break
/bɹeɪk/ noun C2- An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces. · The femur has a clean break and so should heal easily.
- A physical space that opens up in something or between two things. · The sun came out in a break in the clouds.· He waited minutes for a break in the traffic to cross the highway.
- An interruption of continuity; departure from or rupture with something.
- A rest or pause, usually from work. · Let’s take a five-minute break.· be on break
- A scheduled interval of days or weeks between periods of school instruction; a holiday. · winter break, spring break
- A short holiday. · a weekend break on the Isle of Wight
- A temporary split with a romantic partner. · I think we need a break.
- An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
Plural breaks
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- break apart To dismantle something into its base components.
- break away To leave suddenly.
- break back To win a game having lost a service game, or during a tie...
- break down To stop functioning.
- break in To enter a place by force or illicit means.
- break into To enter illegally or by force, especially in order to co...
- break off To remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping.
- break on To humiliate (someone); to scold or demean (someone) in p...
- break out To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly.
- break through To gain popularity.
- break up To break or separate into pieces.
From the library
I break down the wall.”
And I know another case where an adopted boy used to suck the eggs--they couldn’t break him of it.
You see the whole thing is a chain of logical sequences without a break or flaw.”
Shall break on hill and plain,
Other matches
- break To separate into two or more pieces, to fractur... A1
- break A section of extended repetition of the percuss... A2
- break To B-boy C2
- break apart To dismantle something into its base components.
- break away To leave suddenly.
- break back To win a game having lost a service game, or du...
- break down To stop functioning.
- break in To enter a place by force or illicit means.
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