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- bathroom break
- A time set at a school or workplace where people can use the bathroom
At 1:30, there will be a bathroom break.
- beach break
- In surfing, the place where waves break, at a beach (as distinguished from other types of breaks)
- big break
- A breakthrough, especially the first big hit of a previously unknown performer or performers in the entertainment industry
- break
- to end
The forecast says the hot weather will break by midweek.
- break
- To ruin financially
The recession broke some small businesses.
- break
- To demulsify
- break
- To end (a connection), to disconnect
I couldn't hear a thing he was saying, so I broke the connection and called him back.
- break
- A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue
The fiddle break was amazing, it was a pity the singer came back in on the wrong note.
- break
- To divide (something, often money) into smaller units
The wholesaler broke the container loads into palettes and boxes for local retailers.
- break
- To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water. right|thumb|196px|A wave breaking
- break
- To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar
specifically To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like.
- break
- To counter-attack
- break
- A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water)
The final break in the Greenmount area is Kirra Point.
- break
- A rest or pause, usually from work; a breaktime
Let’s take a five-minute break.
- break
- An act of escaping
prison break.
- break
- To design or use a powerful (yet legal) strategy that unbalances the game in a player's favor
Letting white have three extra queens would break chess.
- break
- To end up in two or more pieces that cannot easily be reassembled
If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.
- break
- To do that which is forbidden by (a rule or rules)
break one's word.
- break
- a change; the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather
- break
- A physical space that opens up in something or between two things
He waited minutes for a break in the traffic to cross the highway.
- break
- To arrange a temporary split (with a romantic partner)
- break
- To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (an record), setting a new record
The policeman broke sixty on a residential street in his hurry to catch the thief.
- break
- The beginning (of the morning)
at the break of day.
- break
- To cause (a habit) to no longer exist
I've got to break this habit I have of biting my nails.
- break
- Of a bone, to crack or fracture due to a physical strain, such as a collision
His ribs broke under the weight of the rocks piled on his chest.
- break
- An instance of breaking something into two pieces
The femur has a clean break and so should heal easily.
- break
- To become audible suddenly
Like the crash of thunderbolts , the sound of musquetry broke over the lawn, .
- break
- :
backgammon, transitive To remove one of the two men on (a point).
- break
- To change a steady state abruptly
With the mood broken, what we had been doing seemed pretty silly.
- break
- To demote, to reduce the military rank of
Not long after this event, Clausen became involved in another disciplinary situation and was broken to private—the only one to win the Medal of Honor in Vietnam.
- break
- To arrive
Morning has broken.
- break
- A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention: big break, lucky break
- break
- To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily
Let's break for lunch.
- break
- To cause to end up in two or more pieces that cannot easily be reassembled
She broke the vase.
- break
- To disclose or make known an item of news, etc
I don't know how to break this to you, but your cat is not coming back.
- break
- Of a voice, to alter in type: in men generally to go up, in women sometimes to go down; to crack
His voice breaks (or cracks) when he gets emotional.
- break
- To cause an animal to lose its will, to tame
You have to break an elephant before you can use it as an animal of burden.
- break
- To cause, accidentally or intentionally, (a bone) to crack under physical strain
He slipped on the ice and broke his leg.
- break
- To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object not hit something else beneath
He survived the jump out the window because the bushes below broke his fall.
- break
- To stop functioning properly or altogether
On the hottest day of the year the refrigerator broke.
- break
- To cause (a person) to lose his spirit or will; to crush the spirits of; to ruin (a person) emotionally
Interrogators have used many forms of torture to break prisoners of war.
- break
- To cause to stop functioning properly or altogether
Adding 64-bit support broke backward compatibility with earlier versions.
- break
- An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game
- break
- A temporary split (with a romantic partner)
I think we need a break.
- break a law
- To violate a law
- break a leg
- A wish for a successful performance; primarily a valediction to an actor wishing him or her a successful theatrical stage performance
- break a leg
- To perform well in a theatrical production or comparable endeavor
Go out there and break a leg tonight. Put on a great show!.
- break a sweat
- To start sweating
Consider, for instance, that Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Marat Safin and even the supposedly out-of-sorts Lleyton Hewitt all won the opening set of their first-round matches 6-0 before barely breaking a sweat in the two sets that followed.
- break a sweat
- To put effort into something
He succeeded effortlessly, without breaking a sweat.
- break away
- to become separated, literally or figuratively
- break away
- to leave suddenly
- break bread
- To take part in Holy Communion
In baptism we make covenant; in communion we renew covenant week by week. . . . After offering prayers of thanksgiving, together we break bread and drink from the cup.
- break bread
- To eat a meal, especially to eat a shared meal with friends
At last it was decided that he should take her, reaching the place about the hour of lunch, so that he might again break bread in her father's house.
- break bulk
- Unload a ship
- break bulk
- Take part of a ship's cargo out of its hold
- break down
- to fail
I am afraid my computer will break down if I try to run it at too high a speed.
- break down
- to give more detail
If you don't understand, ask him to break down the numbers for you.
- break down
- to become unstable, mentally or otherwise
She is back to work now, after her break down.
- break down
- to decay
Leaves and grass will break down into compost faster if you keep them moist.
- break even
- To neither gain nor lose money
After an entire night playing poker, he nearly broke even.
- break even
- To stay the same; to neither advance nor regress
It's a lot of work just to break even and keep the weeds down.
- break free
- To liberate oneself; to free oneself
- break ground
- To begin digging in the earth at the start of a new construction, or, originally, for cultivation
They broke ground on the new library last month.
- break ground
- To lift off the sea bottom when being weighed
- break ground
- To initiate a new venture, or to advance beyond previous achievements
The invention breaks ground in its programming and its structure.
- break in
- To cause (something, or someone, new) to function more naturally through use or wear
These shoes will be more comfortable after I have broken them in.
- break in
- To tame; make obedient; to train to follow orders of the owner
Captain had been broken in and trained for an army horse; his first owner was an officer of cavalry going out to the Crimean war. He said he quite enjoyed the training with all the other horses, trotting together, turning together, to the right hand or the left, halting at the word of command, or dashing forward at full speed at the sound of the trumpet or signal of the officer.
- break in
- To enter a place by force or other illicit means
Someone broke in and stole his radio.
- break into
- To successfully enter a profession or business
He hopes to break into show business.
- break into
- To open or begin to use
I finally broke into the second package of cookies.
- break into
- To begin suddenly
The horse broke into a gallop as they neared the barn.
- break into
- To enter illegally or by force, especially in order to commit a crime
Somebody broke into his car and stole his tools and CDs.
- break loose
- to escape, to free oneself
- break new ground
- To begin excavating and levelling earth for a new building, or, originally, for cultivation
- break new ground
- By extension, to initiate a new venture
- break off
- To end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently
Then the conversation broke off, and there was little more talking, only a noise of men going backwards and forwards, and of putting down of kegs and the hollow gurgle of good liquor being poured from breakers into the casks.
- break off
- To remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping
The bees came and found no one but the Woodman to sting, so they flew at him and broke off all their stings against the tin, without hurting the Woodman at all. And as bees cannot live when their stings are broken that was the end of the black bees, and they lay scattered thick about the Woodman, like little heaps of fine coal.
- break one off
- an 1800s baseball term meaning to throw a curve ball
- break one's arm patting oneself on the back
- To be very full of oneself. Often used as a sarcastic caution - "don't break your arm patting yourself on the back"
We're the best football team in the state! - Careful, dude, don't break your arm patting yourself on the back.
- break one's duck
- To do something for the first time
- break one's duck
- To score one's first run in an innings
- break one's fast
- To eat breakfast; to eat the first meal of the day after a night of not eating or to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food
Thinking that it might be Lord Carbury, and that, if so, he would probably not wait until half past nine to break his fast, she ran gaily off.
- break out
- to bring out, use, or present
Break out the bubbly and celebrate.
- break out
- To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly
They broke out of prison in the middle of the night.
- break out
- to separate from a bundle
Break out the cables from the harness once they are inside the frame.
- break out
- To begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition
The pretty lips pouted awhile but then she glanced up and broke out into a joyous little laugh which had in it all the freshness of a young May morning.
- break point
- A situation in which if the receiver wins the next point, (s)he will win the game (but not the set or match)
- break points
- plural form of break point
- break ranks
- To march or charge out of the designated order in a military unit
- break ranks
- To publicly disagree with one's own group or organization
- break room
- a room at a business which is set aside for coffee breaks, snacks, lunches, etc.; also called lunchroom
- break rooms
- plural form of break room
- break someone's heart
- To cause a person to feel grief or sadness
Baby you're not that kind.
- break the back of
- To achieve the greater part of some project
I've broken the back of painting the shed - I'll finish it after lunch.
- break the bank
- To win more money than is available to be paid
- break the bank
- To exhaust one's financial resources
- break the buck
- Fall below the value of one dollar per share.“” listed on page 261 of The SmartMoney Guide to Long-Term Investing, Nellie S. Huang, Peter Finch, and James B. Stewart (2002; ; ISBN 0471274925, 978-0471274926)
We were likely going to see more funds halt redemptions and break the buck. The insurance program is part of a wider rescue package.
- break the deadlock
- To score the first goal or point in a competition
- break the fourth wall
- To apparently communicate with reality directly, such as when characters of literature comment on the existence of a reader
- break the ice
- To start to get to know people, by avoiding awkwardness
Including a few fun details in large group introductions can be a great way to break the ice.
- break the mold
- To make it impossible for an identical copy to be made
- break the mold
- To depart from a traditional pattern
- break the mould
- Alternative spelling of break the mold
- break the seal
- When consuming alcohol, to urinate for the first time, which leads to needing to urinate more and more often
- break up
- To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart
It broke up when it hit the ground.
- break up
- To dissolve; to part
So the meeting broke up, and the torchlight grew dimmer, and died away as it had come in a red flicker on the roof, and the footsteps sounded fainter as they went up the passage, until the vault was left to the dead men and me.
- break up
- Of a telephone conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection
You're breaking up. Can you repeat that?.
- break up
- To break or separate into pieces
Break up the cheese and put it in the salad.
- break up
- To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting
The police came in to break up the disturbance.
- break up
- Of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term
- break up
- To end a relationship
She broke up with her boyfriend last week.
- break water
- To rise up partially out of the water when swimming underwater
- break wind
- To flatulate; fart; to expel gases generated during digestion through the anus
- break with
- To cease having a positive connection with (a person, group, movement, etc)
You see, Ferdinand Point was the first wave in a culinary revolution, Jeremy went on. He broke with French formality; he broke with fat and weighty flavours. He kicked free of the past .
- break-building
- The act or skill of scoring points by making an interrupted series of pots
- break-bulk
- Of cargo, heterogeneous in size, shape, and handling requirements; neither bulk nor containerized
Break-bulk cargo is characterized by its multiplicity and diversity. ... In break-bulk service, a cargo ship might carry barrels of cooking oil, ... cartons..., bales ..., bags ..., and so on.
- break-even point
- The point where total costs equal total sales revenue and the company neither makes a profit nor suffers a loss. Often abbreviated as BEP
- break-in
- An act of entering somewhere with the intent to steal or commit some other offence
There was a break-in at the shop; everything was taken.
- break-up
- Alternative spelling of break up
- career break
- A period of time when one chooses not to have a job, for example because he wants to travel or look after his children
- class break
- A security breach that is the first of its kind, and leads to others of the same class
- coffee break
- A rest period during the business day (usually of about 10 or 15 minutes). So named because it is an opportunity to get coffee
- comfort break
- A short break for people to go to the toilet
- fag break
- A brief cessation of work, activity etc. in order to have a cigarette
- fast break
- An offensive play in which a team, having won possession of the ball, moves the ball downcourt as quickly as possible, attempting to get an easy shot before the defense can set up
Their pressure defense gives them a lot of fast breaks off of steals.
- half-break
- Where a player almost breaks the opposition defensive line but is stopped by the opposition
- have a break
- To rest; to temporarily discontinue a specified activity
- leg break
- a normal ball bowled by a leg spin bowler, moving from leg to off (for a right-handed batsman)
- line break
- A character indicating that subsequent characters should appear on a separate line of text; newline, line feed
- line break
- a break made through the opposition's defensive line
- line break
- A point in writing where text that would normally continue on the same line starts at the beginning of a new line
- lucky break
- A stroke of luck; a fortunate event, particularly of the sort that propels one to success, fame, etc
At 17, she got her lucky break when she appeared on television and became a popular musician overnight.
- make a break for it
- To attempt to escape; to flee; to run away
To restrain runaways who are too fragile to survive on the outside, Administrator Edward Farmilant of Chicago's Somerset nursing home gave the front door guard pictures of 36 patients who might make a break for it.
- make or break
- To be a crucial factor in determining the success of something
Vince knew that his ability to come up with a catchy hook would make or break his song.
- make-or-break
- resulting in either success or failure
Prince Harry is taking girlfriend Chelsy Davy on a make-or-break African holiday in a bid to heal their troubled relationship. -.
- maximum break
- The highest score possible in one visit to the table in a frame of snooker. Also called a 147, this being the maximum point score
- no-break space
- A non-breaking space
- off break
- a normal ball bowled by a off spin bowler, moving from off to leg (for a right-handed batsman)
- physical break
- A short break in a meeting or in a classroom setting, intended to improve attention
- point break
- In surfing, where a wave breaks as it hits a point of land jutting out from the coastline
- reef break
- In surfing, a wave that breaks over a projection from the seabed formed from coral reef or rock shelf
- short break
- A short vacation or holiday
- spring break
- A time of vacation from school that occurs during the spring
- station break
- a short intermission between programmes in a radio or television broadcast to identify the network, station or channel
- syllabic break
- A division in a word between syllables
- take a break
- To rest; to temporarily discontinue a specified activity
She took a break from studying to eat a snack.
- tax break
- A deduction in tax that is given in order to encourage a certain economic activity or a social objective
- thermal break
- A thermal insulator placed between two thermal conductors to reduce the flow of heat; often used in aluminum doors and windows
- urinary break
- A rest period during the focused activity for the purpose of urinating
- water break
- A rest period during the business day (usually of about 10 or 15 minutes). So named because it is an opportunity to get water
- winter break
- A period of time off during the winter, especially over the Christmas period
- break
- a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"
- Break in the case
- A new discovery in a case
- break a leg!
- good luck! (often said to actors before a performance)
- break one's heart
- disappoint someone very much, cause someone grief
- break through
- If you break through a barrier, you succeed in forcing your way through it. Protesters tried to break through a police cordon About fifteen inmates broke through onto the roof
- break bad
- (Ev ile ilgili) Go wild, get crazy, let loose
- break bad
- 1. (colloquial, of an event or of one's fortunes) To go wrong; to go downhill. 2. (colloquial, chiefly Southern US and Midwestern US, of a person) To go bad; to turn toward immorality or crime
- break one's cherry
- Take or lose one's virginity
- break someone's fall
- Cushion a falling person; to lessen the impact of a falling person
- break off
- cut off, stop abruptly; break off ties; break down; isolate, disconnect
- break the heart
- crack the heart into pieces (make someone feel very sorry for you or disappointed in you)
- break
- {n} an opening, breach, failure, pause, line
- break
- {v} to part by force, dash to pieces, tame, become a bankrupt, ruin, fall out, violate, dawn as the day, cashier, decline in strength
- break even
- have expenses equal to profits
- break-even
- Break-even (or break even) is a point where any difference between plus or minus or equivalent changes side
