English to English noun
1 |
a failure to perform some promised act or obligation | source: wordnet30
2 |
an opening (especially a gap in a dike or fortification) | source: wordnet30
3 |
a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) | Example:
• they hoped to avoid a break in relations
source: wordnet30
4 |
The act of breaking, in a figurative sense. | source: webster1913 verb
5 |
act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises | Example:
• offend all laws of humanity • violate the basic laws or human civilization • break a law • break a promise
source: wordnet30
6 |
make an opening or gap in | source: wordnet30
7 |
To make a breach or opening in; as, to breach the walls of a city. | source: webster1913
8 |
To break the water, as by leaping out; -- said of a whale. | source: webster1913
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