| BREAK | • break v. (Transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that… • break v. (Transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units. • break v. (Transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of. |
| INBREAK | • inbreak v. (Transitive) To break in; break into; make an incursion into; insert into; interrupt. • inbreak n. A sudden violent inroad or incursion; an irruption. • INBREAK n. a violent rush in. |
| UPBREAK | • upbreak v. (Intransitive) To break upwards; to force away or passage to the surface. • upbreak n. A break-up or division. • upbreak n. A breaking upward or bursting forth; an upburst. |
| DAYBREAK | • daybreak n. Dawn. • Daybreak prop.n. Surat Al-Falaq (Arabic: سورة الفلق) (Dawn, Daybreak), the 113th Sura of the Qur’an. • day-break n. Archaic spelling of daybreak. |
| OUTBREAK | • outbreak n. An eruption; the sudden appearance of a rash, disease, etc. • outbreak n. A sudden increase. • outbreak n. (Figurative) An outburst or sudden eruption, especially of violence and mischief. |
| PARBREAK | • parbreak v. (Obsolete) To vomit, spew out. • parbreak n. (Archaic) Vomit; vomiting. • PARBREAK v. (archaic) to vomit. |
| TIEBREAK | • tiebreak n. (Sports) A tiebreaker, a game or an extension to a game played to resolve a tied score. • tie-break n. Alternative form of tiebreak. • tie␣break n. Alternative form of tiebreak. |
| FIREBREAK | • firebreak n. An area cleared of all flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading across it. • firebreak n. (Figurative) Any separating barrier. • fire␣break n. Alternative spelling of firebreak. |
| GAOLBREAK | • gaolbreak n. Alternative form of jailbreak. • GAOLBREAK v. to break out of gaol, also JAILBREAK. |
| JAILBREAK | • jailbreak n. An escape from prison. • jailbreak n. (Computing) A modification to the firmware of an electronic device (typically a mobile phone or tablet)… • jailbreak v. To escape from prison. |
| MINIBREAK | • minibreak n. A brief pause for relaxation. • minibreak n. A short holiday; a minivacation. • mini-break n. (Tennis) In a tiebreak, a point won against the server when ahead. |
| NEWSBREAK | • newsbreak n. An instance of news broadcasting. • NEWSBREAK n. a newsworthy event. |
| WINDBREAK | • windbreak n. (Agriculture) A hedge, fence or row of trees positioned to reduce wind damage to crops. • windbreak n. A sheet or stack of material used to protect people or fire from wind. • windbreak n. The act of breaking wind; flatulence. |
| WORDBREAK | • wordbreak n. Alternative form of word break. • word-break n. Alternative form of word break. • word␣break n. (Usually) A point in writing where a word is split so that part of it is relegated to the next line… |
| HEARTBREAK | • heartbreak n. Overwhelming mental anguish or grief, especially that caused by loss or disappointment. • HEARTBREAK n. crushing grief, anguish, or distress. • HEARTBREAK v. to cause intense grief to. |
| HOUSEBREAK | • housebreak v. (Transitive, US) To train an animal to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox… • housebreak v. (Intransitive, US) To break into a house, typically to burgle it. • HOUSEBREAK v. to train a pet not to relieve itself indoors. |
| LUNCHBREAK | • lunchbreak n. A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch. • lunch␣break n. Alternative form of lunchbreak. • LUNCHBREAK n. a break for lunch. |
| STONEBREAK | • stonebreak n. The meadow saxifrage. • STONEBREAK n. another name for saxifrage. |
| HALTERBREAK | • halterbreak v. To get an animal used to wearing and being handled in a halter. • HALTERBREAK v. to break (as a colt) to a halter. |