To suddenly become.
24. Verb.  (intransitive) Of a voice, to alter in type: in men generally to go up, in women sometimes to go down; to crack..
25. Verb.  (transitive) To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (an record), setting a new record.
26. Verb.  (sports, and) :.
27. Verb.  (transitive, military) To demote, to reduce the military rank of.
28. Verb.  (transitive) To end (a connection), to disconnect.
29. Verb.  (intransitive, of an emulsion) To demulsify.
30. Verb.  (intransitive, sports) To counter-attack.
31. Noun.  An instance of breaking something into two pieces.
32. Noun.  A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
33. Noun.  (music) A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
34. Noun.  A rest or pause, usually from work; a breaktime.
35. Noun.  A temporary split (with a romantic partner).
36. Noun.  An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
37. Noun.  A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention: big break, lucky break.
38. Noun.  (British, weather) a change; the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
39. Noun.  The beginning (of the morning).
40. Noun.  An act of escaping.
41. Noun.  (surfing) A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).
42. Noun.  (sports, _) :.