Crossword-Solution: BREAK
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Break | v. t. | To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock. |
| Break | v. t. | To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods. |
| Break | v. t. | To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate. |
| Break | v. t. | To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise. |
| Break | v. t. | To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey. |
| Break | v. t. | To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set. |
| Break | v. t. | To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares. |
| Break | v. t. | To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments. |
| Break | v. t. | To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill. |
| Break | v. t. | To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax. |
| Break | v. t. | To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind. |
| Break | v. t. | To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow. |
| Break | v. t. | To impart, as news or information; to broach; -- with to, and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as, to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose cautiously to a friend. |
| Break | v. t. | To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle. |
| Break | v. t. | To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin. |
| Break | v. t. | To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss. |
| Break | v. i. | To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder. |
| Break | v. i. | To open spontaneously, or by pressure from within, as a bubble, a tumor, a seed vessel, a bag. |
| Break | v. i. | To burst forth; to make its way; to come to view; to appear; to dawn. |
| Break | v. i. | To burst forth violently, as a storm. |
| Break | v. i. | To open up; to be scattered; to be dissipated; as, the clouds are breaking. |
| Break | v. i. | To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength. |
| Break | v. i. | To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking. |
| Break | v. i. | To fall in business; to become bankrupt. |
| Break | v. i. | To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop. |
| Break | v. i. | To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, but degenerates into an unmusical sound instead. Also, to change in tone, as a boy's voice at puberty. |
| Break | v. i. | To fall out; to terminate friendship. |
| Break | v. t. | An opening made by fracture or disruption. |
| Break | v. t. | An interruption of continuity; change of direction; as, a break in a wall; a break in the deck of a ship. |
| Break | v. t. | A projection or recess from the face of a building. |
| Break | v. t. | An opening or displacement in the circuit, interrupting the electrical current. |
| Break | v. t. | An interruption; a pause; as, a break in friendship; a break in the conversation. |
| Break | v. t. | An interruption in continuity in writing or printing, as where there is an omission, an unfilled line, etc. |
| Break | v. t. | The first appearing, as of light in the morning; the dawn; as, the break of day; the break of dawn. |
| Break | v. t. | A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind. |
| Break | v. t. | A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10. |
| Break | n. | See Commutator. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
|---|---|---|
| BREAK | anagram | BAKER, BRAKE, KEBAR |
We have 410 clues for the answer “BREAK”
✏️ Suggest another clue
Know another question for crossword solution "BREAK"? Please add your clue to the biggest crossword databank now!
Kind of apple
?
E
?
A
?
T
?
E
?
R
Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AETRE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
15 +1
New Suggestion for "BREAK"
Related word tools
Sentences with BREAK (5)
Again, if the United States be not a government proper, but an association of States in the nature of contract merely, can it, as a contract, be peaceably unmade by less than all the parties who made it? One party to a contract may violate it—break it, so to speak; but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it? Descending from these general principles, we find the proposition that in legal contemplation the Union is perpetual confirmed by the history of the Union itself.
What a lesson! The nest must have fallen into the water, but would the mother desert her eggs? No.” There was a break in his voice, as if for a moment he recalled innocent days when—but he brushed away this weakness with his hook.
Round about him spun the landscape, Sky and forest reeled together, And his strong heart leaped within him, As the sturgeon leaps and struggles In a net to break its meshes.
For now, and since first break of dawne the Fiend, Meer Serpent in appearance, forth was come, And on his Quest, where likeliest he might finde The onely two of Mankinde, but in them The whole included Race, his purposd prey.
When they had done so, he placed the faggot into the hands of each of them in succession, and ordered them to break it in pieces.
Quotes with BREAK (3)
This life is what you make it. No matter what, you're going to mess up sometimes, it's a universal truth. But the good part is you get to decide how you're going to mess it up. Girls will be your friends - they'll act like it anyway. But just remember, some come, some go. The ones that stay with you through everything - they're your true best friends. Don't let go of them. Also remember, sisters make the best friends in the world. As for lovers, well, they'll come and go too.…
You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect — you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you…
People think a soul mate is your perfect fit, and that's what everyone wants. But a true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life. A true soul mate is probably the most important person you'll ever meet, because they tear down your walls and smack you awake. But to live with a soul mate forever? Nah. Too painful. Soul mates, they come into your life just to …
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 70 times in crossword archives (1957–2025).