:to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments: He broke a vase.
:to infringe, ignore, or act contrary to: She broke her promise.
:to dissolve or annul: to break off friendly relations with another country.
:to fracture a bone of: He broke his leg.
:to lacerate; wound: to break the skin.
:to destroy or disrupt the regularity, uniformity, continuity, or arrangement of; interrupt: The bleating of a foghorn broke the silence. The troops broke formation.
:to put an end to; overcome; stop: His touchdown run broke the tie. She found it hard to break the cigarette habit.
:to discover the system, key, method, etc., for decoding or deciphering, especially by the methods of cryptanalysis.
:to remove a part from: She had to break the set to sell me the two red ones I wanted.
:to exchange for or divide into smaller units or components: She broke a dollar bill into change. The prism broke the light into all the colors of the rainbow.
:to make a way through; penetrate: The stone broke the surface of the water.
Coffee breaks, however, may be used for more than just coffee — if your husband promises to eat off-camera and adjust the room temperature quickly.
The break in play, though unplanned, gives the once-ailing Capitals a chance to reset.
Satellite images show that a section of a glacier broke off, but how that break relates to the subsequent floods is still unknown.
We may see a precipitation break for a few hours in the afternoon as highs hold only in the 30s.
Maryland let the game slip away during a 13-minute stretch spanning both halves during which the Terps made only 1 of 15 field goal attempts, including nine straight misses after the break.
This is the Mexico that U.S. college students would be wise to steer clear of on spring break.
I was already over forty, had hardly a nickel in my pocket and this was the biggest break in my life.
This sultry ballad about break-ups and make-ups in the City of Angels is haunting stuff.
Google itself has taken a break and put plans for mass production on hold.
She had to break the news to William that The Sun had the story.
Were you ever arrested, having in your custody another man's cash, and would rather go to gaol, than break it?
If old Piegan Smith hadn't been sampling the contents of that keg so industriously he would never have made a break.
General Houston had attacked them with three hundred of our people, but had not been able to break their ranks.
For good or ill, the torrent of rebellion was suffered to break loose, and it soon engulfed a continent.
:Law. to open or force one's way into.to contest successfully by judicial action.
:to make one's way out of, especially by force: to break jail.
:to better: He never broke 200 in bowling or 80 in golf.
:to disclose or divulge personally in speech or writing: He broke the bad news to her in an early morning phone call.
:to solve: The police needed only a week to break that case.
:to rupture: She almost broke a blood vessel from laughing so hard.
:to disable or destroy by or as if by shattering or crushing: to break a watch.
:to cause to burst, as by puncturing: She broke the blister with a needle.
:to ruin financially; make bankrupt: They threatened to break him if he didn't stop discounting their products.
:to overcome or wear down the spirit, strength, or resistance of; to cause to yield, especially under pressure, torture, or the like: They broke him by the threat of blackmail.
:to dismiss or reduce in rank.
:to impair or weaken the power, effect, or intensity of: His arm broke the blow.
:to train to obedience; tame: to break a horse.
:to train away from a habit or practice.
:Electricity. to render incomplete; stop the flow of.
:Journalism. to release for publication or airing, as on television or radio, in print, or on the internet: The paper broke the scandal in its morning edition.to continue on another page, especially when the page is not the following one.
:Billiards, Pool. to cause to scatter by striking with the cue ball.
:Sports. to hurl in such a way as to cause it to change direction after leaving the hand: He broke a curve over the plate for a strike. to score frequently or win against.
:Slang. to dominate with a sudden surge of interest or rapid, viral spread: This is all a publicity stunt they hope will break the internet.The celebrity feud-turned-romance broke Twitter with a marriage proposal.
:Nautical. to unfurl suddenly by an easily released knot.
:to prove the falsity or show the lack of logic of: The FBI broke his alibi by proving he knew how to shoot a pistol.
:to begin or initiate, especially with much publicity: They were going to break the sales campaign with a parade in April.
:to open the breech or action of, as by snapping open the hinge between the barrel and the butt.
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broke or brake; bro·ken or broke; break·ing.
:to shatter, burst, or become broken; separate into parts or fragments, especially suddenly and violently:The glass broke on the floor.
:to become suddenly discontinuous or interrupted; stop abruptly: She pulled too hard and the string broke.
:to become detached, separated, or disassociated: The knob broke off in his hand.
:to become inoperative or to malfunction, as through wear or damage: The television set broke this afternoon.
:to begin suddenly or violently or change abruptly into something else: War broke over Europe.
:to begin uttering a sound or series of sounds or to be uttered suddenly: She broke into song. When they entered, a cheer broke from the audience.
:to express or start to express an emotion or mood: His face broke into a smile.
:to free oneself or escape suddenly, as from restraint or dependency: He broke away from the arresting officer. She finally broke away from her parents and got an apartment of her own.
:to run or dash toward something suddenly: The pass receiver broke for the goal line.
:to force a way: The hunters broke through the underbrush.
:to burst or rupture: A blood vessel broke in his nose. The blister broke when he pricked it.
:to interrupt or halt an activity: Don't break in on the conversation. Let's break for lunch.
:to appear or arrive suddenly: A deer broke into the clearing. A rash broke out on her arm.
:to dawn: The day broke hot and sultry.
:to begin violently and suddenly: The storm broke.
: to cease: The weather broke after a week, and we were able to sail for home.
:to part the surface of water, as a jumping fish or surfacing submarine.
:to give way or fail, as health, strength, or spirit; collapse: After years of hardship and worry, his health broke.
:to yield or submit to pressure, torture, or the like: He broke under questioning.
: to be overwhelmed with sorrow: Her heart broke when he told her that he no longer loved her.
: to change harshly from one register or pitch to another: After his voice broke, he could no longer sing soprano parts.
: to cease, waver, or change tone abruptly, especially from emotional strain: His voice broke when he mentioned her name.
: to drop sharply and considerably.
:to disperse or collapse by colliding with something: The waves broke on the shore.
:to break dance.
: to fail to keep to a trot or pace, as by starting to gallop.
:Biology. to mutate.
:Linguistics. to undergo breaking.
:Billiards, Pool. to make a break; take the first turn in a game.
:Sports. to change direction: The ball broke over the plate.
:Horse Racing, Track. to leave the starting point: The horses broke fast from the gate.
:Boxing. to step back or separate from a clinch: The fighters fell into a clinch and broke on the referee's order.
:to take place; occur.
:Journalism. to become publicly known, published, or aired: On Friday news of his death broke on social media.
:Horticulture. to produce flowers or leaves.
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:an act or instance of breaking; disruption or separation of parts; fracture; rupture: Unfortunately for the guitarist, the break was in his right thumb.
:an opening made by breaking; gap: The break in the wall had not been repaired.
:a rush away from a place; an attempt to escape: a break for freedom.
:a sudden dash or rush, as toward something: When the rain lessened, I made a break for home.
:a suspension of or sudden rupture in friendly relations.
:an interruption of continuity; departure from or rupture with: Abstract painters made a break with the traditions of the past.
:an abrupt or marked change, as in sound or direction, or a brief pause: They noticed a curious break in his voice.
:Informal. an opportunity or stroke of fortune, especially a lucky one.a chance to improve one's lot, especially one unlooked for or undeserved.
:the breaks, Informal. the way things happen; fate: Sorry to hear about your bad luck, but I guess those are the breaks.
:a brief rest, as from work: The actors took a ten-minute break from rehearsal.
:Radio, Television. a brief, scheduled interruption of a program or broadcasting period for the announcement of advertising or station identification.
:Prosody. a pause or caesura.
:Jazz. a solo passage, usually lasting from 2 to 12 bars, during which the rest of the instruments are silent.
:Music. the point in the scale where the quality of voice of one register changes to that of another, as from chest to head.
:break dancing.
:a sharp and considerable drop in the prices of stock issues.
:Electricity. an opening or discontinuity in a circuit.
:Printing. one or more blank lines between two paragraphs.breaks. suspension points.
:the place, after a letter, where a word is or may be divided at the end of a line.
:a collapse of health, strength, or spirit; breakdown.
:Informal. a mistake, especially a social blunder: I'm just learning the game, so I may be expected to make some wild breaks.
:Billiards, Pool. the opening play, in which the cue ball is shot to scatter the balls.a series of successful strokes; run.
:Sports. a change in direction of a pitched or bowled ball, as in baseball or cricket.
:Horse Racing, Track. the start of a race.
: an act or instance of a horse's changing from a trot or pace into a gallop or other step.
:Bowling. a failure to knock down all ten pins in a single frame.
:Boxing. an act or instance of stepping back or separating from a clinch: a clean break.
:any of several stages in the grinding of grain in which the bran is separated from the kernel.
:Biology. mutation.
:Journalism. the point at the bottom of a column where a printed story is carried over to another column or page.
:Nautical. the place at which a superstructure, deckhouse, or the like, rises from the main deck of a vessel.
:breaks, Physical Geography. an area dissected by small ravines and gullies.
:Mining. a fault or offset, as in a vein or bed of ore.
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:break away, to leave or escape, especially suddenly or hurriedly.to sever connections or allegiance, as to tradition or a political group.to start prematurely: The horse broke away from the starting gate.
:break back, Tennis. to win a game served by an opponent immediately after the opponent has done so against one's own serve.
:break down, to become ineffective.to lose control of oneself: He broke down and wept at the sad news.to have a physical or mental collapse.to cease to function: The car broke down.to itemize:to break down a hotel bill into daily charges.Chemistry.to separate into its constituent molecules.Electricity. to fail, as when subjected to excessively high voltage, permitting a current to pass.to decompose. to analyze. to classify. to separate into constituent parts: to break down a beef carcass into basic cuts.
:break in, to enter by force or craft: Someone broke in and made off with all the furniture.to train or instruct; initiate: The boss is breaking in a new assistant.to begin to wear or use in order to make comfortable: These shoes haven't been broken in.to interrupt: He broke in with a ridiculous objection.to run initially under reduced load and speed, until any stiffness of motion has departed and all parts are ready to operate under normal service conditions; run in; wear in.
:break in on / upon to enter with force upon or accidentally interrupt; intrude upon: The visitor opened the wrong door and broke in on a private conference.
:break into, to interpose; interrupt: He broke into the conversation at a crucial moment.to begin some activity.to be admitted into; enter, as a business or profession: It is difficult to break into the theater.to enter by force: They broke into the store and stole the safe.
:break off, to sever by breaking.to stop suddenly; discontinue: to break off a conversation; to break off relations with one's neighbors.
:break out, to begin abruptly; arise: An epidemic broke out.Pathology. to appear in eruptions. to manifest a skin eruption.to prepare for use: to break out the parachutes.to take out of for consumption: to break out one's best wine.Nautical.to dislodge from the bottom.to escape; flee: He spent three years in prison before he broke out.to separate into categories or list specific items: to break out gift ideas according to price range; The report breaks out quarterly profits and losses.
:break up, to separate; scatter. to put an end to; discontinue. to divide or become divided into pieces.to dissolve. to disrupt; upset: Television commercials during a dramatic presentation break up the continuity of effect. to end: to break up a friendship; Their marriage broke up last year.to end a personal relationship: Bob and Mary broke up last month.to be or cause to be overcome with laughter: The comedian told several jokes that broke up the audience.
:break with, to sever relations with; separate from: to break with one's family.to depart from; repudiate: to break with tradition.