BPage 388
- English Word Break Definition To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking.
- English Word Break Definition To fall in business; to become bankrupt.
- English Word Break Definition To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop.
- English Word Break Definition To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, but degenerates into an unmusical sound instead. Also, to change in tone, as a boy's voice at puberty.
- English Word Break Definition To fall out; to terminate friendship.
- English Word Break Definition An opening made by fracture or disruption.
- English Word Break Definition An interruption of continuity; change of direction; as, a break in a wall; a break in the deck of a ship.
- English Word Break Definition A projection or recess from the face of a building.
- English Word Break Definition An opening or displacement in the circuit, interrupting the electrical current.
- English Word Break Definition An interruption; a pause; as, a break in friendship; a break in the conversation.
- English Word Break Definition An interruption in continuity in writing or printing, as where there is an omission, an unfilled line, etc.
- English Word Break Definition The first appearing, as of light in the morning; the dawn; as, the break of day; the break of dawn.
- English Word Break Definition A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.
- English Word Break Definition A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10.
- English Word Break Definition See Commutator.
- English Word Break-circuit Definition A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit.
- English Word Break-up Definition Disruption; a separation and dispersion of the parts or members; as, a break-up of an assembly or dinner party; a break-up of the government.
- English Word Breakable Definition Capable of being broken.
- English Word Breakage Definition The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles broken.
- English Word Breakage Definition An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use.