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adj
noun
- Something that is (easily) breakable.
- (usually in the plural, music) A set of customized hardware that is part of a drum kit. Breakables typically consist of: the drummer's cymbals including high-hats, the snare drum, the kick pedal and the drummer's stool.
- an article that is fragile and easily broken
verb
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noun
verb
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verb
noun
- A person who moulds or shapes material into objects, especially clay into bricks, pottery, etc.
- (figurative) A person or thing that influences or shapes; an influencer, a shaper.
- (metalworking) A person who makes moulds for casting metal; a mouldmaker.
- An instrument or machine used to mould or shape material into objects.
- (countable, uncountable, Ireland, Orkney, Shetland) Alternative spelling of mulder (“one or more crumbled pieces of food, especially oatcake; a crumb or crumbs”).
verb
- break down
- become physically weaker
- (transitive) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
- (intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
- (intransitive) To decline in function or utility.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
- (transitive) To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
- (intransitive, figurative) To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place or state).
noun
- unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
- (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
- a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
- (uncountable) Verbal nonsense.
- Decaying matter.
- (chiefly in compounds) Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
- The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
adj
- Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.
- easily broken or damaged or destroyed
- (medicine) In an infirm state leading one to be easily subject to disease or other health problems, especially regarding the elderly.
- Weak; infirm.
- Mentally fragile.
- Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.
- wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
- physically weak
noun
- Synonym of farasola (“old unit of weight”).
- A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.
- A rush for weaving baskets.
- The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail.
- the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
- a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
verb
verb
- break partially but keep its integrity
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- cause to become cracked
- tell spontaneously
- make a very sharp explosive sound
- break into simpler molecules by means of heat
- hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- make a sharp sound
- reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
- gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- pass through (a barrier)
- (transitive) To overcome a security system or component.
- (intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
- (transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
- (intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
- (intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
- (transitive, figurative) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
- (colloquial) To barely reach or attain (a measurement or extent).
- (transitive) To tell (a joke).
- (transitive) To open slightly.
- (intransitive, transgender slang) To realize that one is transgender.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
- (intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
- (transitive) To strike forcefully.
- (intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
- (transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
- (intransitive) To form cracks.
- (transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- (transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
- (transitive, chemistry) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
- (transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- (mid 2020s slang) To have sex with, especially penetrative sex.
- (transitive, figurative) To solve a difficult problem.
adj
noun
- a long narrow cleft
- the act of cracking something
- a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
- a usually brief attempt
- a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
- a narrow opening
- a long narrow depression in a surface
- a sudden sharp noise
- witty remark
- a chance to do something
- (vulgar, slang) The vagina.
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- (Cumbria, Northern UK) A chat.
- (figurative, humorous) Something good-tasting or habit-forming.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- A narrow opening.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
- (Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
- (onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
- The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business; events; news.
- (onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- (slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
- (informal) The space between the buttocks.
- A sharp, resounding blow.
- (computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
verb
- be broken in
- undergo breaking
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- find the solution or key to
- become punctured or penetrated
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- do a break dance
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- fall sharply
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- cause to give up a habit
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
- change directions suddenly
- exchange for smaller units of money
- give up
- interrupt a continued activity
- interrupt the flow of current in
- break a piece from a whole
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- move away or escape suddenly
- invalidate by judicial action
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- cease an action temporarily
- happen or take place
- render inoperable or ineffective
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- come to an end (of an event)
- cause the failure or ruin of
- put an end to a state or an activity
- fracture a bone of
- stop operating or functioning
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- terminate or end
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- come into being
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- find a flaw in
- ruin completely
- happen
- go to pieces
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- pierce or penetrate
- surpass in excellence
- lessen in force or effect
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- scatter or part
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- reduce to bankruptcy
- be released or become known; of news
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- (transitive, tennis) To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
- (intransitive, of a storm) To begin or end.
- (intransitive, sports) To counter-attack.
- (intransitive, of a spell of settled weather) To end.
- (intransitive) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
- (transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc.
- (intransitive, of a male voice) To become deeper at puberty.
- (transitive, backgammon) To remove one of the two men on (a point).
- (transitive) To end (a connection); to disconnect.
- (intransitive, billiards, snooker, pool) To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
- (intransitive) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
- (specifically) To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
- (transitive, theater) To end the run of (a play).
- (transitive) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
- (intransitive) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait.
- (intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.
- (transitive) To violate; to fail to adhere to.
- (specifically) To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like.
- (transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
- (transitive) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
- (transitive) To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
- (intransitive, of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive.
- (transitive) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
- (transitive, with for) To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.
- (rare, mainly historical or a misspelling) To brake.
- (copulative, informal) To suddenly become.
- (transitive) To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
- (transitive) To change a steady state abruptly.
- To turn an animal into a beast of burden.
- (music, slang) To B-boy; to breakdance.
- (specifically, in programming) To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
- (programming) To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.
- (transitive, intransitive) To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
- (intransitive) To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
- (ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
- (computing) To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.
- (transitive) To ruin financially.
- (transitive, gaming slang) To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
- (finance, intransitive) Of prices on the stock exchange: to fall suddenly.
- (transitive, military, most often in the passive tense) To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
- (computing) To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
- (intransitive, of a fever) To go down, in terms of temperature, indicating that the most dangerous part of the illness has passed.
- (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
- (intransitive, of a sauce or emulsion) To de-emulsify.
- (transitive) To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
- (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
- (intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.
- (intransitive, of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
- (transitive) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
noun
- the occurrence of breaking
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- an escape from jail
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- the act of breaking something
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- a sudden dash
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- (programming) Ellipsis of breakpoint.
- (music) The transition area between a singer's vocal registers; the passaggio.
- A rest or pause, usually from work.
- A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
- An interruption of continuity; departure from or rupture with.
- Alternative form of brake (“cart or carriage without a body, for breaking in horses”)
- (computing) The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.
- (soccer) The counter-attack.
- A short holiday.
- (snooker) The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table.
- (finance) A sudden fall in prices on the stock exchange.
- A scheduled interval of days or weeks between periods of school instruction; a holiday.
- (computing) A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.
- (UK, education) A time for students to talk or play between lessons.
- (geography, chiefly in the plural) An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US).
- A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
- (music) A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.
- (British, weather) A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
- An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
- (surfing) A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).
- An act of escaping.
- The beginning (of the morning).
- (music) A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
- A temporary split with a romantic partner.
- (tennis) A game won by the receiving player(s).
- (horse racing) The start of a horse race.
- The opening of packages of cards for a collectible card game, often for further distribution to paying customers.
- (golf) The curve imparted to the ball's motion on the green due to slope or grass texture.
- An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
- (equitation) A sharp bit or snaffle.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) The first shot in a game of billiards.
- (music) The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.
verb
- break or cause to break into pieces
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- make a break in
- cause to go into a solution
- break violently or noisily; smash
- laugh unrestrainedly
- bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
- release ice
- cause to separate
- to cause to separate and go in different directions
- close at the end of a session
- set or keep apart
- take apart into its constituent pieces
- come to an end (of a state)
- disband
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- (intransitive, idiomatic, figuratively) To become disorganised.
- (transitive) To cut or take to pieces for scrap.
- (transitive) To break or separate into pieces.
- (transitive, intransitive, idiomatic, slang) To be or cause to be overcome with laughter.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting.
- (intransitive) To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To dissolve; to part.
- (reciprocal, intransitive) To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship with each other.
- (transitive) To upset greatly; to cause great emotional disturbance or unhappiness in.
- (intransitive, telecommunications) Of a conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection; of a signal, to deteriorate.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) Of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship.
noun
verb
- break or cause to break into pieces
- (intransitive) To break apart.
- (transitive) To cause to be broken into pieces.
- (transitive, computing) To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
- (intransitive, biology) Of an organism: to undergo the asexual reproduction process where an organism spilts into one or more pieces, then those pieces become new individuals.
noun
- an incomplete piece
- a broken piece of a brittle artifact
- a piece broken off or cut off of something else
- (biology) A split piece of an organism that has undergone the asexual reproduction process where the organism splits into one or more pieces, then those pieces become new individuals.
- (computing) An incomplete portion of code.
- A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not
- (grammar) A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate; a sentence fragment.
- (Internet) A portion of a URL referring to a subordinate resource or anchor (such as a specific point on a web page), introduced by the # sign.
noun
- The act of breaking.
- (accounting) A service which is unused by a customer, such as an unredeemed gift card, which therefore represents a pure profit to the seller.
- Something that has been broken.
- The left-over money in a pari-mutuel betting pool resulting from rounding off the payoffs, added to the pool for the next race or event or kept as profit.
- reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use
- the quantity broken
- the act of breaking something
verb
- (transitive) To break (something brittle) violently.
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To have sex with.
- (transitive, figuratively) To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over.
- (transitive, US) To deform through continuous pressure.
- (transitive, figuratively) To ruin completely and suddenly.
- (intransitive) To be destroyed by being smashed.
- (transitive) To hit extremely hard.
- hit violently
- break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
- hit with great force
- overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)
- collide or strike violently and suddenly
- break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow
- damage or destroy as if by violence
- humiliate or depress completely
- hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
- reduce to bankruptcy
noun
- The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.
- (colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
- (aviation, informal) Airspeed; dynamic pressure.
- A kind of julep cocktail containing chunks of fresh fruit that can be eaten after finishing the drink.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial) A traffic collision.
- (tennis) A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.
- A mashed foodstuff.
- a conspicuous success
- the act of colliding with something
- a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
- a vigorous blow
- a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
adv
verb
noun
- An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.
- the act of cracking something
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- (geology) A fault or crack in a rock.
- (medicine) A break in bone or cartilage.
adj
- easily broken or damaged or destroyed
- developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
- difficult to handle; requiring great tact
- of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely
- marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique
- easily hurt
- exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
- Light, or softly tinted; said of a colour.
- Intended for use with fragile items.
- Highly discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite.
- Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes.
- Of weak health; easily sick; unable to endure hardship.
- (informal) Unwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol.
- Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines.
- Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
- Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful.
- Pleasing to the senses; refined; adapted to please an elegant or cultivated taste.
- Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.
- Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings.
noun
adj
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verb
noun
- Something that breaks (something else).
- A small cask of liquid kept permanently in a ship’s boat in case of shipwreck.
- (electrical engineering) Ellipsis of circuit breaker.
- Ellipsis of horsebreaker.
- A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines.
- (colloquial) A breakdancer.
- (primarily plural) Ellipsis of car breaker, a car breaking company or its yard.
- The building in which such a machine is placed.
- (chiefly in the plural) A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sandbank, or a rock or reef near the surface, considered a useful warning to ships of an underwater hazard
- (primarily plural) Ellipsis of shipbreaker, a shipbreaking company or its yard.
- a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded
- a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone
- waves breaking on the shore
adj
- (slang) Broken.
- (snowboarding) Having the legs straightened during a trick.
- (of a garment such as a corset or basque) Fitted with bones.
- (in combination) Having a (specific type of) bone.
- (of meat or fish) Having had the bones removed before cooking.
- (art) Of computer-generated animations: based on models with simulated bones or joints.
- (slang) Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.
- having had the bones removed
- having bones as specified
verb
adj
- (slang) Broken.
- (slang) Caught in the act of doing something one shouldn't do.
- (often used in combination with an adjective) Having a certain type of bust (breasts; cleavage).
- (slang) Broke; having no money.
- (video games, slang) Extremely overpowered.
- (slang) Extremely ugly.
- (slang) Tired.
- out of working order (‘busted’ is an informal substitute for ‘broken’)
verb
verb
- melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- cause to move by means of an air current
- cause air to go in, on, or through
- free of obstruction by blowing air through
- spout moist air from the blowhole
- be blowing or storming
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- shape by blowing
- be inadequate or objectionable
- play or sound a wind instrument
- deposit eggs (of insects)
- burst suddenly
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- sound by having air expelled through a tube
- exhale hard
- provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
- show off
- make a sound as if blown
- spend lavishly or wastefully on
- leave; informal or rude
- cause to be revealed and jeopardized
- allow to regain its breath
- (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To fail at; to mess up; to make a mistake in.
- (transitive) To make flyblown; to defile or spoil, especially with fly eggs.
- (ergative, of a fuse) To melt away because of overcurrent, creating a gap in a wire, thus stopping a circuit from operating.
- (transitive, historical, military) To blow from a gun (method of executing a person).
- (intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.
- (intransitive) To produce an air current.
- (intransitive, stative, slang, sometimes considered vulgar) To be very undesirable.
- To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
- (Scientology, intransitive) To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.
- (transitive) To cause the sudden destruction of.
- (intransitive) To suddenly fail or give way destructively.
- (intransitive, slang, informal, African-American Vernacular) To sing.
- (intransitive) To make a sound as a result of being blown.
- (intransitive) (of a fly) To lay eggs; to breed (in flesh or meat).
- (transitive, slang) To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.
- (transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
- (transitive, vulgar) To perform oral sex on (someone); to fellate.
- (transitive) To clear of contents by forcing air through.
- (intransitive) To burst or explode; to occur suddenly
- (transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing (as a musical instrument).
- (transitive, with "up" or with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.
- (transitive) To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
- (intransitive, of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.
- (transitive, slang) To recklessly squander.
- (transitive) To create or shape by blowing.
- (transitive) To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth.
- (transitive, figurative) To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location.
- (intransitive) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
- (intransitive, slang, colloquial) To flatulate or defecate.
noun
- an impact (as from a collision)
- a strong current of air
- a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon
- an unpleasant or disappointing surprise
- street names for cocaine
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
- A display or mass of flowers; a yield.
- (figurative) A display of anything bright or brilliant.
- A strong wind.
- An instance of the act of striking or hitting.
- (uncountable, UK, slang) Cannabis.
- (nautical) An instance of using high-pressure air to empty water from the ballast tanks of a submarine, increasing the submarine's buoyancy and causing it to surface.
- A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
- (uncountable, Chicago dialectal, slang) Heroin.
- (informal) A chance to catch one's breath.
- (uncountable, US, slang) Powder cocaine.
- (informal, vulgar) A blowjob; fellatio.
- (television) Synonym of button (“the punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene”).
- (Australia, New Zealand) An outcrop of quartz from surrounding rock, thought to indicate mineral deposits below.
- (Australia, shearing, historical) A cut made to a sheep's fleece by a shearer using hand-shears.
- A state of flowering; a bloom.
- A damaging occurrence.
adj
intj
verb
- melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
- put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
- erupt in an uncontrolled manner
- (slang) To spend a lot of money; to splurge.
- (transitive) To extinguish something, especially a flame, especially by means of a strong current of air or another gas.
- (transitive) To force open or out by the expansive force of a gas or vapour.
- (sports, transitive) In a sporting contest, to dominate and defeat an opposing team, especially by a large scoring margin.
- (intransitive) To be destroyed or degraded quickly, especially inadvertently and prematurely.
- (slang) To sing out, sing out loud.
- (intransitive) To be driven out by the expansive force of a gas or vapour.
- (transitive) To destroy or degrade (something) quickly, especially inadvertently and prematurely; for example, to deflate (a tire) by puncturing it, to burn out a light bulb by overcurrent, or to injure a bodily joint.
- (transitive) To exhaust; to physically tire.
verb
- melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
- (intransitive) To become nonfunctional (especially of lightbulbs or similar light-producing devices).
- (intransitive, bowling, of a ball) To use up too much energy when first bowled and to therefore not finish strongly.
- (transitive) To destroy by fire.
- (intransitive) To tire due to overwork; to overwork to one's limit.
- (intransitive, automotive) To have one's tires skid against the ground; to peel off, peel out.
- (intransitive) To become extinguished due to lack of fuel.
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to tire due to overwork; to cause (someone) to overwork to one's limit.
- (idiomatic) To make (someone) unavailable for work involving exposure to ionizing radiation by employing (the person) in such work until the person's accumulated exposure reaches the maximum permitted for an administrative period, typically a year.
- (intransitive, slang, uncommon) To end one's shift at a job.
noun
adj
adj
- having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
- lacking warmth and generosity of spirit
- (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
- Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact.
- Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending.
- Emotionally fragile, easily offended.
- (archaeology, of rocks, minerals, etc) Tending to fracture in a conchoidal way; capable of being knapped or flaked.
- (engineering, computing, of a system) Poorly error- or fault-tolerant; having little in the way of redundancy or defense in depth; susceptible to catastrophic failure in the event of a relatively-minor malfunction or deviance.
- (informal, proscribed, of diabetes) Characterized by dramatic swings in blood sugar level.
noun
verb
adj
noun
- Something that is (easily) breakable.
- (usually in the plural, music) A set of customized hardware that is part of a drum kit. Breakables typically consist of: the drummer's cymbals including high-hats, the snare drum, the kick pedal and the drummer's stool.
- an article that is fragile and easily broken
verb
- be broken in
- undergo breaking
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- find the solution or key to
- become punctured or penetrated
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- do a break dance
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- fall sharply
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- cause to give up a habit
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
- change directions suddenly
- exchange for smaller units of money
- give up
- interrupt a continued activity
- interrupt the flow of current in
- break a piece from a whole
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- move away or escape suddenly
- invalidate by judicial action
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- cease an action temporarily
- happen or take place
- render inoperable or ineffective
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- come to an end (of an event)
- cause the failure or ruin of
- put an end to a state or an activity
- fracture a bone of
- stop operating or functioning
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- terminate or end
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- come into being
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- find a flaw in
- ruin completely
- happen
- go to pieces
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- pierce or penetrate
- surpass in excellence
- lessen in force or effect
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- scatter or part
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- reduce to bankruptcy
- be released or become known; of news
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- (transitive, tennis) To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
- (intransitive, of a storm) To begin or end.
- (intransitive, sports) To counter-attack.
- (intransitive, of a spell of settled weather) To end.
- (intransitive) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
- (transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc.
- (intransitive, of a male voice) To become deeper at puberty.
- (transitive, backgammon) To remove one of the two men on (a point).
- (transitive) To end (a connection); to disconnect.
- (intransitive, billiards, snooker, pool) To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
- (intransitive) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
- (specifically) To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
- (transitive, theater) To end the run of (a play).
- (transitive) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
- (intransitive) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait.
- (intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.
- (transitive) To violate; to fail to adhere to.
- (specifically) To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like.
- (transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
- (transitive) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
- (transitive) To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
- (intransitive, of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive.
- (transitive) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
- (transitive, with for) To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.
- (rare, mainly historical or a misspelling) To brake.
- (copulative, informal) To suddenly become.
- (transitive) To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
- (transitive) To change a steady state abruptly.
- To turn an animal into a beast of burden.
- (music, slang) To B-boy; to breakdance.
- (specifically, in programming) To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
- (programming) To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.
- (transitive, intransitive) To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
- (intransitive) To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
- (ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
- (computing) To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.
- (transitive) To ruin financially.
- (transitive, gaming slang) To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
- (finance, intransitive) Of prices on the stock exchange: to fall suddenly.
- (transitive, military, most often in the passive tense) To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
- (computing) To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
- (intransitive, of a fever) To go down, in terms of temperature, indicating that the most dangerous part of the illness has passed.
- (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
- (intransitive, of a sauce or emulsion) To de-emulsify.
- (transitive) To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
- (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
- (intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.
- (intransitive, of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
- (transitive) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
noun
- the occurrence of breaking
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- an escape from jail
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- the act of breaking something
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- a sudden dash
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- (programming) Ellipsis of breakpoint.
- (music) The transition area between a singer's vocal registers; the passaggio.
- A rest or pause, usually from work.
- A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
- An interruption of continuity; departure from or rupture with.
- Alternative form of brake (“cart or carriage without a body, for breaking in horses”)
- (computing) The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.
- (soccer) The counter-attack.
- A short holiday.
- (snooker) The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table.
- (finance) A sudden fall in prices on the stock exchange.
- A scheduled interval of days or weeks between periods of school instruction; a holiday.
- (computing) A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.
- (UK, education) A time for students to talk or play between lessons.
- (geography, chiefly in the plural) An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US).
- A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
- (music) A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.
- (British, weather) A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
- An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
- (surfing) A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).
- An act of escaping.
- The beginning (of the morning).
- (music) A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
- A temporary split with a romantic partner.
- (tennis) A game won by the receiving player(s).
- (horse racing) The start of a horse race.
- The opening of packages of cards for a collectible card game, often for further distribution to paying customers.
- (golf) The curve imparted to the ball's motion on the green due to slope or grass texture.
- An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
- (equitation) A sharp bit or snaffle.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) The first shot in a game of billiards.
- (music) The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.
noun
- The act of breaking.
- (accounting) A service which is unused by a customer, such as an unredeemed gift card, which therefore represents a pure profit to the seller.
- Something that has been broken.
- The left-over money in a pari-mutuel betting pool resulting from rounding off the payoffs, added to the pool for the next race or event or kept as profit.
- reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use
- the quantity broken
- the act of breaking something
noun
- Something that breaks (something else).
- A small cask of liquid kept permanently in a ship’s boat in case of shipwreck.
- (electrical engineering) Ellipsis of circuit breaker.
- Ellipsis of horsebreaker.
- A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines.
- (colloquial) A breakdancer.
- (primarily plural) Ellipsis of car breaker, a car breaking company or its yard.
- The building in which such a machine is placed.
- (chiefly in the plural) A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sandbank, or a rock or reef near the surface, considered a useful warning to ships of an underwater hazard
- (primarily plural) Ellipsis of shipbreaker, a shipbreaking company or its yard.
- a device that trips like a switch and opens the circuit when overloaded
- a quarry worker who splits off blocks of stone
- waves breaking on the shore
verb
noun
- An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.
- the act of cracking something
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- (geology) A fault or crack in a rock.
- (medicine) A break in bone or cartilage.
verb
intj
noun
verb
intj
noun
verb
noun
- A person who moulds or shapes material into objects, especially clay into bricks, pottery, etc.
- (figurative) A person or thing that influences or shapes; an influencer, a shaper.
- (metalworking) A person who makes moulds for casting metal; a mouldmaker.
- An instrument or machine used to mould or shape material into objects.
- (countable, uncountable, Ireland, Orkney, Shetland) Alternative spelling of mulder (“one or more crumbled pieces of food, especially oatcake; a crumb or crumbs”).
verb
- break down
- become physically weaker
- (transitive) To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes.
- (intransitive) To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
- (intransitive) To decline in function or utility.
- (ambitransitive) To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt.
- (transitive) To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret.
- (intransitive, figurative) To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place or state).
noun
- unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
- (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
- a state of decay usually accompanied by an offensive odor
- (uncountable) Verbal nonsense.
- Decaying matter.
- (chiefly in compounds) Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs.
- The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction.
verb
- break partially but keep its integrity
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- cause to become cracked
- tell spontaneously
- make a very sharp explosive sound
- break into simpler molecules by means of heat
- hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- make a sharp sound
- reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
- gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- pass through (a barrier)
- (transitive) To overcome a security system or component.
- (intransitive) To make a cracking sound.
- (transitive) To cause to make a sharp sound.
- (intransitive) To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
- (intransitive) To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
- (transitive, figurative) To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
- (colloquial) To barely reach or attain (a measurement or extent).
- (transitive) To tell (a joke).
- (transitive) To open slightly.
- (intransitive, transgender slang) To realize that one is transgender.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To change rapidly in register.
- (intransitive) To make a sharply humorous comment.
- (transitive) To strike forcefully.
- (intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
- (transitive) To make a crack or cracks in.
- (intransitive) To form cracks.
- (transitive, computing) To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- (transitive, informal) To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
- (transitive, chemistry) To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
- (transitive) To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- (intransitive) To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- (mid 2020s slang) To have sex with, especially penetrative sex.
- (transitive, figurative) To solve a difficult problem.
adj
noun
- a long narrow cleft
- the act of cracking something
- a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
- a usually brief attempt
- a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
- a narrow opening
- a long narrow depression in a surface
- a sudden sharp noise
- witty remark
- a chance to do something
- (vulgar, slang) The vagina.
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- (Cumbria, Northern UK) A chat.
- (figurative, humorous) Something good-tasting or habit-forming.
- (informal) An attempt at something.
- A narrow opening.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
- (Internet slang) Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
- (onomatopoeia) Any sharp sound.
- The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- (Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Business; events; news.
- (onomatopoeia) The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- (slang) Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
- (informal) The space between the buttocks.
- A sharp, resounding blow.
- (computing) A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
verb
- be broken in
- undergo breaking
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- find the solution or key to
- become punctured or penetrated
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- do a break dance
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- fall sharply
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- cause to give up a habit
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
- change directions suddenly
- exchange for smaller units of money
- give up
- interrupt a continued activity
- interrupt the flow of current in
- break a piece from a whole
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- move away or escape suddenly
- invalidate by judicial action
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- cease an action temporarily
- happen or take place
- render inoperable or ineffective
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- come to an end (of an event)
- cause the failure or ruin of
- put an end to a state or an activity
- fracture a bone of
- stop operating or functioning
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- terminate or end
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- come into being
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- find a flaw in
- ruin completely
- happen
- go to pieces
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- pierce or penetrate
- surpass in excellence
- lessen in force or effect
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- scatter or part
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- reduce to bankruptcy
- be released or become known; of news
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- (transitive, tennis) To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
- (intransitive, of a storm) To begin or end.
- (intransitive, sports) To counter-attack.
- (intransitive, of a spell of settled weather) To end.
- (intransitive) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
- (transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc.
- (intransitive, of a male voice) To become deeper at puberty.
- (transitive, backgammon) To remove one of the two men on (a point).
- (transitive) To end (a connection); to disconnect.
- (intransitive, billiards, snooker, pool) To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
- (intransitive) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
- (intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
- (specifically) To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
- (transitive, theater) To end the run of (a play).
- (transitive) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
- (intransitive) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait.
- (intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.
- (transitive) To violate; to fail to adhere to.
- (specifically) To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like.
- (transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
- (transitive) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
- (transitive) To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
- (intransitive, of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive.
- (transitive) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
- (transitive, with for) To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.
- (rare, mainly historical or a misspelling) To brake.
- (copulative, informal) To suddenly become.
- (transitive) To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
- (transitive) To change a steady state abruptly.
- To turn an animal into a beast of burden.
- (music, slang) To B-boy; to breakdance.
- (specifically, in programming) To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
- (programming) To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.
- (transitive, intransitive) To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
- (intransitive) To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
- (ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
- (computing) To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.
- (transitive) To ruin financially.
- (transitive, gaming slang) To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
- (finance, intransitive) Of prices on the stock exchange: to fall suddenly.
- (transitive, military, most often in the passive tense) To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
- (computing) To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
- (intransitive, of a fever) To go down, in terms of temperature, indicating that the most dangerous part of the illness has passed.
- (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
- (intransitive, of a sauce or emulsion) To de-emulsify.
- (transitive) To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
- (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
- (intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.
- (intransitive, of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
- (transitive) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
noun
- the occurrence of breaking
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- an escape from jail
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- the act of breaking something
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- a sudden dash
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- (programming) Ellipsis of breakpoint.
- (music) The transition area between a singer's vocal registers; the passaggio.
- A rest or pause, usually from work.
- A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
- An interruption of continuity; departure from or rupture with.
- Alternative form of brake (“cart or carriage without a body, for breaking in horses”)
- (computing) The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.
- (soccer) The counter-attack.
- A short holiday.
- (snooker) The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table.
- (finance) A sudden fall in prices on the stock exchange.
- A scheduled interval of days or weeks between periods of school instruction; a holiday.
- (computing) A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.
- (UK, education) A time for students to talk or play between lessons.
- (geography, chiefly in the plural) An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US).
- A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
- (music) A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.
- (British, weather) A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
- An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
- (surfing) A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).
- An act of escaping.
- The beginning (of the morning).
- (music) A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
- A temporary split with a romantic partner.
- (tennis) A game won by the receiving player(s).
- (horse racing) The start of a horse race.
- The opening of packages of cards for a collectible card game, often for further distribution to paying customers.
- (golf) The curve imparted to the ball's motion on the green due to slope or grass texture.
- An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
- (equitation) A sharp bit or snaffle.
- (billiards, snooker, pool) The first shot in a game of billiards.
- (music) The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.
verb
- break or cause to break into pieces
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- make a break in
- cause to go into a solution
- break violently or noisily; smash
- laugh unrestrainedly
- bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
- release ice
- cause to separate
- to cause to separate and go in different directions
- close at the end of a session
- set or keep apart
- take apart into its constituent pieces
- come to an end (of a state)
- disband
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- (intransitive, idiomatic, figuratively) To become disorganised.
- (transitive) To cut or take to pieces for scrap.
- (transitive) To break or separate into pieces.
- (transitive, intransitive, idiomatic, slang) To be or cause to be overcome with laughter.
- (transitive, idiomatic) To stop a fight; to separate people who are fighting.
- (intransitive) To break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To dissolve; to part.
- (reciprocal, intransitive) To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship with each other.
- (transitive) To upset greatly; to cause great emotional disturbance or unhappiness in.
- (intransitive, telecommunications) Of a conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection; of a signal, to deteriorate.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) Of a school, to close for the holidays at the end of term.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship.
noun
verb
- break or cause to break into pieces
- (intransitive) To break apart.
- (transitive) To cause to be broken into pieces.
- (transitive, computing) To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
- (intransitive, biology) Of an organism: to undergo the asexual reproduction process where an organism spilts into one or more pieces, then those pieces become new individuals.
noun
- an incomplete piece
- a broken piece of a brittle artifact
- a piece broken off or cut off of something else
- (biology) A split piece of an organism that has undergone the asexual reproduction process where the organism splits into one or more pieces, then those pieces become new individuals.
- (computing) An incomplete portion of code.
- A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not
- (grammar) A sentence not containing a subject or a predicate; a sentence fragment.
- (Internet) A portion of a URL referring to a subordinate resource or anchor (such as a specific point on a web page), introduced by the # sign.
verb
- (transitive) To break (something brittle) violently.
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To have sex with.
- (transitive, figuratively) To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success over.
- (transitive, US) To deform through continuous pressure.
- (transitive, figuratively) To ruin completely and suddenly.
- (intransitive) To be destroyed by being smashed.
- (transitive) To hit extremely hard.
- hit violently
- break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
- hit with great force
- overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)
- collide or strike violently and suddenly
- break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow
- damage or destroy as if by violence
- humiliate or depress completely
- hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
- reduce to bankruptcy
noun
- The sound of a violent impact; a violent striking together.
- (colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
- (aviation, informal) Airspeed; dynamic pressure.
- A kind of julep cocktail containing chunks of fresh fruit that can be eaten after finishing the drink.
- (UK, Ireland, colloquial) A traffic collision.
- (tennis) A very hard overhead shot hit sharply downward.
- A mashed foodstuff.
- a conspicuous success
- the act of colliding with something
- a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
- a vigorous blow
- a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
adv
verb
noun
- An instance of breaking, a place where something has broken.
- the act of cracking something
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- (geology) A fault or crack in a rock.
- (medicine) A break in bone or cartilage.
verb
verb
- melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- cause to move by means of an air current
- cause air to go in, on, or through
- free of obstruction by blowing air through
- spout moist air from the blowhole
- be blowing or storming
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
- shape by blowing
- be inadequate or objectionable
- play or sound a wind instrument
- deposit eggs (of insects)
- burst suddenly
- be in motion due to some air or water current
- sound by having air expelled through a tube
- exhale hard
- provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
- show off
- make a sound as if blown
- spend lavishly or wastefully on
- leave; informal or rude
- cause to be revealed and jeopardized
- allow to regain its breath
- (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To fail at; to mess up; to make a mistake in.
- (transitive) To make flyblown; to defile or spoil, especially with fly eggs.
- (ergative, of a fuse) To melt away because of overcurrent, creating a gap in a wire, thus stopping a circuit from operating.
- (transitive, historical, military) To blow from a gun (method of executing a person).
- (intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.
- (intransitive) To produce an air current.
- (intransitive, stative, slang, sometimes considered vulgar) To be very undesirable.
- To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
- (Scientology, intransitive) To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.
- (transitive) To cause the sudden destruction of.
- (intransitive) To suddenly fail or give way destructively.
- (intransitive, slang, informal, African-American Vernacular) To sing.
- (intransitive) To make a sound as a result of being blown.
- (intransitive) (of a fly) To lay eggs; to breed (in flesh or meat).
- (transitive, slang) To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.
- (transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
- (transitive, vulgar) To perform oral sex on (someone); to fellate.
- (transitive) To clear of contents by forcing air through.
- (intransitive) To burst or explode; to occur suddenly
- (transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing (as a musical instrument).
- (transitive, with "up" or with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.
- (transitive) To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
- (intransitive, of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.
- (transitive, slang) To recklessly squander.
- (transitive) To create or shape by blowing.
- (transitive) To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth.
- (transitive, figurative) To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location.
- (intransitive) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
- (intransitive, slang, colloquial) To flatulate or defecate.
noun
- an impact (as from a collision)
- a strong current of air
- a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon
- an unpleasant or disappointing surprise
- street names for cocaine
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth
- A display or mass of flowers; a yield.
- (figurative) A display of anything bright or brilliant.
- A strong wind.
- An instance of the act of striking or hitting.
- (uncountable, UK, slang) Cannabis.
- (nautical) An instance of using high-pressure air to empty water from the ballast tanks of a submarine, increasing the submarine's buoyancy and causing it to surface.
- A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
- (uncountable, Chicago dialectal, slang) Heroin.
- (informal) A chance to catch one's breath.
- (uncountable, US, slang) Powder cocaine.
- (informal, vulgar) A blowjob; fellatio.
- (television) Synonym of button (“the punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene”).
- (Australia, New Zealand) An outcrop of quartz from surrounding rock, thought to indicate mineral deposits below.
- (Australia, shearing, historical) A cut made to a sheep's fleece by a shearer using hand-shears.
- A state of flowering; a bloom.
- A damaging occurrence.
adj
intj
verb
- melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
- put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
- erupt in an uncontrolled manner
- (slang) To spend a lot of money; to splurge.
- (transitive) To extinguish something, especially a flame, especially by means of a strong current of air or another gas.
- (transitive) To force open or out by the expansive force of a gas or vapour.
- (sports, transitive) In a sporting contest, to dominate and defeat an opposing team, especially by a large scoring margin.
- (intransitive) To be destroyed or degraded quickly, especially inadvertently and prematurely.
- (slang) To sing out, sing out loud.
- (intransitive) To be driven out by the expansive force of a gas or vapour.
- (transitive) To destroy or degrade (something) quickly, especially inadvertently and prematurely; for example, to deflate (a tire) by puncturing it, to burn out a light bulb by overcurrent, or to injure a bodily joint.
- (transitive) To exhaust; to physically tire.
verb
- melt, break, or become otherwise unusable
- (intransitive) To become nonfunctional (especially of lightbulbs or similar light-producing devices).
- (intransitive, bowling, of a ball) To use up too much energy when first bowled and to therefore not finish strongly.
- (transitive) To destroy by fire.
- (intransitive) To tire due to overwork; to overwork to one's limit.
- (intransitive, automotive) To have one's tires skid against the ground; to peel off, peel out.
- (intransitive) To become extinguished due to lack of fuel.
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to tire due to overwork; to cause (someone) to overwork to one's limit.
- (idiomatic) To make (someone) unavailable for work involving exposure to ionizing radiation by employing (the person) in such work until the person's accumulated exposure reaches the maximum permitted for an administrative period, typically a year.
- (intransitive, slang, uncommon) To end one's shift at a job.
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adj
noun
- Something that is (easily) breakable.
- (usually in the plural, music) A set of customized hardware that is part of a drum kit. Breakables typically consist of: the drummer's cymbals including high-hats, the snare drum, the kick pedal and the drummer's stool.
- an article that is fragile and easily broken
adj
- Easily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.
- easily broken or damaged or destroyed
- (medicine) In an infirm state leading one to be easily subject to disease or other health problems, especially regarding the elderly.
- Weak; infirm.
- Mentally fragile.
- Liable to fall from virtue or be led into sin; not strong against temptation; weak in resolution; unchaste.
- wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings
- physically weak
noun
- Synonym of farasola (“old unit of weight”).
- A basket made of rushes, used chiefly to hold figs and raisins.
- A rush for weaving baskets.
- The quantity of fruit or other items contained in a frail.
- the weight of a frail (basket) full of raisins or figs; between 50 and 75 pounds
- a basket for holding dried fruit (especially raisins or figs)
verb
adj
- easily broken or damaged or destroyed
- developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
- difficult to handle; requiring great tact
- of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely
- marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique
- easily hurt
- exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
- Light, or softly tinted; said of a colour.
- Intended for use with fragile items.
- Highly discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite.
- Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes.
- Of weak health; easily sick; unable to endure hardship.
- (informal) Unwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol.
- Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines.
- Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.
- Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful.
- Pleasing to the senses; refined; adapted to please an elegant or cultivated taste.
- Easily damaged or requiring careful handling.
- Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings.
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adj
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adj
adj
adj
- (slang) Broken.
- (snowboarding) Having the legs straightened during a trick.
- (of a garment such as a corset or basque) Fitted with bones.
- (in combination) Having a (specific type of) bone.
- (of meat or fish) Having had the bones removed before cooking.
- (art) Of computer-generated animations: based on models with simulated bones or joints.
- (slang) Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.
- having had the bones removed
- having bones as specified
verb
adj
- (slang) Broken.
- (slang) Caught in the act of doing something one shouldn't do.
- (often used in combination with an adjective) Having a certain type of bust (breasts; cleavage).
- (slang) Broke; having no money.
- (video games, slang) Extremely overpowered.
- (slang) Extremely ugly.
- (slang) Tired.
- out of working order (‘busted’ is an informal substitute for ‘broken’)
verb
adj
adj
- having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
- lacking warmth and generosity of spirit
- (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured
- Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact.
- Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending.
- Emotionally fragile, easily offended.
- (archaeology, of rocks, minerals, etc) Tending to fracture in a conchoidal way; capable of being knapped or flaked.
- (engineering, computing, of a system) Poorly error- or fault-tolerant; having little in the way of redundancy or defense in depth; susceptible to catastrophic failure in the event of a relatively-minor malfunction or deviance.
- (informal, proscribed, of diabetes) Characterized by dramatic swings in blood sugar level.