break
break has 112 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.
Definitions
- 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.. To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods.
- v. t.. To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
- v. t.. To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise.
- 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.
- v. t.. To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set.
- 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 shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments.
- v. t.. To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill.
- v. t.. To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax.
- v. t.. To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind.
- v. t.. To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow.