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destruct
English
Etymology
Back-formation from destruction.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?kt
Verb
destruct (third-person singular simple present destructs, present participle destructing, simple past and past participle destructed)
- (transitive) To intentionally cause the destruction of.
- Synonym: destroy
- (intransitive) To self-destruct.
Translations
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break
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: br?k, IPA(key): /b?e?k/, [b??e??k]
- Rhymes: -e?k
- Homophone: brake
Etymology 1
From Middle English breken, from Old English brecan (“to break”), from Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekan? (“to break”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?reg- (“to break”). The word is a doublet of bray.
Verb
break (third-person singular simple present breaks, present participle breaking, simple past broke or (archaic) brake, past participle broken or (colloquial) broke)
- (transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
- (transitive, intransitive) To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
- (transitive, intransitive) To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
- (transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
- (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
- 1613, William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, Henry VIII, Act IV, Sc. 2:
- An old man, broken with the storms of state,
- Is come to lay his weary bones among ye;
- Give him a little earth for charity
- To turn an animal into a beast of burden.
- 2002, John Fusco, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
- Colonel: See, gentlemen? Any horse could be broken.
- 2002, John Fusco, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
- 1613, William Shakespeare and John Fletcher, Henry VIII, Act IV, Sc. 2:
- (intransitive) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
- (transitive) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
- (transitive, theater) To end the run of (a play).
- 1958, Walter Macqueen-Pope, St. James's: Theatre of Distinction (page 134)
- In July Alexander broke the run and went on tour, as was his custom. He believed in keeping in touch with provincial audiences and how wise he was!
- 1986, Kurt Gänzl, The British Musical Theatre: 1865-1914 (page 610)
- After Camberwell he broke the play's season and brought it back in the autumn with a few revisions and a noticeably strengthened cast but without any special success.
- 1958, Walter Macqueen-Pope, St. James's: Theatre of Distinction (page 134)
- (transitive, theater) To end the run of (a play).
- (transitive) To ruin financially.
- With arts like these rich Matho, when he speaks, / Attracts all fees, and little lawyers breaks.
- (transitive) To violate, to not adhere to.
- (intransitive, of a fever) To pass the most dangerous part of the illness; to go down, in terms of temperature.
- Susan's fever broke at about 3 AM, and the doctor said the worst was over.
- (intransitive, of a spell of settled weather) To end.
- (intransitive, of a storm) To begin; to end.
- (intransitive, of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive.
- (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.
- (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
- (specifically, in programming) To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
- (specifically, in programming) To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
- (transitive) To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
- (specifically) To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
- (specifically) To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like.
- (transitive) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
- (intransitive, of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
- (intransitive) To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
- 1800, William Wordsworth, The Fountain
- And from the turf a fountain broke, / And gurgled at our feet.
- 1800, William Wordsworth, The Fountain
- (intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily.
- (transitive) To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
- (transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, etc.
- (intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.
- c. 1843,, George Lippard, The Battle-Day of Germantown, reprinted in Washington and His Generals "1776", page 45 [2]:
- Like the crash of thunderbolts[...], the sound of musquetry broke over the lawn, [...].
- c. 1843,, George Lippard, The Battle-Day of Germantown, reprinted in Washington and His Generals "1776", page 45 [2]:
- (transitive) To change a steady state abruptly.
- (copulative, informal) To suddenly become.
- (intransitive) Of a male voice, to become deeper at puberty.
- (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.
- (transitive) To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
- (sports and games):
- (transitive, tennis) To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
- (intransitive, billiards, snooker, pool) To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
- (transitive, backgammon) To remove one of the two men on (a point).
- (transitive, tennis) To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
- (transitive, military, most often in the passive tense) To demote, to reduce the military rank of.
- 1953 February 9, “Books: First Rulers of Asia”, in Time:
- And he played no favorites: when his son-in-law sacked a city he had been told to spare, Genghis broke him to private.
- 1968, William Manchester, The Arms of Krupp, Back Bay (2003), ?ISBN, page 215:
- One morning after the budget had failed to balance Finanzminister von Scholz picked up Der Reichsanzeiger and found he had been broken to sergeant.
- 2006, Peter Collier, Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty, Second Edition, Artisan Books, ?ISBN, page 42:
- Not long after this event, Clausen became involved in another disciplinary situation and was broken to private—the only one to win the Medal of Honor in Vietnam.
- 1953 February 9, “Books: First Rulers of Asia”, in Time:
- (transitive) To end (a connection), to disconnect.
- (intransitive, of an emulsion) To demulsify.
- (intransitive, sports) To counter-attack
- (transitive, obsolete) To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
- (intransitive) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, Verses on His Own Death
- See how the dean begins to break; / Poor gentleman he droops apace.
- 1731, Jonathan Swift, Verses on His Own Death
- (intransitive, obsolete) To fail in business; to become bankrupt.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Riches
- He that puts all upon adventures doth oftentimes break, and come to poverty.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Riches
- (transitive) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
- (transitive) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
- January 11, 1711, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner No. 24
- when I see a great officer broke.
- January 11, 1711, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner No. 24
- (intransitive) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait.
- (intransitive, archaic) To fall out; to terminate friendship.
- c. 1700 Jeremy Collier, On Friendship
- To break upon the score of danger or expense is to be mean and narrow-spirited.
- c. 1700 Jeremy Collier, On Friendship
- (computing) To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
- (programming) To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.
Conjugation
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:break.
Synonyms
- (ergative: separate into two or more pieces): burst, bust, shatter, shear, smash, split
- (ergative: crack (bone)): crack, fracture
- (transitive: turn an animal into a beast of burden): break in, subject, tame
- (transitive: do that which is forbidden by): contravene, go against, violate
- (intransitive: stop functioning): break down, bust, fail, go down (of a computer or computer network)
Antonyms
- (transitive: cause to end up in two or more pieces): assemble, fix, join, mend, put together, repair
- (tennis, intransitive: break serve): hold
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Coordinate terms
- bork
- breaking
- broke
- broken
Translations
Noun
break (plural breaks)
- An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
- A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
- A rest or pause, usually from work.
- (Britain) a time for students to talk or play.
- A short holiday.
- A temporary split with a romantic partner.
- An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
- A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
- The beginning (of the morning).
- An act of escaping.
- (computing) The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.
- 2001, Nan Barber, ?David Reynolds, Office 2001 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual (page 138)
- No matter how much text you add above the break, the text after the break will always appear at the top of a new page.
- 2001, Nan Barber, ?David Reynolds, Office 2001 for Macintosh: The Missing Manual (page 138)
- (computing) A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.
- (programming) Short for breakpoint.
- (Britain, weather) A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
- (sports and games):
- (tennis) A game won by the receiving player(s).
- (billiards, snooker, pool) The first shot in a game of billiards
- (snooker) The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table
- (soccer) The counter-attack
- (surfing) A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).
- (dated) A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.
- (equitation) A sharp bit or snaffle.
- 1576, George Gascoigne, The Steele Glas
- Pampered jades […] which need nor break nor bit.
- 1576, George Gascoigne, The Steele Glas
- (music) A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
- (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.
- (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).
- (obsolete, slang) error [late 19th–early 20th c.]
Usage notes
- music The instruments that are named are the ones that carry on playing, for example a fiddle break implies that the fiddle is the most prominent instrument playing during the break.
Synonyms
- (instance of breaking something into two pieces): split
- (physical space that opens up in something or between two things): breach, gap, space; see also Thesaurus:interspace or Thesaurus:hole
- (rest or pause, usually from work): time-out; see also Thesaurus:pause
- (time for playing outside): playtime (UK), recess (US)
- (short holiday): day off, time off; see also Thesaurus:vacation
- (beginning of the morning): crack of dawn; see also Thesaurus:dawn
- (error): See Thesaurus:error
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Clipping of breakdown (the percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music) and see also breakdancing.
Noun
break (plural breaks)
- (music) A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.
Derived terms
- Amen break
References
- break at OneLook Dictionary Search
- 2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pgs. 694-695.
Anagrams
- Abrek, Baker, Brake, baker, barke, brake
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b??k/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English break.
Noun
break m (plural breaks)
- break (pause, holiday)
- Synonym: pause
- (tennis) break (of serve)
Derived terms
- balle de break
Etymology 2
From earlier break de chasse, from English shooting brake.
Noun
break m (plural breaks)
- (automotive) estate car, station wagon
- Antonym: berline
References
- “break” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English break.
Noun
break m (invariable)
- break (intermission or brief suspension of activity)
Interjection
break
- break! (boxing)
Spanish
Noun
break m (plural breaks)
- break (pause)
- (tennis) break
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