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Blackpool were not without their opportunities - thanks to their willingness to commit and leave men forward even when under severe pressure - and they looked very capable of scoring on the break.

(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.

A sharp bit or snaffle.

a short holiday.

a weekend break on the Isle of Wight

(music) A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.

VerbSGbreaksPRbreakingPTbrokePPbroken

(transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
1. If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.
2. She broke the vase.
3. His ribs broke under the weight of the rocks piled on his chest.
4. She broke his neck.
5. He slipped on the ice and broke his leg.

(transitive, US) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.

Can you break a hundred-dollar bill for me?
The wholesaler broke the container loads into palettes and boxes for local retailers.

(transitive) To cause (a person) to lose his or her spirit or will; to crush the spirits of; to ruin (a person) emotionally.

Her child's death broke Angela.
Interrogators have used many forms of torture to break prisoners of war.

(intransitive) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.

My heart is breaking.

(transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose its will.

You have to break an elephant before you can use it as an animal of burden.
The interrogator hoped to break her to get her testimony against her accomplices.

(transitive) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.

I've got to break this habit I have of biting my nails.
to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey
I had won four games in a row, but now you've broken my streak of luck.

(transitive) To ruin financially.

The recession broke some small businesses.

(transitive) To violate, to not adhere to.

When you go to Vancouver, promise me you won't break the law.
He broke his vows by cheating on his wife.
break one's word
Time travel would break the laws of physics.

(intransitive, of a fever) To pass the most dangerous part of the illness; to go down, temperaturewise.

Susan's fever broke at about 3 AM, and the doctor said the worst was over.

(transitive, gaming slang) To design or use a powerful (yet legal) strategy that unbalances the game in a player's favor.

Letting white have three extra queens would break chess.

(transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.

On the hottest day of the year the refrigerator broke.
Did you two break the trolley by racing with it?
Adding 64-bit support broke backward compatibility with earlier versions.

(transitive) To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.

break a seal

(intransitive, of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water. A wave breaking.

(intransitive, of a storm or spell of weather) To end.

The forecast says the hot weather will break by midweek.

(intransitive) To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.

(intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily.

Let's break for lunch.

(transitive) To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object not hit something else beneath.

He survived the jump out the window because the bushes below broke his fall.

(transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, etc.

The newsman wanted to break a big story, something that would make him famous.
I don't know how to break this to you, but your cat is not coming back.
In the latest breaking news...
When news of their divorce broke, ...

(intransitive, of morning) To arrive.

Morning has broken.

(intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.

(transitive) To change a steady state abruptly.

His coughing broke the silence.
His turning on the lights broke the enchantment.
With the mood broken, what we had been doing seemed pretty silly.

(copulative, informal) To suddenly become.

Things began breaking bad for him when his parents died.
The arrest was standard, when suddenly the suspect broke ugly.

(intransitive) Of a voice, to alter in type: in men generally to go up, in women sometimes to go down; to crack.

His voice breaks when he gets emotional.

(transitive) To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (a record), setting a new record.

He broke the men's 100-meter record.
I can't believe she broke 3 under par!
The policeman broke sixty on a residential street in his hurry to catch the thief.

(sports and games).

He needs to break serve to win the match.
Is it your or my turn to break?

(transitive, military, most often in the passive tense) To demote, to reduce the military rank of.

(transitive) To end (a connection), to disconnect.

The referee ordered the boxers to break the clinch.
The referee broke the boxers' clinch.
I couldn't hear a thing he was saying, so I broke the connection and called him back.

(intransitive, of an emulsion) To demulsify.

Conversely, as the emulsion breaks and the system returns to the original state, energy is released.

(intransitive, sports) To counter-attack.

The Baggies almost hit back instantly when Graham Dorrans broke from midfield and pulled the trigger from 15 yards but Paul Robinson did superbly to tip the Scot's drive around the post.

(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.

(intransitive, obsolete) To fail in business; to become bankrupt.

(transitive) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.

The cavalry were not able to break the British squares.

(transitive) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.

to break flax

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

(intransitive) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait.

to break into a run or gallop

(intransitive, archaic) To fall out; to terminate friendship.

Mehr Beispiele

Wird in der Mitte des Satzes verwendet
- If you are prepared to do without a break in summer, we could have a really good skiing holiday in winter.
- I've had a lot of problems recently: take last Monday, for example. My car broke down on the way to work. Then ... etc. ‎
- And it is ruining my social life. face keeps breaking out with pimples and I know I look repulsive, so how can I ever expect to have boy friends?
Zu Beginn des Satzes verwendet
- Breaking into the right side of Wolves' penalty area, he played with Elokobi over and over while ignoring both Dimitar Berbatov and Wayne Rooney as they lurked in the centre with arms aloft.
- Break out the cables from the harness once they are inside the frame.
- Breaking radio silence risked disclosing our presence.
In der Endung des Satzes verwendet
- I dropped my china teapot, and its spout has broken.
- The result was declared invalid, as the seal on the meter had been broken.
- The boss let me off for breaking the office window, when in theory she could have fined me about 30 dollars for the break.

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