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noun
- the act of breaking something
- the occurrence of breaking
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity
- an unexpected piece of good luck
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- 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
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- a sudden dash
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- an escape from jail
verb
- undergo breaking
- break a piece from a whole
- terminate or end
- become separated into pieces or fragments
- render inoperable or ineffective
- ruin completely
- destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises
- move away or escape suddenly
- scatter or part
- force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- prevent completion
- enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- make submissive, obedient, or useful
- fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- surpass in excellence
- make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- come into being
- stop operating or functioning
- interrupt a continued activity
- make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- lessen in force or effect
- be broken in
- come to an end
- vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- cause to give up a habit
- give up
- come forth or begin from a state of latency
- happen or take place
- cause the failure or ruin of
- invalidate by judicial action
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- reduce to bankruptcy
- change directions suddenly
- emerge from the surface of a body of water
- break down, literally or metaphorically
- do a break dance
- exchange for smaller units of money
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- separate from a clinch, in boxing
- go to pieces
- become punctured or penetrated
- pierce or penetrate
- be released or become known; of news
- cease an action temporarily
- interrupt the flow of current in
- find a flaw in
- find the solution or key to
- change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- happen
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- crack; of the male voice in puberty
- fall sharply
- fracture a bone of
- diminish or discontinue abruptly
- weaken or destroy in spirit or body
noun
- the act of cracking something
- a long narrow cleft
- a narrow opening
- a long narrow depression in a surface
- a sudden sharp noise
- a chance to do something
- witty remark
- a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts
- a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive
- a usually brief attempt
adj
verb
- become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- make a very sharp explosive sound
- make a sharp sound
- hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise
- pass through (a barrier)
- break partially but keep its integrity
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- tell spontaneously
- cause to become cracked
- reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking
- break into simpler molecules by means of heat
noun
- The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
- A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment
- A difference in opinions, social class etc.
- A breaking of waters, as over a vessel or a coastal defence; the waters themselves
- A breaking up of amicable relations, a falling-out.
- A breaking out upon; an assault.
- A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence
verb
verb
- To break (something) into shards.
- To fall apart into shards, usually as the result of impact or explosion.
- To divide (an MMORPG) into several shards, or to establish a shard of one.
noun
- An instance of an MMORPG that is one of several independent and structurally identical virtual worlds, none of which has so many players as to exhaust a system's resources.
- A piece of crystal methamphetamine.
- A component of a sharded distributed database.
- The plant chard.
- A tough scale, sheath, or shell; especially an elytron of a beetle.
- A piece of broken glass or pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig.
- A piece of material, especially rock and similar materials, reminding of a broken piece of glass or pottery.
verb
- To take or force out by breaking.
- To bring out from storage, use, or present.
- To rescue someone or aid their escape as in sense 1
- Of a record: to achieve success.
- To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly. Notionally, to escape by breaking.
- To separate from a bundle.
- To suddenly get pimples or a rash, especially on one's face.
- To begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition.
verb
- To break; to destroy.
- To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre.
- To compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later.
- To fill with seasoning.
- To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner.
- To load goods into (a container) for transport.
- To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.
- To sate.
- To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material.
- To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.
- To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration.
- To heavily defeat or get the better of.
- Used to contemptuously dismiss or reject something. See also stuff it.
- To sexually penetrate.
- To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner.
noun
- Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language.
- Narcotic drugs, especially heroin.
- The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.
- Paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff.
- Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name.
- Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.
- Unspecified things or matters.
- A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.
- Abstract/figurative substance or character.
noun
- Something that breaks.
- A person who specializes in breaking things.
- A horsebreaker.
- The building in which such a machine is placed.
- A small cask of liquid kept permanently in a ship's boat in case of shipwreck.
- A machine for breaking rocks, or for breaking coal at the mines.
- 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
- A breakdancer.
verb
- break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
- run or move very quickly or hastily
- hurl or thrust violently
- destroy or break
- cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away
- add an enlivening or altering element to
noun
- distinctive and stylish elegance
- a quick run
- a footrace run at top speed
- a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
- the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
- the act of moving with great haste
verb
- break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over
- hit with great force
- reduce to bankruptcy
- hit violently
- humiliate or depress completely
- damage or destroy as if by violence
- hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke
- collide or strike violently and suddenly
- overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)
- break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow
noun
- a vigorous blow
- a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles)
- a hard return hitting the tennis ball above your head
- the act of colliding with something
- a conspicuous success
adv
verb
- To break (something) forcefully; to smash.
- Chiefly followed by against, at, or upon: to collide or hit.
- Chiefly followed by away, down, off, out, etc.: to pluck, pull, or rip (something) violently.
- To emit or issue (something) hastily.
- To forcefully move or push (someone or something) in a certain direction.
- Of rain: to fall heavily.
- To move forcefully, hastily, or suddenly; to dash, to rush.
- Usually followed by up: to prepare (something) with haste; to cobble together, to improvise.
adj
noun
- Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: a fabric with a smooth texture woven from silk, worsted, or a mixture of the two, intended as an inferior substitute for silk.
- An area of inflamed and irritated skin characterized by reddened spots that may be filled with fluid or pus; also, preceded by a descriptive word (rare or obsolete), an illness characterized by a type of rash.
- An irregular distribution or sprinkling of objects resembling a rash (sense 1).
- An outbreak or surge in problems; a spate, string, or trend.
noun
- The act of breaking away from something.
- A channel of floodwater that has burst from its usual course; or the track or channel eroded by the water.
- A swing dance in which the leader occasionally swings the follower out into an open position.
- An item of scenery designed to be broken or destroyed during the performance.
- A stampede of animals.
- A group of riders which has gone ahead of the peloton.
- An animal that breaks away from a herd.
- An eroding steep slope on the edge of a plateau; an escarpment.
- A particular yo-yo trick http://yoyo.wikia.com/wiki/Breakaway.
- A situation in the game where one or more players of a team attack towards the goal of the other team without having any defenders in front of them.
- The act of getting away from one's opponent; the separation of the boxers after a spell of infighting.
adj
verb
- break or cause to break into pieces
- break violently or noisily; smash
- to cause to separate and go in different directions
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- disband
- make a break in
- cause to go into a solution
- suffer a nervous breakdown
- take apart into its constituent pieces
- destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- set or keep apart
- attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example
- release ice
- close at the end of a session
- bring the association of to an end or cause to break up
- come to an end
- cause to separate
- separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts
- laugh unrestrainedly
noun
adj
- Broken.
- of meat or fish, having had the bones removed before cooking.
- Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.
- Having some specific type of bone.
- Fitted with bones.
- Having the legs straightened during a trick.
- Of computer-generated animations: based on models with simulated bones or joints.
noun
- The act of ruining something.
- The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
- A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
- The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
- Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.
- Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
verb
- To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.
- To make something less enjoyable or likeable.
- To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.
- To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
- To destroy or make something no longer usable.
- To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
verb
- To break, to destroy.
- To insert one's penis, a dildo, or other object, into a person or a specified orifice or cleft sexually; to penetrate.
- To have sexual intercourse; to copulate.
- To defraud, deface, or otherwise treat badly.
- Used in a phrasal verb: fuck with (“to play with, to tinker”).
- To be very good, to rule, go hard.
- Used to express great displeasure with, or contemptuous dismissal of, someone or something.
- To have sexual intercourse with.
- To put in an extremely difficult or impossible situation.
- To make a joke at one's expense; to make fun of in an embarrassing manner.
- To throw, to lob something. (angrily)
- To scold.
particle
adv
noun
- The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
- A sexual partner, especially a casual one.
- A highly contemptible person.
- An act of sexual intercourse.
intj
noun
- a sudden breaking
- the act of catching an object with the hands
- a spell of cold weather
- tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections
- a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger
- the noise produced by the rapid movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
- a sudden sharp noise
- the tendency of a body to return to its original shape after it has been stretched or compressed
- an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
- a fastener used on clothing; fastens with a snapping sound
- any undertaking that is easy to do
- the act of snapping the fingers; movement of a finger from the tip to the base of the thumb on the same hand
- (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back
verb
- utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone
- separate or cause to separate abruptly
- break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension
- move or strike with a noise
- close with a snapping motion
- make a sharp sound
- move with a snapping sound
- to grasp hastily or eagerly
- put in play with a snap
- cause to make a snapping sound
- lose control of one's emotions
- bring the jaws together
- record on photographic film
noun
- The act of wiping something.
- A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.
- A lapwing, especially a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
- A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.
- An instance of all members of a party dying in a single campaign, event, or battle; a wipeout.
verb
- To erase.
- To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
- To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out.
- To clean (the buttocks) after defecation.
- To deperm (a ship).
- To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
- To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.
- To remove an expression from one's face.
verb
noun
noun
- the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
- extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)
- a bottle containing half the usual amount
- a promised or claimed share of loot or money
- a lengthwise crack in wood
- an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
- a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts
- (tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl
- an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity
- division of a group into opposing factions
verb
- separate into parts or portions
- separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument
- discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- go one's own way; move apart
- come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure
adj
noun
- the act of rending or ripping or splitting something
- a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service
- an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
- the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions
verb
adj
verb
- To break small pieces from.
- To make fun of.
- To chop or cut into small pieces.
- To become chipped.
- to upgrade an engine management system, usually to increase power.
- To fit (an animal) with a microchip.
- To play a shot hitting the ball predominantly upwards rather than forwards. In association football specifically, when the shot is a shot on goal, the opposing goalkeeper may be the direct object of the verb, rather than the ball.
- to contribute.
- To ante (up).
noun
- A shot during which the ball travels more predominantly upwards than in a regular shot, as to clear an obstacle.
- A circuit fabricated in one piece on a small, thin substrate.
- Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
- A thin, crisp, fried slice of potato, or sometimes another vegetable; a crisp.
- A dried piece of dung, often used as fuel.
- A takeout that hits a rock at an angle.
- A small rectangle of colour printed on coated paper for colour selection and matching. A virtual equivalent in software applications.
- A token used in place of cash.
- A small, near-conical piece of food added in baking.
- A hybrid device mounted in a substrate, containing electronic circuitry and miniaturised mechanical, chemical and/or biochemical devices.
- A damaged area of a surface where a small piece has been broken off.
- The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
- A low shot that travels further along the ground than it does in the air.
- A receptacle, usually for strawberries or other fruit.
- A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
verb
verb
verb
- To smash (something).
- To speak or write evasively or vaguely.
- Of an aircraft or motor vehicle: to travel in a slow and unhurried manner.
- To be indecisive about something; to dither, to vacillate, to waver.
- To hold horizontally and rotate (one's hand) back and forth in a gesture of ambivalence or vacillation.
- Of a bird: to move in a side-to-side motion while descending before landing.
- Of a dog: to bark with a high pitch like a puppy, or in muffled manner.
- Often followed by on: to speak or write (something) at length without any clear aim or point; to ramble.
noun
- In full potato waffle: a savoury flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern.
- A concrete slab used in flooring with a gridlike structure of ribs running at right angles to each other on its underside.
- A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern, often eaten hot with butter and/or honey or syrup.
- (Often lengthy) speech or writing that is evasive or vague, or pretentious.
- The high-pitched sound made by a young dog; also, a muffled bark.
- A type of fabric woven with a honeycomb texture.
verb
- To break something or injure someone.
- To put or store (something) in a crock or pot.
- To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage.
- To give off crock or smut.
- To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.
noun
- Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.
- A piece of broken pottery, a shard.
- An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe).
- A patient who is difficult to treat, especially one who complains of a minor or imagined illness.
- A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
- A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.
- A low stool.
- The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut.
- Colouring matter that rubs off from cloth.
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