break
Seed from Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025
Meanings by context
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- definition some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- definition an unexpected piece of good luck
- definition (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- definition a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- definition a pause from doing something (as work)
- definition the act of breaking something
- definition a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- definition breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- definition the occurrence of breaking
- definition an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- definition the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- definition (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- definition an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- definition a sudden dash
- definition any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- definition an escape from jail
- definition terminate or end
- definition become separated into pieces or fragments
- definition render inoperable or ineffective
- definition ruin completely
- definition destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- definition act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- definition move away or escape suddenly
- definition scatter or part
- definition force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- definition enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- definition make submissive, obedient, or useful
- definition fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- definition surpass in excellence
- definition make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- definition come into being
- definition stop operating or functioning
- definition interrupt a continued activity
- definition make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- definition curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- definition lessen in force or effect
- definition be broken in
- definition come to an end (of an event)
- definition vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- definition cause to give up a habit
- definition give up
- definition come forth or begin from a state of latency
- definition happen or take place
- definition cause the failure or ruin of
- definition invalidate by judicial action
- definition discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- definition assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- definition reduce to bankruptcy
- definition change directions suddenly
- definition emerge from the surface of a body of water
- definition break down, literally or metaphorically
- definition do a break dance
- definition exchange for smaller units of money
- definition destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- definition make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- definition separate from a clinch, in boxing
- definition go to pieces
- definition break a piece from a whole
- definition become punctured or penetrated
- definition pierce or penetrate
- definition be released or become known; of news
- definition cease an action temporarily
- definition interrupt the flow of current in
- definition undergo breaking
- definition find a flaw in
- definition find the solution or key to
- definition change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- definition happen
- definition become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- definition crack; of the male voice in puberty
- definition fall sharply
- definition fracture a bone of
- definition diminish or discontinue abruptly
- definition weaken or destroy in spirit or body
- definition put an end to a state or an activity