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espacio
, interrupción
, pausa
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Break
- (v. t.) An interruption in continuity in writing or printing, as where there is an omission, an unfilled line, etc.
- (v. t.) To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods.
- (v. i.) To open up; to be scattered; to be dissipated; as, the clouds are breaking.
- (v. t.) A projection or recess from the face of a building.
- (v. i.) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking.
- (v. t.) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares.
- (v. t.) To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
- (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10.
- (v. t.) To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock.
- (v. t.) The first appearing, as of light in the morning; the dawn; as, the break of day; the break of dawn.
- (v. i.) To burst forth; to make its way; to come to view; to appear; to dawn.
- (v. t.) To impart, as news or information; to broach; -- with to, and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as, to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose cautiously to a friend.
- (v. i.) To fall in business; to become bankrupt.
- (v. t.) To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments.
- (v. t.) A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the drivers seat in front and the footmans behind.
- (v. t.) To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill.
- (v. i.) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop.
- (v. t.) An interruption of continuity; change of direction; as, a break in a wall; a break in the deck of a ship.
- (n.) See Commutator.
- (v. t.) An interruption; a pause; as, a break in friendship; a break in the conversation.
- (v. i.) To burst forth violently, as a storm.
- (v. t.) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax.
- (v. i.) To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder.
- (v. t.) To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin.
- (v. i.) To open spontaneously, or by pressure from within, as a bubble, a tumor, a seed vessel, a bag.
- (v. i.) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
- (v. t.) To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise.
- (v. t.) To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind.
- (v. t.) To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle.
- (v. t.) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
- (v. i.) To fall out; to terminate friendship.
- (v. t.) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break ones sleep; to break ones journey.
- (v. t.) An opening made by fracture or disruption.
- (v. i.) To fail in musical quality; as, a singers voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, but degenerates into an unmusical sound instead. Also, to change in tone, as a boys voice at puberty.
- (v. t.) To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set.
- (v. t.) To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow.
- (v. t.) An opening or displacement in the circuit, interrupting the electrical current.
Synonyms:
Bankrupt, Better, Breach, Breakage, Breaking, Bump, Burst, Bust, Check, Collapse, Crack, Damp, Dampen, Demote, Develop, Die, Disclose, Discontinue, Discover, Disruption, Divulge, Erupt, Expose, Fail, Fault, Founder, Fracture, Gap, Give, Go, Impart, Infract, Intermission, Intermit, Interrupt, Interruption, Offend, Part, Pause, Recess, Recrudesce, Relegate, Respite, Reveal, Rift, Ruin, Rupture, Separate, Severance, Shift, Soften, Split, Stop, Suspension, Transgress, Violate, Weaken, Wear,
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• Breaker
- (n.) A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface.
- (n.) Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines; also, the building in which such a machine is placed.
- (n.) One who, or that which, breaks.
- (n.) A small water cask.
Synonyms:
Surf,
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• Breaking
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Break
Synonyms:
Break, Breakage,
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confuse, street, fix, elizabethan, defecate, designedly, joyful, designed, discontinuation, mestizo, henna, provocative, carbonate, captor, vulva, focus, dispossession, captainship, disturber, hydroxide, ensoul, pecan, half, alarm, hawthorn, curry, pull back, grumbling, bonanza, bombproof, yawn, hammer and tongs, |
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Abash, Love, What, I, Dawn, Smart, Pervert, Morn, Chagrin, Hi, Abandon, Confuse, Bye, No, Abalone, Press, Money, Abate, Good morning, TRUE, Sorry, Abdicate, Abaft, Abbe, Aback, Abattoir, Abbot, Aardvark, A.M., Abashment, Abashed, Clairvoyance, |
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