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Break: Definition and part of speech

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Break

  1. n. See Commutator.
  2. 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.
  3. v. t. To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods.
  4. v. t. To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
  5. v. t. To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise.
  6. v. t. To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one’s sleep; to break one’s journey.
  7. v. t. To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set.
  8. v. t. To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares.
  9. v. t. To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments.
  10. v. t. To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill.
  11. 1n. 1 See Commutator.
  12. 1v. t. 1 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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Breakage: Definition and part of speech

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Breakage

  1. n. An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use.
  2. n. The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles broken.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Breakdown: Definition and part of speech

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Breakdown

  1. n. Any rude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
  2. n. The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall.
  3. n. A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, as among the colored people of the Southern United States, and so called, perhaps, because the exercise is continued until most of those who take part in it break down.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Breaker: Definition and part of speech

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Breaker

  1. n. A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface.
  2. n. One who, or that which, breaks.
  3. n. Specifically: A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines; also, the building in which such a machine is placed.
  4. n. A small water cask.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Breakfast: Definition and part of speech

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Breakfast

  1. n. A meal after fasting, or food in general.
  2. n. The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.