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"Break" Definition
noun
A caesura.
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A high horse-drawn carriage with four wheels.
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A pause or interval, as from work: a coffee break.
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A severing of ties: made a break with the past; a break between the two families.
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A sudden decline in prices.
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verb-intransitive
Baseball To curve near or over the plate: The pitch broke away from the batter.
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Games To make the opening shot that scatters the grouped balls in billiards or pool.
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Informal To take place or happen; proceed: Things have been breaking well for them.
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Linguistics To undergo breaking.
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Sports To separate from a clinch in boxing.
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idiom
Break a leg Used to wish someone, such as an actor, success in a performance.
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Break bread To eat together.
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Break camp To pack up equipment and leave a campsite.
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Break cover To emerge from a protected location or hiding place: The platoon broke cover and headed down the road.
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Break even To gain an amount equal to that invested, as in a commercial venture.
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phrasal-verb
Break away To discontinue customary practice.
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Break away To move rapidly away from or ahead of a group: The cyclist broke away from the pack.
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Break away To separate or detach oneself, as from a group.
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Break down Electricity To undergo a breakdown.
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Break down To be divisible; admit of analysis: The population breaks down into three main groups.
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verb-transitive
Electricity To render (a circuit) inoperative by disruption; open.
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Law To invalidate (a will) by judicial action.
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To cause the ruin or failure of (an enterprise, for example): Indiscretion broke both marriage and career.
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To cause to be without money or to go into bankruptcy.
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To cause to give up a habit: They managed to break themselves of smoking.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary