break

v., broke (brōk), bro·ken (brō'kən), break·ing, breaks.

v.tr.

1. To cause to separate into pieces suddenly or violently; smash.
2. 1. To divide into pieces, as by bending or cutting: break crackers for a baby.
   2. To separate into components or parts: broke the work into discrete tasks.
3. To snap off or detach: broke a twig from the tree.
4. 1. To fracture a bone of: I broke my leg.
   2. To fracture (a bone): I broke my femur.
5. To crack without separating into pieces.
6. 1. To destroy the completeness of (a group of related items): broke the set of books by giving some away.
   2. To exchange for smaller monetary units: break a dollar.
7. To vary or disrupt the uniformity or continuity of: a plain that was broken by low hills; caught the ball without breaking stride.
8. Electricity. To render (a circuit) inoperative by disruption; open.
9. 1. To force or make a way through; puncture or penetrate: The blade barely broke the skin.
   2. To part or pierce the surface of: a dolphin breaking water.
10. To produce (a sweat) copiously on the skin, as from exercise.
11. To force one's way out of; escape from: break jail.
12. To make or bring about by cutting or forcing: break a trail through the woods.
13. 1. To find an opening or flaw in: They couldn't break my alibi.
    2. To find the solution or key to; uncover the basic elements and arrangement of: break a code; break a spy ring.
14. To make known, as news: break a story.
15. To surpass or outdo: broke the league's home-run record.
16. To overcome or put an end to, especially by force or strong opposition: break a deadlock in negotiations; break a strike.
17. Sports. To win a game on (an opponent's service), as in tennis.
18. To lessen the force or effect of: break a fall.
19. To render useless or inoperative: We accidentally broke the radio.
20. To weaken or destroy, as in spirit or health; overwhelm with adversity: "For a hero loves the world till it breaks him" (William Butler Yeats).
21. To cause the ruin or failure of (an enterprise, for example): Indiscretion broke both marriage and career.
22. To reduce in rank; demote.
23. To cause to be without money or to go into bankruptcy.
24. To fail to fulfill; cancel: break an engagement.
25. To fail to conform to; violate: break the speed limit.
26. Law. To invalidate (a will) by judicial action.
27. 1. To give up (a habit).
    2. To cause to give up a habit: They managed to break themselves of smoking.
28. To train to obey; tame: The horse was difficult to break.

v.intr.

1. To become separated into pieces or fragments.
2. To become cracked or split.
3. To become fractured: His arm broke from the fall.
4. To become unusable or inoperative: The television broke.
5. To give way; collapse: The scaffolding broke during the storm.
6. To burst: The blister broke.
7. 1. To intrude: They broke in upon our conversation.
   2. To filter in or penetrate: Sunlight broke into the room.
8. To scatter or disperse; part: The clouds broke after the storm.
9. Games. To make the opening shot that scatters the grouped balls in billiards or pool.
10. Sports. To separate from a clinch in boxing.
11. Sports. To win a game on the opponent's service, as in tennis: broke twice in the first set.
12. To move away or escape suddenly: broke from his grip and ran off.
13. To come forth or begin from a state of latency; come into being or emerge: A storm was breaking over Miami. Crocuses broke from the soil.
14. To emerge above the surface of water.
15. To become known or noticed: The big story broke on Friday.
16. To change direction or move suddenly: The quarterback broke to the left to avoid a tackler.
17. Baseball. To curve near or over the plate: The pitch broke away from the batter.
18. To change suddenly from one tone quality or musical register to another: His voice broke into a falsetto.
19. Linguistics. To undergo breaking.
20. To change to a gait different from the one set. Used of a horse.
21. To interrupt or cease an activity: We'll break for coffee at ten.
22. To discontinue an association, an agreement, or a relationship: The partners broke over a financial matter. One hates to break with an old friend.
23. To diminish or discontinue abruptly: The fever is breaking.
24. To diminish in or lose physical or spiritual strength; weaken or succumb: Their good cheer broke after repeated setbacks.
25. To decrease sharply in value or quantity: Stock prices broke when the firm suddenly announced layoffs.
26. To come to an end: The cold spell broke yesterday.
27. To collapse or crash into surf or spray: waves that were breaking along the shore.
28. Informal. To take place or happen; proceed: Things have been breaking well for them.
29. To engage in breaking; break dance.

n.

1. The act or an occurrence of breaking.
2. The result of breaking, as a crack, separation, or opening: a break in the clouds.
3. The beginning or emergence of something: the break of day
4. A sudden movement; a dash: The dog made a break toward the open field.
5. An escape: a prison break.
6. An interruption or a disruption in continuity or regularity: television programming without commercial breaks.
7. A pause or interval, as from work: a coffee break.
8. A sudden or marked change: a break in the weather.
9. A violation: a security break.
10. An often sudden piece of luck, especially good luck: finally got the big break in life.
11. Informal.
    1. An allowance or indulgence; accommodating treatment: The boss gave me a break because I'd been sick.
    2. A favorable price or reduction: a tax break for charitable contributions.
12. A severing of ties: made a break with the past; a break between the two families.
13. Informal. A faux pas.
14. A sudden decline in prices.
15. A caesura.
16. Printing.
    1. The space between two paragraphs.
    2. A series of three dots ( . . . ) used to indicate an omission in a text.
    3. The place where a word is or should be divided at the end of a line.
17. Electricity. Interruption of a flow of current.
18. Geology. A marked change in topography such as a fault or deep valley.
19. Nautical. The point of discontinuity between two levels on the deck of a ship.
20. Music.
    1. The point at which one register or tonal quality changes to another.
    2. The change itself.
    3. A solo jazz cadenza that is played during the pause between the regular phrases or choruses of a melody or that serves as an introduction to a more extended solo.
21. A change in a horse's gait to one different from that set by the rider.
22. Sports. The swerving of a ball from a straight path of flight, as in baseball or cricket.
23. Sports. The beginning of a race.
24. Sports.
    1. A fast break.
    2. A rush toward the goal, as in hockey, by offense players in control of the puck or ball, often against fewer defenders: a three-on-one break.
    3. The separation after a clinch in boxing.
25. Games. The opening shot that scatters the grouped balls in billiards or pool.
26. Games. A run or unbroken series of successful shots, as in billiards or croquet.
27. Sports & Games. Failure to score a strike or a spare in a given bowling frame.
28. Sports. A service break.
29. also brake A high horse-drawn carriage with four wheels.
30. Break dancing.

phrasal verbs:

break away

1. To separate or detach oneself, as from a group.
2. To move rapidly away from or ahead of a group: The cyclist broke away from the pack.
3. To discontinue customary practice.

break down

1. To cause to collapse; destroy: break down a partition; broke down our resolve.
2. 1. To become or cause to become distressed or upset.
   2. To have a physical or mental collapse.
3. To give up resistance; give way: prejudices that break down slowly.
4. To fail to function; cease to be useful, effective, or operable: The elevator broke down.
5. To render or become weak or ineffective: Opposition to the king's rule gradually broke down his authority.
6. 1. To divide into or consider in parts; analyze.
   2. To be divisible; admit of analysis: The population breaks down into three main groups.
7. To decompose or cause to decompose chemically.
8. Electricity. To undergo a breakdown.

break in

1. To train or adapt for a purpose.
2. To loosen or soften with use: break in new shoes.
3. To enter premises forcibly or illegally: a prowler who was trying to break in.
4. 1. To interrupt a conversation or discussion.
   2. To intrude.
5. To begin an activity or undertaking: The Senator broke in during the war years.

break into

1. To interrupt: "No one would have dared to break into his abstraction" (Alan Paton).
2. To begin suddenly: The horse broke into a wild gallop. The child broke into a flood of tears.
3. To enter (a field of activity): broke into broadcast journalism at an early age.

break off

1. To separate or become separated, as by twisting or tearing.
2. To stop suddenly, as in speaking.
3. 1. To discontinue (a relationship).
   2. To cease to be friendly.

break out

1. To become affected with a skin eruption, such as pimples.
2. To develop suddenly and forcefully: Fighting broke out in the prison cells.
3. 1. To ready for action or use: Break out the rifles!
   2. To bring forth for consumption: Let's break out the champagne.
4. To emerge or escape.
5. To be separable or classifiable into categories, as data.
6. To isolate (information) from a large body of data.

break through

1. To make a sudden, quick advance, as through an obstruction.

break up

1. 1. To separate or be separated into pieces: She broke up a chocolate bar. The river ice finally broke up.
   2. To interrupt the uniformity or continuity of: An impromptu visit broke up the long afternoon.
2. To scatter; disperse: The crowd broke up after the game.
3. To cease to function or cause to stop functioning as an organized unit or group: His jazz band broke up. The new CEO broke up the corporation.
4. To bring or come to an end: Guards broke up the fight. They argued, and their friendship broke up.
5. Informal. To burst or cause to burst into laughter.

idioms:

break a leg

1. Used to wish someone, such as an actor, success in a performance.

break bread

1. To eat together.

break camp

1. To pack up equipment and leave a campsite.

break cover

1. To emerge from a protected location or hiding place: The platoon broke cover and headed down the road.

break even

1. To gain an amount equal to that invested, as in a commercial venture.

break ground

1. To begin a new construction project.
2. To advance beyond previous achievements.

break new ground

1. To advance beyond previous achievements: broke new ground in the field of computers.

break (one's) neck

1. To make the utmost possible effort.

break rank (or ranks)

1. To fall into disorder, as a formation of soldiers.
2. To fail to conform to a prevailing or expected pattern or order: "Architectural experts have criticized the plaza in the past because it breaks rank with the distinctive façades of neighboring Fifth Avenue blocks, whose buildings are flush with the sidewalk" (Sharon Churcher).

break (someone's) heart

1. To disappoint or dispirit someone severely.

break the bank

1. To require more money than is available.

break the ice

1. To make a start.
2. To relax a tense or unduly formal atmosphere or social situation.

break wind

1. To expel intestinal gas.

[Middle English breken, from Old English brecan.]

SYNONYMS   break, crack, fracture, burst, split, splinter, shatter, smash. These verbs mean to separate or cause to separate into parts or pieces, either by the sudden application of force or by the pressure of internal stress. Break is the most general: The window was broken by vandals. I broke my arm when I fell. That delicate ornament will break easily. To crack is to break, often with a sharp snapping sound, without dividing into parts: I cracked the coffeepot, but it didn't leak. The building's foundation cracked during the earthquake. Fracture applies to a break or crack in a rigid body: She fractured her skull in the accident. Burst implies a sudden coming apart, especially from internal pressure, and the dispersion of contents: The child burst the balloon with a pin. Split refers to a division longitudinally or with the grain: She split the log with an ax. Splinter implies splitting into long, thin, sharp pieces: Repeated blows splintered the door. To shatter is to break into many scattered pieces: The bullet shattered the mirror upon impact. Smash stresses force of blow or impact and suggests complete destruction: He angrily smashed the vase against the wall. See also synonyms at demote, opportunity.

(1) To temporarily or permanently stop executing, printing or transmitting.

(2) In cryptography, to decrypt a ciphertext without knowing the key or to find a flaw in an encryption algorithm or implementation that permits such cryptanalysis.

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A term used in futures markets to describe a rapid and sharp price decline.

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Finance: in a pricing structure providing purchasing discounts at different levels of volume, a point at which the price changes-for example, a 10% discount for ten cases.

Investments: (1) sudden, marked drop in the price of a security or in market prices generally; (2) discrepancy in the accounts of brokerage firms; (3) stroke of good luck.

Finance: in a pricing structure providing purchasing discounts at different levels of volume, a point at which the price changes=for example, a 10% discount for ten cases.

Investment: (1) sudden, marked drop in the price of a security or in market prices generally; (2) discrepancy in the accounts of brokerage firms; (3) stroke of good luck.

also break up

verb

1. To crack or split into two or more fragments by means of or as a result of force, a blow, or strain: fracture, rift, rive, shatter, shiver, smash, splinter, sunder. See help/harm/harmless.
2. To become or cause to become apart one from another: detach, disjoin, disjoint, disunite, divide, divorce, part, separate, split (up). Idioms: part company, set at odds. See assemble/disassemble.
3. To make a hole or other opening in. breach, gap, hole, perforate, pierce, puncture. See open/close.
4. To pass into or through by overcoming resistance. enter, penetrate, perforate, pierce, puncture. See enter/exit.
5. To find the key to (a code, for example): crack, decipher, decrypt, puzzle out. See knowledge/ignorance.
6. To make known: carry, communicate, convey, disclose, get across, impart, pass, report, tell, transmit. See knowledge/ignorance.
7. To be made public: come out, get out, out, transpire. Informal leak (out). Idioms: come to light. See knowledge/ignorance, show/hide.
8. To make or become unusable or inoperative: fail, ruin. Slang bust. See help/harm/harmless.
9. To impair severely something such as the spirit, health, or effectiveness of: crush, destroy, overwhelm, ruin. See help/harm/harmless.
10. To give way mentally and emotionally. collapse, crack, snap. Informal crack up, fold. See explosion/collapse.
11. To suddenly lose all health or strength. cave in, collapse, crack, drop, give out, succumb. Informal crack up. Slang conk out. Idioms: give way. See health/sickness.
12. To reduce to financial insolvency: bankrupt, bust, impoverish, pauperize, ruin. Slang clean out. See money.
13. To undergo sudden financial failure: bust, collapse, crash, fail, go under. Informal fold. Idioms: go belly up, go bust, go on the rocks, go to the wall. See money.
14. To lower in rank or grade: bump, degrade, demote, downgrade, reduce. Slang bust. See rise/fall.
15. To fail to fulfill (a promise) or conform to (a regulation): breach, contravene, infringe, transgress, violate. See do/not do.
16. To refuse or fail to obey: defy, disobey, flout, transgress, violate. Idioms: pay no attention to. See resist/yield.
17. To desist from, cease, or discontinue (a habit, for example): cut out, give up, leave off, stop. Slang kick. See continue/stop/pause.
18. To interrupt regular activity for a short period: recess. Idioms: take a break, take a breather, takefiveten. See continue/stop/pause.
19. To make (an animal) docile: bust, gentle, master, tame. See wild/tame.

phrasal verb - break down

1. To cause the complete ruin or wreckage of: bankrupt, cross up, demolish, destroy, finish, ruin, shatter, sink, smash, spoil, torpedo, undo, wash up, wrack, wreck. Slang total. Idioms: put the kibosh on. See help/harm/harmless.
2. To cease functioning properly: fail, give out. Slang conk out. See thrive/fail/exist.
3. To separate into parts for study: analyze, anatomize, dissect, resolve. See assemble/disassemble, investigate.
4. To take (something) apart: disassemble, dismantle, dismount, take down. See assemble/disassemble.
5. To reduce or become reduced to pieces or components: break up, crumble, decompose, disintegrate, dissolve, fragment, fragmentize. See continue/stop/pause, help/harm/harmless.
6. To become or cause to become rotten or unsound: decay, decompose, deteriorate, disintegrate, molder, putrefy, rot, spoil, taint, turn. Idioms: go bad, go to pot, go to seed. See better/worse, thrive/fail/exist.

phrasal verb - break in

1. To enter forcibly or illegally: burglarize. Law trespass. See crimes, enter/exit.
2. To interject remarks or questions into another's discourse: chime in, chip in, cut in, interrupt. See continue/stop/pause.

phrasal verb - break off

1. To stop suddenly, as a conversation, activity, or relationship: cease, discontinue, interrupt, suspend, terminate. See continue/stop/pause.
2. To cease trying to accomplish or continue: abandon, desist, discontinue, give up, leave off, quit, relinquish, remit, stop. Informal swear off. Slang lay off. Idioms: call it a day, call it quits, hang up one's fiddle, have done with, throw in the towel. See continue/stop/pause.
3. To terminate a relationship or an association by or as if by leaving one another: break up, part, separate. Informal split (up). Idioms: call it quits, come to a parting of the ways, part company. See assemble/disassemble, continue/stop/pause.

phrasal verb - break out

1. To become manifest suddenly and in full force: burst (forth or out), erupt, explode, flare (up). See explosion/collapse, start/end.
2. To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation: abscond, decamp, escape, flee, fly, get away, run away. Informal skip (out). Slang lam. Regional absquatulate. Idioms: blowflythe coop, cut and run, give someone the slip, make a getaway, take flight, take it on the lam. See free/unfree.

phrasal verb - break up

1. To make a division into parts, sections, or branches: dissever, divide, part, partition, section, segment, separate. See assemble/disassemble, part/whole.
2. To reduce or become reduced to pieces or components: break down, crumble, decompose, disintegrate, dissolve, fragment, fragmentize. See continue/stop/pause, help/harm/harmless.
3. To terminate a relationship or an association by or as if by leaving one another: break off, part, separate. Informal split (up). Idioms: call it quits, come to a parting of the ways, part company. See assemble/disassemble, continue/stop/pause.
4. To express great amusement or mirth: guffaw, roar. Slang howl. See laughter.

noun

1. An opening, especially in a solid structure: breach, gap, hole, perforation, rupture. See open/close.
2. A usually narrow partial opening caused by splitting and rupture: chink, cleavage, cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, rift, split. See open/close.
3. The act or an instance of escaping, as from confinement or difficulty: breakout, decampment, escape, escapement, flight, getaway. Slang lam. See free/unfree.
4. A cessation of continuity or regularity: discontinuance, discontinuation, discontinuity, disruption, interruption, pause, suspension. See continue/stop/pause.
5. An interval during which continuity is suspended: gap, hiatus, interim, lacuna, void. See continue/stop/pause.
6. A pause or interval, as from work or duty: intermission, recess, respite, rest, time-out. Informal breather. See continue/stop/pause.
7. A favorable or advantageous combination of circumstances: chance, occasion, opening, opportunity. Informal shot. See luck/misfortune/chance.
8. An interruption in friendly relations: alienation, breach, disaffection, estrangement, fissure, rent, rift, rupture, schism, split. See assemble/disassemble, help/harm/harmless.

Idioms beginning with break:
break bread
break camp
break cover
break even
break ground
break loose
break of day
break one
break one's neck
break one's fall
break one's word
break out of
break ranks
break someone
break someone of something
break someone's heart
break someone's serve
break the back of
break the bank
break the news
break through
break someone up
break wind

See also get a break; give someone a break; make a break for it; make or break; never give a sucker an even break; take a break; tough break. Also see under broke.

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n

Definition: fissure, opening
Antonyms: association, attachment, binding, combination, fastening, juncture

n

Definition: interruption of activity
Antonyms: continuation, continuity

n

Definition: lucky happening
Antonyms: bad luck, misfortune

v

Definition: destroy; make whole into pieces
Antonyms: attach, fasten, fix, join, mend, put together, secure

v

Definition: run away
Antonyms: stay, wait

v

Definition: stop an action
Antonyms: allow, cause

v

Definition: tell news
Antonyms: hide, keep quiet, secret

v

Definition: violate law
Antonyms: agree, obey

v

Definition: weaken, cause instability
Antonyms: stabilize, strengthen

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1. vt. To cause to be broken (in any sense). “Your latest patch to the editor broke the paragraph commands.”

2. v. (of a program) To stop temporarily, so that it may debugged. The place where it stops is a breakpoint.

3. [techspeak] vi. To send an RS-232 break (two character widths of line high) over a serial comm line.

4. [Unix] vi. To strike whatever key currently causes the tty driver to send SIGINT to the current process. Normally, break (sense 3), delete or control-C does this.

5. break break may be said to interrupt a conversation (this is an example of verb doubling). This usage comes from radio communications, which in turn probably came from landline telegraph/teleprinter usage, as badly abused in the Citizen's Band craze of the early 1980s.

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v. past broke; past part. broken 1. separate or cause to separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain.

2. unfurl (a flag or sail).

3. succeed in deciphering (a code).

4. open (a shotgun or rifle) at the breech.

5. (chiefly of a military force) make a rush or dash in a particular direction: the flight broke to the right and formed a defensive circle.

6. fail to observe (a law, regulation, or agreement).

7. crush the emotional strength, spirit, or resistance of: the idea was to hold the prisoners of war, not to break them.

8. destroy the power of (a movement or organization).

n.

1. an interruption of continuity or uniformity: airstrikes have continued without a break for over a week.

2. a breakout, especially from prison.

break camp see camp.

break cover emerge into the open.

break ranks see rank.

break step see step.

break out (of war, fighting, or similarly undesirable things) start suddenly: forest fires have broken out across Indonesia.

break through make or force a way through (a barrier): the infantry attempted to break through enemy lines.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

In jazz, a type of brief cadenza, performed by a solo singer or instrumentalist without rhythmic accompaniment, interpolated between ensemble passages; its effect is one of surprise and suspended time.

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break

A change in direction of a plane; usually in reference to a wall.

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A discontinuity, e.g. the change in coat color from puppies to adults.

• wool b. — horizontal bands of weakness in wool or haircoats may result in a ‘break’ in the wool and loss of the fleece, or a significant downgrading of its value. The weakness is usually the result of a period of disturbed metabolism, e.g. a severe attack of disease, or of poor nutrition.

In a draw poker game this term refers to the action of discarding cards that already create a made hand in the hopes of improving to an even better hand.

SoundPoker Says: For example, a player with J-J-10-9-8 may try to break his pair of jacks to draw for the straight.

See Also: Discard, Draw, Improve, Made Hand, Muck

IN BRIEF: To come apart; to make something come apart by force; to split or crack sharply into pieces. A rest or pause.

From time to time, it's good to take a break from work and relax and have fun.

Tutor's tip: He did not want to "brake" (use the brake, a device for slowing or stopping motion) when he came to the "break" (place where a separation occurs) in the road.

sign description: Both S-hands begin together and then seperate in a breaking motion.

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Something physically broken in a dream can refer to non-physical breaks, such as a broken promise, spirit, dream, heart, hope, and the like. But we also have more positive associations with the word, as in "break with the past," "lucky break," "break a habit," "break new ground," "breakthrough," etc., any of which might be symbolized by a physical break.

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i. A maneuver ordered to a fighter to avoid being shot down. It consists of a maximum rate turn to destroy the hostile aircraft’s firing solution.
ii. To “peel off” from formation. The maneuver is normally ordered when the formation comes over the airfield for landing.
iii. The point at which a pilot senses a wing is stalling.
iv. When transmitted on radio, it indicates the separation in messages.
v. To discontinue aerial combat suddenly.
vi. To break a cloud; to make an appearance or come through a cloud.
vii. A break in a cloud; some clear space in otherwise covered sky.
viii. A fault in an electrical system.



Ambient air is drawn into the compressor, where it is pressurized—a theoretically isentropic process. The compressed air then runs through a combustion chamber, where fuel is burned, heating that air—a constant-pressure process, since the chamber is open to flow in and out. The heated, pressurized air then gives up its energy, expanding through the a turbine(s)—another theoretically isentropic process. Some of the work extracted by the turbine is used to drive the compressor.

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Break

Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - slå i stykker, knuse, brække, gennembryde, knække, afbryde, afsætte, kassere, overså
v. intr. - gå i stykker, holde pause, bryde sammen, bryde med, slå om, gry, bryde ud, skrue
n. - brud, knæk, pause, omslag, pludselig flugt, chance, skruning, serie

idioms:

• at break of day    ved daggry, ved solopgang
• break away    rive sig løs, løsrive sig
• break cover    komme frem fra sit skjul
• break down    gå i stykker, bryde sammen
• break even    få regnskabet til at stemme, få det til at løbe rundt
• break in    bryde ind, afbryde
• break into    bryde ind i, slå over i
• break new ground    lave nyskabning, skabe nybrud, skabe gennembrud
• break off    bryde af, holde op med
• break open    bryde op
• break out    bryde ud
• break ranks    komme ud af geled
• break someone's balls    tage modet fra nogen, knække nogen
• break someone's heart    få nogens hjerte til at briste, give nogen hjertekvaler
• break the back of something    overstå det værste, komme igennem det værste, overstå den værste del
• break the bank    sprænge banken
• break the ice    bryde isen
• break the news    meddele noget skånsomt
• break through    bryde igennem, opnå gennembrud
• break up    bryde, opløse, splitte
• break wind    slippe en vind
• breaking point    bristepunkt
• give me a break    gider du lige`, hvad regner du mig for`
• make a break    styrte afsted, rende afsted

2.
n. - chance, mulighed

Nederlands (Dutch)
rustpauze, breuk, uitbraak, serie, openingsstoot, onderbreking, verandering, gelegenheid om vooruit te komen, break (tennis), onbegeleid solootje (jazz), breken, kapotgaan, pauzeren, overtreden, aanbreken, (los)barsten, scheuren, scheiden, omslaan, baard in de keel krijgen, bezwijken (onder druk), temmen, verlaten (traditie), vlag ontvouwen, officier degraderen, plotseling dalen (aandelen)

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - casser, briser, rompre, fracturer, entamer, écorcher (la peau), (Sport) battre (un record), (fig) manquer à, violer (un traité), désobéir à (un commandement), abîmer, détériorer (la santé), briser (une grève), mater (une rébellion), abattre/briser, dresser (un cheval), (Mil) casser (un officier), (Fin) ruiner (qn), causer la perte (de qn), rompre (le silence), (Élec) couper, s'évader, amortir (un coup), adoucir, révéler, annoncer
v. intr. - muer, (se) casser, (se) briser, se rompre, se fracturer, déferler (des vagues), se disperser/se dissiper, (Mil) rompre les rangs, se rompre (les rangs), (fig) se briser (le c¯ur), se libérer de, (Naut) rompre ses amarres, partir à la dérive, éclater/se répandre (des nouvelles), éclater/se déchaîner (un orage), s'altérer, se détériorer (la santé), muer (la voix), se briser, s'étrangler (d'émotion), se gâter (le temps), se dégager (boxe), poindre (l'aube), se lever (le jour), faire une pause
n. - (lit) cassure, rupture, (fig) rupture, brouille, trouée, brèche, faille (rocher), interruption, rupture (d'une ligne), pause, (TV) interruption, arrêt (d'un voyage), (GB, École) récréation, points de suspension, (Radio, TV) intermède de publicité, point du jour, aube, évasion, fuite, cavale, chance, veine, série (snooker), (Aut) break

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idioms:

• break away    se détacher de, rompre les amarres, partir à la dérive, s'échapper (football), se détacher du peloton (course), (lit, fig) détacher de
• break cover    débusquer, débucher, sortir à découvert (qn)
• break down    tomber en panne, panne, se détériorer (la santé), s'effondrer (un argument), céder (une résistance), échouer (des négociations), fondre en larmes, éclater en sanglots, démolir, mettre en morceaux, enfoncer (une porte), (fig) briser, analyser, détailler (des comptes), décomposer en, ventiler (des coûts), (Chim) décomposer
• break even    s'y retrouver, s'en tirer sans gains ni pertes, atteindre l'équilibre financier
• break forth    jaillir (la lumière), éclater (un orage)
• break free    se libérer, se dégager
• break in    entrer par effraction, enfoncer, défoncer, dresser (un cheval), (US, Aut) roder, cambriolage, intervenir, s'interposer, faire irruption
• break in on    interrompre (qn/qch)
• break into    entrer par effraction dans, entamer, (Comm) percer, commencer à, se mettre à
• break new ground    faire ¯uvre de pionnier, faire une percée
• break of day    au point du jour, à l'aube
• break off    se détacher net, se casser net, s'arrêter (de faire), rompre avec qn, commencer la partie (snooker), casser, détacher, rompre, se défaire de, interrompre, cesser (un travail)
• break open    enfoncer (qch)
• break out    éclater, se déclarer (une épidémie), s'échapper, s'évader de, (US) sortir (qch) de sa cachette, lancer/dire brusquement, ouvrir (une bouteille de vin)
• break out in    se couvrir de, commencer à
• break out of    s'échapper, s'évader de
• break ranks    rompre les rangs, (fig) décider de faire bande à part
• break someone in    interrompre qn
• break someone up    rompre avec qn, se séparer de qn
• break someone's balls    casser les pieds à qn
• break someone's heart    briser le c¯ur de qn
• break something down    démolir qch, mettre qch en morceaux, enfoncer qch, (fig) briser, analyser/détailler qch, décomposer en, ventiler (des chiffre de vente), (Chim) décomposer qch
• break something in    interrompre qch, entrer par effraction, enfoncer qch, défoncer qch, dresser (un cheval), (US, Aut) roder (une voiture)
• break something off    casser qch, détacher qch, se défaire de qch, cesser qch
• break something out    (US) sortir (qch) de sa cachette, déployer qch, éclater (une dispute), lancer/déclarer brusquement qch, ouvrir (une bouteille de vin)
• break something up    morceler, démolir, ameublir, défoncer (une route), (fig) briser, rompre, démembrer, disperser (la foule), (US) donner le fou rire
• break the back of something    faire le plus dur de qch
• break the bank    faire sauter la banque, (fig) ruiner qn
• break the ice    commencer le premier, (fig) rompre la glace, entamer le sujet délicat
• break the news    annoncer
• break through    avancée, découverte, percée, (Mil) faire une percée, percer (les nuages), enfoncer, percer (un obstacle), (Aviat) franchir
• break up    craquer, se fêler, être enfoncé (une route), se disloquer (un bateau), cesser, prendre fin, se détériorer (santé), se disperser (des nuages), se séparer (des amis), (GB, École) entrer en vacances, (US) avoir le fou rire
• break wind    lâcher des vents
• break with    rompre avec
• breaking point    point de rupture
• give me a break    donnez-moi une chance, fichez-moi la paix
• make a break for    s'élancer, prendre la fuite
• off break    (Sport) déviation de la balle du côté droit vers la jambe gauche (au cricket)

2.
n. - carriole (arch), frein

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - brechen, kaputtgehen, zerbrechen, umschlagen, anbrechen, pausieren, kaputtmachen, beenden, bändigen, aufsprengen, verletzen
n. - Bruch, Riß, Pause, Unterbrechung, Umschlag, Chance

idioms:

• break away    sich lösen, sich trennen
• break cover    aus der Deckung hervorkommen
• break down    kaputtgehen, scheitern, zusammenbrechen, aufbrechen, niederreißen
• break even    die Kosten decken
• break forth    hervorbrechen, losbrechen
• break free    sich befreien
• break in    einbrechen, einarbeiten, unterbrechen, abrichten, zureiten, sich gewöhnen an
• break in on    unterbrechen
• break into    eindringen, anbrechen
• break new ground    Neuland betreten
• break of day    bei Tagesanbruch
• break off    abbrechen, abreißen, losbrechen, zerreißen, beenden, lösen
• break open    aufbrechen
• break out    ausbrechen
• break out in    ausbrechen
• break out of    ausbrechen
• break ranks    aus dem Glied treten
• break someone in    einbrechen, einarbeiten, unterbrechen, abrichten, zureiten, sich gewöhnen an
• break someone up    kaputtmachen, demolieren, lösen, auseinandergehen, brechen
• break someone's balls    jdn. absichtlich unnötige Probleme bereiten
• break someone's heart    jemandem das Herz brechen
• break something down    eine Panne haben, zusammenbrechen
• break something in    abrichten, einfahren, einbrechen
• break something off    abbrechen, lösen
• break something out    ausbrechen
• break something up    brechen
• break the back of something    das Schwerste hinter sich bringen
• break the bank    die Bank sprengen, (ugs.) sich in Unkosten stürzen
• break the ice    das Eis brechen
• break the news    melden, eine Nachricht beibringen
• break through    durchbrechen
• break up    kaputtmachen, demolieren, lösen, auseinandergehen, brechen
• break wind    Darmwinde entweichen lassen
• break with    Schluß machen mit
• breaking point    Belastungsgrenze
• give me a break    Das ist doch lächerlich!, Laß mich in Ruhe!
• make a break for    davonlaufen
• off break    (Cricket) ein Ball, der seine Richtung ändert

2.
n. - Break, Kombiwagen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - σπάζω, θραύω/-ομαι, θρυμματίζω/-ομαι, συντρίβω/-ομαι, τσακίζω/-ομαι, κομματιάζω/-ομαι, διακόπτω (σχέσεις), κόβω (συνήθεια), υποχωρώ, τιθασεύω, δαμάζω, παραβιάζω, παραβαίνω, αθετώ, διακόπτω, κάνω διάλειμμα, καταρρίπτω (ρεκόρ), ανακοινώνω, ξεσπώ, κάνω ψιλά, δραπετεύω, το σκάω
n. - ρήξη, ρωγμή, ρήγμα, σπάσιμο, θλάση, άνοιγμα, τρύπα, διακοπή, διάλειμμα, αλλαγή, ευκαιρία, τύχη, απόδραση, απόπειρα φυγής

idioms:

• break away    αποσπώ/-ώμαι, ξεκόβω, δραπετεύω, ξεφεύγω
• break cover    ξεμυτίζω, σκάω μύτη
• break down    χαλώ, παθαίνω βλάβη, γκρεμίζω, συντρίβω, αναλύω (σε επί μέρους στοιχεία), διακόπτομαι, καταρρέω
• break even    ισοφαρίζω, έρχομαι μία η άλλη, ρεφάρω
• break in    παραβιάζω, κάνω διάρρηξη, επεμβαίνω, διακόπτω, δαμάζω, ντρεσάρω, στρώνω
• break into    μπήγω (τα γέλια κ.λπ.), ξεσπώ σε, αρχίζω ξαφνικά, κάνω διάρρηξη, παραβιάζω
• break off    αποσπώ, κόβω, διακόπτω, σταματώ απότομα, διαλύω
• break open    ανοίγω με βία, παραβιάζω
• break out    εκδηλώνομαι, ξεσπώ, δραπετεύω, γεμίζω ξαφνικά (π.χ. σπυριά)
• break ranks    (στρατ.) λύνω τους ζυγούς, (μτφ.) αποσκιρτώ, εγκαταλείπω την παράταξη
• break the back of something    τρώω το γάιδαρο, διεκπεραιώνω το μεγαλύτερο μέρος εργασίας
• break through    διασπώ, ανοίγω δρόμο, διεισδύω, καταφέρνω να ξεπεράσω ή υπερπηδήσω
• break up    διαλύω/-ομαι, συντρίβω, χωρίζω, εξασθενώ, τεμαχίζω, αποσυναρμολογώ, ξεμοντάρω
• give me a break    κάνε μου τη χάρη!
• make a break    κάνω απόπειρα απόδρασης, διαπράττω ατόπημα, (για μπιλιάρδο) κάνω σερί

Italiano (Italian)
cambiare, spuntare, far pausa, rompersi, scoppiare, rompere, domare, scassinare, infrangere, evasione, pausa, cambiamento improvviso, rottura, frattura

idioms:

• at break of day    allo spuntar del giorno
• break away    liberarsi
• break cover    uscire allo scoperto
• break down    spezzare, crollare, avere un collasso nervoso
• break even    andare in pareggio
• break in    iniziare, irrompere
• break into    penetrare in, introdursi, fare irruzione, forzare
• break new ground    innovare
• break off    staccarsi, rompere, troncare, interrompere
• break out    evadere
• break someone's heart    spezzare il cuore
• break the bank    far saltare il banco
• break the ice    rompere il ghiaccio
• break through    superare, aprirsi un varco
• break up    dividere, sfasciare
• break wind    petare (emettere peti)
• breaking point    punto di rottura
• give me a break    lasciami in pace
• make a break    far pausa

Português (Portuguese)
v. - quebrar, dividir, violar
n. - ruptura (f), brecha (f), interrupção (f), pausa (f), fuga (f), erro (m), oportunidade (f)

idioms:

• at break of day    ao amanhecer
• break away    escapar
• break cover    escapar (o animal) de esconderijo
• break down    destruir
• break even    não ganhar nem perder
• break in    treinar
• break into    arrombar
• break new ground    fazer descobertas
• break off    romper
• break open    abrir à força
• break out    irromper
• break someone's heart    entristecer alguém
• break the back of something    terminar a parte principal ou pior
• break the bank    quebrar a banca (de jogo)
• break the ice    quebrar o gelo (gír.)
• break through    forçar passagem, fazer descobertas
• break up    separar-se
• break wind    peidar (gír.) (pej.)
• breaking point    ponto (m) de ruptura
• give me a break    tenha dó!, tenha paciência!
• lunch break    horário (m) de almoço
• make a break    fazer um intervalo
• tea break    intervalo (m) curto

Русский (Russian)
начаться, сломаться, прерваться, сломать, приручить, взломать, нарушить, побег, перерыв, разрыв, перелом

idioms:

• at break of day    на рассвете
• break away    отделяться, порывать отношения
• break cover    выходить из укрытия
• break down    ломаться, ломать, ухудшаться
• break even    закончить игру вничью, ни прибыли ни потери в деле
• break in    вломиться, ворваться
• break into    вломиться, ворваться, распечатать
• break new ground    заняться новым делом, делать открытие
• break off    сломаться, прерваться на полуслове, сломать, оборвать
• break open    раскрыть
• break out    вспыхнуть, разразиться, выходить из укрытия
• break someone's heart    причинить душевные страдания
• break the back of something    покончить с чем-либо, положить конец
• break the bank    сорвать банк
• break the ice    сломать лед, положить начало
• break through    прорваться, совершить прорыв
• break up    ломать, разрушать, закончить, покончить с кем-то, распасться
• break wind    перднуть, отрыгнуть
• breaking point    предел прочности
• give me a break    оставь меня в покое!
• lunch break    перерыв на обед
• make a break    сделать перерыв
• tea break    короткий перерыв в работе на чай

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - comenzar, apuntar, descansar, romper, domesticar, amansar, domar, fracturar, forzar, contravenir, violar, infringir, quebrantar, transgredir
v. intr. - quebrantarse, resentirse, romperse, quebrarse, cambiar de voz, hacer añicos, hacer pedazos, separarse
n. - evasión, fuga, cambio brusco, ruptura, escisión, fractura

idioms:

• break away    soltarse, separarse
• break cover    salir al descubierto
• break down    derribar, acabar, hundirse, debilitarse
• break even    no tener ni ganancias ni pérdidas, estar parejo
• break forth    explotar o estallar repentinamente
• break free    liberarse
• break in    intervenir, irrumpir
• break in on    intervenir, irrumpir
• break into    forzar la entrada, entrar por la fuerza, penetrar
• break new ground    innovar, comenzar algo nuevo, abrir un nuevo camino
• break of day    al amanecer, al clarear el día
• break off    romper, interrumpir
• break open    abierto a la fuerza
• break out    evadirse, estallar
• break out in    evadirse, estallar
• break out of    evadirse, estallar
• break ranks    romper filas
• break someone in    intervenir, irrumpir
• break someone up    romper, dividir, fraccionar, partir
• break someone's balls    disfrutar causando problemas
• break someone's heart    partirle el corazón a alguien
• break something down    derribar, acabar, hundirse, debilitarse
• break something in    intervenir, irrumpir
• break something off    romper, interrumpir
• break something out    evadirse, estallar
• break something up    romper, dividir, fraccionar, partir
• break the back of something    terminar o solucionar la parte más difícil de una tarea, haber hecho la mayor parte del trabajo
• break the bank    hacer saltar la banca
• break the ice    romper el hielo
• break the news    dar una noticia
• break through    abrirse paso
• break up    romper, dividir, fraccionar, partir
• break wind    ventosear, soltar un pedo
• break with    romper con
• breaking point    punto de ruptura
• give me a break    ¡deja de fastidiarme!
• make a break for    escapar (de la cárcel, etc.), hacer una pausa
• off break    (cricket) movimiento combado de la pelota

2.
n. - pausa, descanso, tregua, recreo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - bryta, bryta sönder, bryta mot, avbryta, spricka, gå sönder
n. - avbrott, spricka, chans

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 打破, 使碎裂, 折断, 毁坏, 弄坏, 破碎, 断裂, 破裂, 破掉, 被损坏, 破裂处

idioms:

• at break of day    拂晓时刻
• break away    突然离开, 放弃, 脱离
• break cover    从隐藏处出来
• break down    失败, 故障
• break even    打成平手, 得失相当
• break in    训练, 打断
• break into    破门而入, 侵占
• break new ground    开创新局面, 别出新裁, 开辟新天地
• break off    中断, 中止, 断交, 断绝友好关系, 突然停止, 突然住口, 折断
• break open    砸开
• break out    爆发, 突然发生
• break ranks    离开队伍, 溃散
• break someone's balls    让某人吃足苦头
• break someone's heart    使某人很伤心
• break the back of something    完成某事中最困难部分
• break the bank    耗尽资源
• break the ice    打破沉默
• break the news    披露新闻, 披露消息
• break through    突围, 突破
• break up    打碎, 分裂, 破碎
• break wind    放屁
• breaking point    转化点
• give me a break    让我休息一下, 得了吧!
• make a break    逃之夭夭, 打开局面

2. 休息

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 打破, 使碎裂, 折斷, 毀壞, 弄壞
v. intr. - 破碎, 斷裂, 破裂, 破掉, 被損壞
n. - 破裂處

idioms:

• at break of day    拂曉時刻
• break away    突然離開, 放棄, 脫離
• break cover    從隱藏處出來
• break down    失敗, 故障
• break even    打成平手, 得失相當
• break in    訓練, 打斷
• break into    破門而入, 侵佔
• break new ground    開創新局面, 別出新裁, 開闢新天地
• break off    中斷, 中止, 斷交, 斷絕友好關係, 突然停止, 突然住口, 折斷
• break open    砸開
• break out    爆發, 突然發生
• break ranks    離開隊伍, 潰散
• break someone's balls    讓某人吃足苦頭
• break someone's heart    使某人很傷心
• break the back of something    完成某事中最困難部分
• break the bank    耗盡資源
• break the ice    打破沈默
• break the news    披露新聞, 披露消息
• break through    突圍, 突破
• break up    打碎, 分裂, 破碎
• break wind    放屁
• breaking point    轉化點
• give me a break    讓我休息一下, 得了吧!
• make a break    逃之夭夭, 打開局面

2.
n. - 休息

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - ~을 부수다, ~를 어기다, ~에 이기다
v. intr. - 깨지다, 중지하다, 분해되다
n. - 파괴, 시작, 중지

idioms:

• at break of day    여명 때
• break away    부숴버리다, 도망가다
• break cover    숲에서 뛰쳐나오다
• break down    고장 나다, 압도하다, 분해하다
• break even    손익이 없게 되다
• break in    훈련하다, 쓰기 시작하다, 침입하다
• break into    침입하다, 가로막다, 갑자기~하다
• break new ground    신천지를 개척하다
• break off    꺾다, 중단하다
• break open    강제로 열다
• break out    일어나다, 준비하다, 탈출하다
• break ranks    범위를 벗어나다
• break someone's balls    몹시 애 먹이다
• break someone's heart    비탄에 젖게 하다
• break the back of something    무거운 짐을 지우다, 파산시키다
• break the bank    땡잡다
• break the ice    실마리를 찾다
• break the news    소식을 알리다
• break through    헤치고 나아가다, 나타나다, 어기다
• break up    분리하다, 변하다, 녹다
• break wind    방풍림
• give me a break    ~의 말이나 행동에 화가 난
• make a break    실수하다

2.
n. - 휴식

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 壊す, 割る, 折る, 切る, 押し通る, 押し入る, 脱出する, 壊して開ける, 更新する, 破る, ならす, 破産させる, 知らせる, 明ける, 乱す, 中断する
n. - 破損, 裂け目, 中断, 断絶, 休憩, 突進, 逃亡, 急変

idioms:

• advert break    CMによる番組の中断
• at break of day    夜明けに
• break away    逃げる, 急にやめる, 逃れる
• break cover    隠れ場から飛び出す
• break down    打ち壊す, 打ち負かす, 鎮める, 体をこわす, 故障する, 泣き崩れる, 挫折する, 分解する
• break even    損得なしになる
• break faith with    約束を破る
• break in    押し入る, 口を挟む, ならす
• break into    壊れて…になる, 押し入る, 食い込む, 手を付ける, 突然…し出す
• break loose    脱出する
• break new ground    新天地を開拓する
• break off    折って取る, 壊して取る, 絶ち切る, 話をやめる, 休憩をとる
• break one's journey    途中下車する
• break one's neck    死ぬ, 大いに努力する
• break one's word    約束を破る
• break open    こじ開ける, こわして開く
• break out    急に起きる, 突然…し出す, 脱走する, ができる
• break ranks    列を乱す, 落後する
• break someone's balls    ものすごく努力する, ひどく不快にする
• break someone's heart    悲しませる
• break the back of something    山を越す, 力を弱らせる
• break the bank    胴元をつぶす
• break the ice    打ち解ける, 糸口を付ける
• break the mould    形式を打ち破る
• break the news    公表する
• break through    突破する, 雲間から漏れる, から漏れる, 新発見をする
• break up    砕く, ばらばらにする, 壊れる, 終わりになる, 参らせる, 解散させる, 散り散りにする, 休みになる, 休暇に入る
• break wind    おならをする
• make a break    逃げ出す
• make or break    成否を左右する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) كسر, حطم, انقطع, تقطع (الاسم) فرصه, انقطاع, فترة راحه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮שבר, ניתק, הפר, פרץ, ביטל, הפסיק, הוריד בדרגה (קצין), פרש (דגל), ערק (מאוניה), הפריך (אליבי), יצא או הוציא מכלל שימוש‬
v. intr. - ‮נשבר, ירד באופן ניכר (מחיר), ערק (מאוניה), יצא או הוציא מכלל שימוש‬
n. - ‮פתיחה, פירצה, הפסקה, שינוי, זריחה, הפרה, שבירה, שינוי כיוון, הזדמנות, מזל טוב‬
n. - ‮קרון-בלימה (מיושן), מעצור‬

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