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.

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.

To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set.

To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax.

To open spontaneously, or by pressure from within, as a bubble, a tumor, a seed vessel, a bag.

To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop.

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.

A sudden drop in instrument pricing.

To fall in business; to become bankrupt.

To fall out; to terminate friendship.

An interruption of continuity; change of direction; as, a break in a wall; a break in the deck of a ship.

An opening or displacement in the circuit, interrupting the electrical current.

A fortunate result from an errant delivery. Also, the point at which a ball rolling down the lane changes direction.

In putting it is the curve due to the slope in a green. In a golf shot, a player may say, " I got a good break." ( a favorable or unfavorable sharp bounce/roll to the left or right.)

The curve the ball makes as it rolls toward the hole on the green. Also is a reference to the slope of the green.

The amount a ball departs from a straight line when putting on a slope.

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a series of wickets scored by a player in one turn using one other ball (two-ball break), two other balls (three-ball break) or with all balls in play (four-ball break).

a number of points scored by one player in one single visit to the table

a number of pot s in successive stroke s made in any one turn by a player during a frame

When your total exceed 21. For example when you have a 7 and a 5, you then hit and receive a Q – your total is 22 and you 'bust'.

To exceed 21. Synonymous with "bust," though less commonly used.

ruin completely; "He busted my radio!"

Exceeding the hand total of 21.

To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares.

To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.

assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sargeant"

destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set"

A break is when you bet your strong hand very forcefully to win the pot. Most often your opponent will need to go all-in.

When the cards of a suit in the hands of the opponents are split evenly, or nearly evenly, so that neither opponent has a particularly large or small holding in that suit, then suit is said to break. The corollary is a "bad break" when the suit does not split evenly. See also distribution.

(1) (noun) the division of the adversely held cards in a suit; [A three-two break = finding one opponent with three of the missing five cards and the other with two.].(2) (verb) defeat (a contract);(3) (verb) make the first lead in (a suit).

(tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; "he was up two breaks in the second set"

To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods.

To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.

An open (disconnected) circuit condition caused by a switch, damage to a conductor, etc.

The point at which the electrical contacts open to disconnect a circuit.

To open up; to be scattered; to be dissipated; as, the clouds are breaking.

the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool

make the opening shot that scatters the balls

(1) A lucky shot (2) used to indicate that a string of strikes was stopped (3) used when stating that a ball has been thrown that travels in an path with an arc.

a bit slower then the previous songs, but it has a fine feeling and great refrain

a rap talk song

a short interlude during which you do not consciously work or interact with the lesson

The part of a track where the song fades down to an ambient section.

Start of race; accustoming a young horse to saddle and rider.

Harness horse changing to a different gate than the one specified in the race in which they are competing.

1) To train a young horse to wear a bridle and saddle, carry a rider and respond to a rider's commands. Almost always done when the horse is a yearling. 2) To leave from the starting gate.

away The action of a rider or group of riders that launches an attack and leaves the main group behind.

To burst forth; to make its way; to come to view; to appear; to dawn.

To burst forth violently, as a storm.

The first appearing, as of light in the morning; the dawn; as, the break of day; the break of dawn.

The point at which a shell effect explodes into life.

To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.

when the receiving player or team wins the game, thereby breaking serve

When the person who is serving loses the game

Even Point-the stock price (or prices) at which a particular strategy neither makes nor loses money. It generally pertains to the result at the expiration date of the options involved in the strategy. A "dynamic" break-even point is one that changes as time passes.

A referee's order for boxers to step back and separate if they are in a clinch.

an attempt to retrieve without the handler's command to do so.

A referee's order to step back from a clinch.

The word of command issued by a referee to boxers when they become tangled at close range either intentionally or unintentionally. Upon the command "Break", the boxers are to step back from one another before continuing to box. A lot of boxers will attempt to punch their opponent as they break which would incur a foul.

in television and radio media scheduling, the time period between programs or between segments of a single program that is available for commercials, announcements, or news briefs.

The time during the show that commercials are played

A break in the program between segments designated for commercials, public service announcements or station promotions.

Time between or during programs for insertion of commercials, Ids, or other announcements.

exits from current for, while, or until loop.

A keyword in C and C++, as well as some other C-like languages, that terminates the innermost loop and returns control to the end of the statement block of that loop.

break out of for, while, or do loop

as in C except that it can be followed by the name of a label that, if it immediately preceeds the top of the loop, can specify the route of execution in order to branch beyond the loop context of the break: DoItLoop : while (done != true) { for (i = 0; i 100; i++) { if (i == 3) { done = true; break DoItLoop;

A slight opening secretly in a deck of cards.

A minute division held in the pack to mark the position of a number of cards or of a single card. In conjuring the break is usually employed when the pack is held in the left hand as for dealing. The flesh at the outermost phalange of the little finger is pressed against the division at the right side at the inner corner (the finger tip is not inserted between the packets) and the remaining fingers are held together at the same side, concealing the subterfuge. This break is often taken by the ball of the right thumb at the inner end of the pack, prior to an overhand shuffle, the fingers being at the outer end. The cards are shuffled into the left hand until those above the break have dropped; the remaining cards are then thrown upon those in the left hand. This is an easy method much used to bring a desired card to the top of the pack.

1. To have a final card total which exceeds 21. 2. To break a deck means to shuffle prematurely, which is also commonly referred to as a preferential shuffle or shuffling up.

A break is a secret gap held between cards in the deck, usually by a finger. It's used when controlling the whereabouts of a certain card, usually one chosen by the spectator.

an auction term describing a tea lot for sale, usually at least 18 chests

a lot different then a "cut"

auction term referring to a lot for sale, usually 18 chests or more.

An measurement of tea - a given number of chests or sacks of tea.

Production of a side shoot after removal of the growing point.

The development of lateral shoots after pruning a shoot back to an axillary bud

A shoot growing from the axil on a plant.

growing from auxiliary buds. Pinching out encourages breaking.

The gaining of space (and thus more freedom of movement) by the advance of a pawn. In our diagram, White intends to open lines of attack on the queenside by the break c4-c5 (prepared by b2-b4). Black will strive to attack White on the kingside by an …f7-f5 break.

A pawn move that proposes a pawn trade in order to increase space or relieve a cramped position.

A pawn advance that opens up a blocked position.

a Pawn move with the hope or intention of opening lines, particularly files. In blocked positions like the French Defence it's important to organise your own pawn break.

force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger"

change directions suddenly

As seen in the Persian breeds, a distinct change in the direction of the nose profile.

A Change of Direction that returns the body home

a chance to rush the opposing team when their forwards are out of position

a favorable opportunity or a chance

a four-part documentary series that gives four people the chance to change their lives by experiencing a job they've only dreamed about doing

a chance to start a rush when the opposing forwards are caught out of position.

A short unaccompanied lead-in to a solo

Jazz term for a short improvised solo without accompaniment that "breaks" an ensemble passage or introduces an extended solo.

During a tune this occurs when all the band members stop playing except the one who is improvising a solo.

a transitional passage in which a soloist plays unaccompanied.

Unable or unwilling to maintain discipline, a dog leaves the line prior to being sent by the handler.

To correct a dog from exhibiting unwanted behavior or chasing unwanted game.

Attempt of a dog to retriever before released

A finished flushing dog should hup upon the flushing of game, gunshot, honoring of the flight of the bird in brace, pursuit of a running bird or upon direction of the handler; if the above is not followed, it is a break.

To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise.

act in disregard of laws and rules; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"

fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns; "This sentence violates the rules of syntax"

an uncorrected (unspliced) and unintentional separation of continuous forms.

A downward price movement that goes below previous important lows and continues to carry downward. The term usually applies to dramatic downward movements after the market has been moving horizontally in a "line" for a sustained period.

A continuous low on the DMX512 line for 88µs or more indicating the start of a new packet of information. This signal is also known as RESET.

This is the hot break or cold break. It is where the proteins precipitate.

Visible particles of protein and other matter that form in wort during boiling and cooling.

n. Precipitation of undesired proteins within a wort. The terms hot break and cold break are used to describe both the event and the material substance of this precipitation. Hot break usually occurs within the first ten minutes of a wort boil, and looks like pea-sized flakes or granules floating in the wort. Cold break occurs during the cooling of a wort from boiling to yeast- pitching temperature, and the precipitation is more thorough the more rapidly the temperature is lowered by the brewer.

A tear in a roll of face material or release liner. Such defects are generally splices and marked by a flag during printing.

A rupture of a paper web during the manufacturing or printing process that results in a tear from edge to edge.

Total rupture of a web of paper during the manufacturing or printing process which results in a tear from edge to edge. Breaks in mill rolls are spliced together and marked with flags to call the attention of press operators to potential difficulties.

A frame in which a series of strikes ends.

any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare; "the break in the eighth frame cost him the match"

a deliberately-generated serial line framing error

an unexpected piece of good luck; "he finally got his big break"

a good thing anyway - same as scrums

a good time to have a snack that is low in sugar, such as nuts, fruit, yogurt or cheese

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"

A split or crack in an item, an image layer or a support.

A horizontal crack.

give up; "break cigarette smoking"

This can refer to either a break to cover or a paintball break in the barrel. The first happens at the beginning of the game as you run to your bunker (see below) the second, right when you really need to hit someone bunkering you.

No, not when it's time for a smoke. This is the very first part of a match where everyone is running for their Primary Bunkers and/or Keying/Laning.

a heartfelt portrayal of Gold's emotions, both positive and negative, during his ups and downs of the past few years

an extremely well-done and enjoyable album, and Alex Gold is to be commended for bringing his deft production and writing skills to the masses in a more easily obtainable format (cause hey, I only have so much time to hunt down obscure import singles

a title referring both to a hiatus that has kept him out of the limilight for the past few years, as well as to a very serious paragliding accident injuring his spinal cord, and forcing that hiatus on him

A rapid and sharp price decline. Related: Crash

A rapid and sharp decline in price.

(1) An expression used in radiocommunication meaning "I hearby indicate the separation between portions of the message." Note: To be used where there is no clear distinction between the various portions of the message. Fr: « Break »(2) DND: An expression used in radiocommunications to instruct a pilot to execute a rapid level turn. see also: overhead break Fr: « Virez...