| break | | |
| n. (event) | 1. break, interruption | some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity.; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt" |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| ~ dislocation, disruption | an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity. |
| ~ punctuation | something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions. |
| ~ abatement, hiatus, reprieve, respite, suspension | an interruption in the intensity or amount of something. |
| ~ eclipse, occultation | one celestial body obscures another. |
| n. (event) | 2. break, good luck, happy chance | an unexpected piece of good luck.; "he finally got his big break" |
| ~ chance event, fortuity, accident, stroke | anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause.; "winning the lottery was a happy accident"; "the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck"; "it was due to an accident or fortuity" |
| n. (object) | 3. break, fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault, shift | (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"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust" |
| ~ geology | a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks. |
| ~ fault line | (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface. |
| ~ crack, scissure, cleft, crevice, fissure | a long narrow opening. |
| ~ denali fault | a major open geological fault in Alaska. |
| ~ inclined fault | a geological fault in which one side is above the other. |
| ~ san andreas fault | a major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes. |
| ~ strike-slip fault | a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally. |
| n. (event) | 4. breach, break, falling out, rift, rupture, severance | a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions).; "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" |
| ~ schism | the formal separation of a church into two churches or the withdrawal of one group over doctrinal differences. |
| ~ breakup, separation, detachment | coming apart. |
| n. (act) | 5. break, recess, respite, time out | a pause from doing something (as work).; "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate" |
| ~ pause | temporary inactivity. |
| ~ spring break | a week or more of recess during the spring term at school. |
| n. (act) | 6. break, breakage, breaking | the act of breaking something.; "the breakage was unavoidable" |
| ~ change of integrity | the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something. |
| ~ rupture | the act of making a sudden noisy break. |
| ~ shattering, smashing | the act of breaking something into small pieces. |
| ~ cracking, fracture, crack | the act of cracking something. |
| ~ chipping, splintering, chip | the act of chipping something. |
| n. (time) | 7. break, intermission, interruption, pause, suspension | a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something. |
| ~ interval, time interval | a definite length of time marked off by two instants. |
| ~ lapse | a break or intermission in the occurrence of something.; "a lapse of three weeks between letters" |
| ~ blackout | a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting. |
| ~ caesura | a pause or interruption (as in a conversation).; "after an ominous caesura the preacher continued" |
| ~ dead air | an inadvertent interruption in a broadcast during which there is no sound. |
| ~ delay, postponement, time lag, wait, hold | time during which some action is awaited.; "instant replay caused too long a delay"; "he ordered a hold in the action" |
| ~ halftime | an intermission between the first and second half of a game. |
| ~ rest period, rest, respite, relief | a pause for relaxation.; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests" |
| ~ time-out | a brief suspension of play.; "each team has two time-outs left" |
| ~ letup, lull | a pause during which things are calm or activities are diminished.; "there was never a letup in the noise" |
| n. (state) | 8. break, fracture | breaking of hard tissue such as bone.; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall" |
| ~ harm, hurt, injury, trauma | any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.. |
| ~ comminuted fracture | fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed. |
| ~ complete fracture | break involving the entire width of the bone. |
| ~ compound fracture, open fracture | bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound. |
| ~ compression fracture | fracture in which the bone collapses (especially in short bones such as vertebrae). |
| ~ depressed fracture | fracture of the skull where the bone is pushed in. |
| ~ displaced fracture | fracture in which the two ends of the broken bone are separated from one another. |
| ~ fatigue fracture, stress fracture | fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury. |
| ~ capillary fracture, hairline fracture | a fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin. |
| ~ incomplete fracture | fracture that does not go across the entire width of the bone. |
| ~ impacted fracture | fracture in which one broken end is wedged into the other broken end. |
| ~ closed fracture, simple fracture | an uncomplicated fracture in which the broken bones to not pierce the skin. |
| n. (event) | 9. break | the occurrence of breaking.; "the break in the dam threatened the valley" |
| ~ breakup, separation, detachment | coming apart. |
| ~ snap | a sudden breaking. |
| n. (event) | 10. break | an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion).; "then there was a break in her voice" |
| ~ alteration, change, modification | an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another.; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" |
| n. (act) | 11. break | the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool. |
| ~ billiards | any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls. |
| ~ pocket billiards, pool | any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets. |
| ~ stroke, shot | (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand.; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot requires good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot" |
| n. (act) | 12. break, break of serve | (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving.; "he was up two breaks in the second set" |
| ~ score | the act of scoring in a game or sport.; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play" |
| ~ lawn tennis, tennis | a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court. |
| n. (act) | 13. break, disruption, gap, interruption | an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity.; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account" |
| ~ cut-in, insert | (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film. |
| ~ cut-in, insert | (broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program. |
| ~ delay, holdup | the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time. |
| ~ interposition, interjection, interpellation, interpolation | the action of interjecting or interposing an action or remark that interrupts. |
| ~ abruption, breaking off | an instance of sudden interruption. |
| ~ barracking, heckling | shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree. |
| n. (act) | 14. break | a sudden dash.; "he made a break for the open door" |
| ~ sprint, dash | a quick run. |
| ~ fast break | (basketball) a rapid dash to get a shot as soon as possible after taking possession of the ball. |
| n. (act) | 15. break, open frame | any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare.; "the break in the eighth frame cost him the match" |
| ~ score | the act of scoring in a game or sport.; "the winning score came with less than a minute left to play" |
| n. (act) | 16. break, breakout, gaolbreak, jailbreak, prison-breaking, prisonbreak | an escape from jail.; "the breakout was carefully planned" |
| ~ escape, flight | the act of escaping physically.; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt" |
| v. (change) | 17. break, interrupt | terminate.; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty" |
| ~ terminate, end | bring to an end or halt.; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" |
| ~ hold on, stop | stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments.; "Hold on a moment!" |
| ~ break off, break short, cut short | interrupt before its natural or planned end.; "We had to cut short our vacation" |
| ~ suspend, freeze | stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it.; "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country" |
| v. (change) | 18. break, come apart, fall apart, separate, split up | become separated into pieces or fragments.; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" |
| ~ change integrity | change in physical make-up. |
| ~ burst, break open, split | come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure.; "The bubble burst" |
| ~ puncture | be pierced or punctured.; "The tire punctured" |
| ~ bust, burst | break open or apart suddenly and forcefully.; "The dam burst" |
| ~ smash | break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow.; "The window smashed" |
| ~ ladder, run | come unraveled or undone as if by snagging.; "Her nylons were running" |
| ~ break | destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments.; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match" |
| ~ snap, crack | break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension.; "The pipe snapped" |
| ~ fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up | break or cause to break into pieces.; "The plate fragmented" |
| ~ crush | become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure.; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall" |
| v. (change) | 19. break | render inoperable or ineffective.; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!" |
| ~ damage | inflict damage upon.; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree" |
| ~ conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go | stop operating or functioning.; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" |
| v. (contact) | 20. break, bust | ruin completely.; "He busted my radio!" |
| ~ fall apart, wear out, bust, wear, break | go to pieces.; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely" |
| ~ fall apart, wear out, bust, wear, break | go to pieces.; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely" |
| ~ break down | cause to fall or collapse. |
| ~ ruin, destroy | destroy completely; damage irreparably.; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up" |
| v. (change) | 21. break | destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments.; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match" |
| ~ shatter | cause to break into many pieces.; "shatter the plate" |
| ~ come apart, break, fall apart, split up, separate | become separated into pieces or fragments.; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" |
| ~ fracture | break into pieces.; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle" |
| ~ break in | break so as to fall inward.; "He broke in the door" |
| ~ dash, smash | break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over.; "Smash a plate" |
| ~ divide, separate | make a division or separation. |
| v. (social) | 22. breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate | act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises.; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" |
| ~ disrespect | show a lack of respect for. |
| ~ sin, transgress, trespass | commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law. |
| ~ blunder, boob, drop the ball, goof, sin | commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake.; "I blundered during the job interview" |
| ~ contravene, infringe, run afoul, conflict | go against, as of rules and laws.; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules" |
| ~ trespass | break the law. |
| ~ trespass, intrude | enter unlawfully on someone's property.; "Don't trespass on my land!" |
| v. (motion) | 23. break, break away, break out | move away or escape suddenly.; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security" |
| ~ break | make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing.; "The ranks broke" |
| ~ escape, get away, break loose | run away from confinement.; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison" |
| v. (motion) | 24. break | scatter or part.; "The clouds broke after the heavy downpour" |
| ~ dissipate, scatter, disperse, spread out | move away from each other.; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached" |
| v. (emotion) | 25. break, burst, erupt | force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up.; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger" |
| ~ express emotion, express feelings | give verbal or other expression to one's feelings. |
| v. (change) | 26. break, break off, discontinue, stop | prevent completion.; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations" |
| ~ fracture | become fractured.; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe" |
| ~ terminate, end | bring to an end or halt.; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" |
| ~ bog down, bog | get stuck while doing something.; "She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation" |
| ~ cut off, disrupt, interrupt, break up | make a break in.; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" |
| v. (social) | 27. break, break in | enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act.; "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"; "They broke into my car and stole my radio!"; "who broke into my account last night?" |
| ~ crack | gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions.; "she cracked my password"; "crack a safe" |
| ~ trespass, intrude | enter unlawfully on someone's property.; "Don't trespass on my land!" |
| v. (change) | 28. break, break in | make submissive, obedient, or useful.; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern" |
| ~ break | be broken in.; "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress" |
| ~ break | be broken in.; "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress" |
| ~ domesticise, domesticize, domesticate, tame, reclaim | overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable.; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons" |
| v. (stative) | 29. break, go against, violate | fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns.; "This sentence violates the rules of syntax" |
| ~ fly in the face of, fly in the teeth of | go against.; "This action flies in the face of the agreement" |
| v. (competition) | 30. better, break | surpass in excellence.; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record" |
| ~ outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surpass, exceed, surmount | be or do something to a greater degree.; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class" |
| v. (communication) | 31. break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap | make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" |
| ~ blackwash | bring (information) out of concealment. |
| ~ muckrake | explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures.; "This reporter was well-known for his muckraking" |
| ~ blow | cause to be revealed and jeopardized.; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side" |
| ~ out | reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle.; "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent" |
| ~ come out of the closet, out, come out | to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality.; "This actor outed last year" |
| ~ spring | produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly.; "He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving" |
| ~ get around, get out, break | be released or become known; of news.; "News of her death broke in the morning" |
| ~ get around, get out, break | be released or become known; of news.; "News of her death broke in the morning" |
| ~ betray, bewray | reveal unintentionally.; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings" |
| ~ confide | reveal in private; tell confidentially. |
| ~ leak | tell anonymously.; "The news were leaked to the paper" |
| ~ babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, spill the beans, tattle, babble, sing, talk | divulge confidential information or secrets.; "Be careful--his secretary talks" |
| ~ tell | let something be known.; "Tell them that you will be late" |
| ~ reveal | disclose directly or through prophets.; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind" |
| v. (change) | 32. break | come into being.; "light broke over the horizon"; "Voices broke in the air" |
| ~ become, get, go | enter or assume a certain state or condition.; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!" |
| v. (change) | 33. break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad | stop operating or functioning.; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ break | render inoperable or ineffective.; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!" |
| ~ buy the farm, cash in one's chips, croak, decease, die, drop dead, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, expire, pop off, conk, exit, choke, go, pass | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" |
| ~ go down, crash | stop operating.; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week" |
| ~ blow out, burn out, blow | melt, break, or become otherwise unusable.; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew" |
| ~ misfire | fail to fire or detonate.; "The guns misfired" |
| ~ malfunction, misfunction | fail to function or function improperly.; "the coffee maker malfunctioned" |
| v. (social) | 34. break, break away | interrupt a continued activity.; "She had broken with the traditional patterns" |
| ~ break up, part, split, split up, separate, break | discontinue an association or relation; go different ways.; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up" |
| v. (motion) | 35. break | make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing.; "The ranks broke" |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ break away, break out, break | move away or escape suddenly.; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security" |
| ~ flee, take flight, fly | run away quickly.; "He threw down his gun and fled" |
| v. (motion) | 36. break | curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves.; "The surf broke" |
| ~ cave in, collapse, fall in, give way, founder, give, break | break down, literally or metaphorically.; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice" |
| v. (change) | 37. break, damp, dampen, soften, weaken | lessen in force or effect.; "soften a shock"; "break a fall" |
| ~ blunt, deaden | make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation.; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound" |
| ~ deafen | make soundproof.; "deafen a room" |
| ~ deaden, damp, dampen | make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible.; "muffle the message" |
| v. (change) | 38. break | be broken in.; "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ break in, break | make submissive, obedient, or useful.; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern" |
| v. (stative) | 39. break | come to an end.; "The heat wave finally broke yesterday" |
| ~ end, cease, terminate, finish, stop | have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical.; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" |
| v. (stative) | 40. break | vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity.; "The flat plain was broken by tall mesas" |
| ~ vary, alter, change | become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence.; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season" |
| v. (stative) | 41. break | cause to give up a habit.; "She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes" |
| ~ break | give up.; "break cigarette smoking" |
| ~ break | give up.; "break cigarette smoking" |
| v. (stative) | 42. break | give up.; "break cigarette smoking" |
| ~ cease, discontinue, lay off, quit, stop, give up | put an end to a state or an activity.; "Quit teasing your little brother" |
| ~ break | cause to give up a habit.; "She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes" |
| v. (stative) | 43. break | come forth or begin from a state of latency.; "The first winter storm broke over New York" |
| ~ come forth, emerge | happen or occur as a result of something. |
| v. (social) | 44. break | happen or take place.; "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| v. (social) | 45. break | cause the failure or ruin of.; "His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage"; "This play will either make or break the playwright" |
| ~ ruin | destroy or cause to fail.; "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election" |
| v. (social) | 46. break | invalidate by judicial action.; "The will was broken" |
| ~ annul, invalidate, nullify, void, quash, avoid | declare invalid.; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea" |
| v. (social) | 47. break, break up, part, separate, split, split up | discontinue an association or relation; go different ways.; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up" |
| ~ give the bounce, give the gate, give the axe | terminate a relationship abruptly.; "Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman" |
| ~ disunify, break apart | break up or separate.; "The country is disunifying"; "Yugoslavia broke apart after 1989" |
| ~ disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, divorce | part; cease or break association with.; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president" |
| ~ break with | end a relationship.; "China broke with Russia" |
| ~ split up, divorce | get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage.; "The couple divorced after only 6 months" |
| ~ secede, splinter, break away | withdraw from an organization or communion.; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away" |
| ~ break away, break | interrupt a continued activity.; "She had broken with the traditional patterns" |
| v. (social) | 48. break, bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate | assign to a lower position; reduce in rank.; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant" |
| ~ assign, delegate, designate, depute | give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person). |
| ~ sideline | remove from the center of activity or attention; place into an inferior position.; "The outspoken cabinet member was sidelined by the President" |
| ~ reduce | bring to humbler or weaker state or condition.; "He reduced the population to slavery" |
| v. (possession) | 49. bankrupt, break, ruin, smash | reduce to bankruptcy.; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him" |
| ~ impoverish | make poor. |
| v. (motion) | 50. break | change directions suddenly. |
| ~ switch, change, shift | lay aside, abandon, or leave for another.; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes" |
| v. (motion) | 51. break | emerge from the surface of a body of water.; "The whales broke" |
| ~ appear | come into sight or view.; "He suddenly appeared at the wedding"; "A new star appeared on the horizon" |
| v. (motion) | 52. break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give, give way | break down, literally or metaphorically.; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ implode, go off | burst inward.; "The bottle imploded" |
| ~ abandon, give up | stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims.; "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations" |
| ~ buckle, crumple | fold or collapse.; "His knees buckled" |
| ~ flop | fall loosely.; "He flopped into a chair" |
| ~ break | curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves.; "The surf broke" |
| ~ slide down, slump, sink | fall or sink heavily.; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank" |
| ~ collapse, burst | cause to burst.; "The ice broke the pipe" |
| v. (motion) | 53. break, break dance, break-dance | do a break dance.; "Kids were break-dancing at the street corner" |
| ~ trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe, dance | move in a pattern; usually to musical accompaniment; do or perform a dance.; "My husband and I like to dance at home to the radio" |
| v. (contact) | 54. break | exchange for smaller units of money.; "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy" |
| ~ exchange, convert, commute, change | exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category.; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares" |
| ~ break up, break | destroy the completeness of a set of related items.; "The book dealer would not break the set" |
| v. (contact) | 55. break, break up | destroy the completeness of a set of related items.; "The book dealer would not break the set" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ break | exchange for smaller units of money.; "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy" |
| v. (contact) | 56. break | make the opening shot that scatters the balls. |
| ~ billiards | any of several games played on rectangular cloth-covered table (with cushioned edges) in which long tapering cue sticks are used to propel ivory (or composition) balls. |
| ~ shoot | throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective.; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball" |
| v. (contact) | 57. break | separate from a clinch, in boxing.; "The referee broke the boxers" |
| ~ disunite, separate, part, divide | force, take, or pull apart.; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea" |
| v. (contact) | 58. break, bust, fall apart, wear, wear out | go to pieces.; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely" |
| ~ decay, dilapidate, crumble | fall into decay or ruin.; "The unoccupied house started to decay" |
| ~ fray, frazzle | wear away by rubbing.; "The friction frayed the sleeve" |
| ~ bust, break | ruin completely.; "He busted my radio!" |
| v. (contact) | 59. break, break off, snap off | break a piece from a whole.; "break a branch from a tree" |
| ~ detach | cause to become detached or separated; take off.; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it" |
| v. (contact) | 60. break | become punctured or penetrated.; "The skin broke" |
| ~ break | pierce or penetrate.; "The blade broke her skin" |
| v. (contact) | 61. break | pierce or penetrate.; "The blade broke her skin" |
| ~ penetrate, perforate | pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance.; "The bullet penetrated her chest" |
| ~ break | become punctured or penetrated.; "The skin broke" |
| v. (communication) | 62. break, get around, get out | be released or become known; of news.; "News of her death broke in the morning" |
| ~ disclose, divulge, let on, expose, give away, let out, reveal, unwrap, discover, bring out, break | make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" |
| ~ leak out, leak | be leaked.; "The news leaked out despite his secrecy" |
| v. (communication) | 63. break, intermit, pause | cease an action temporarily.; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch" |
| ~ cut off, disrupt, interrupt, break up | make a break in.; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" |
| ~ catch one's breath, take a breather, rest, breathe | take a short break from one's activities in order to relax. |
| ~ take five | take a break for five minutes.; "The musicians took five during the rehearsal" |
| ~ take ten | take a ten minute break.; "The players took ten during the long rehearsal" |
| v. (communication) | 64. break | interrupt the flow of current in.; "break a circuit" |
| ~ cut off, disrupt, interrupt, break up | make a break in.; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" |
| v. (communication) | 65. break | undergo breaking.; "The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages" |
| ~ diphthongise, diphthongize | change from a simple vowel to a diphthong.; "This vowel diphthongized in Germanic" |
| v. (cognition) | 66. break | find a flaw in.; "break an alibi"; "break down a proof" |
| ~ break | find the solution or key to.; "break the code" |
| ~ ruin, destroy | destroy completely; damage irreparably.; "You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!"; "The tears ruined her make-up" |
| v. (cognition) | 67. break | find the solution or key to.; "break the code" |
| ~ figure out, puzzle out, solve, lick, work out, work | find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of.; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem" |
| ~ break | find a flaw in.; "break an alibi"; "break down a proof" |
| v. (change) | 68. break | change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another.; "Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children" |
| ~ switch, change, shift | lay aside, abandon, or leave for another.; "switch to a different brand of beer"; "She switched psychiatrists"; "The car changed lanes" |
| v. (change) | 69. break, develop, recrudesce | happen.; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time" |
| ~ come about, hap, happen, occur, take place, go on, fall out, pass off, pass | come to pass.; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important" |
| ~ develop | be gradually disclosed or unfolded; become manifest.; "The plot developed slowly" |
| v. (change) | 70. break, check, crack | become fractured; break or crack on the surface only.; "The glass cracked when it was heated" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ chink, check | make cracks or chinks in.; "The heat checked the paint" |
| ~ crack | cause to become cracked.; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair" |
| ~ crack | break partially but keep its integrity.; "The glass cracked" |
| v. (change) | 71. break | crack; of the male voice in puberty.; "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir" |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| v. (change) | 72. break | fall sharply.; "stock prices broke" |
| ~ decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range.; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" |
| v. (body) | 73. break, fracture | fracture a bone of.; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" |
| ~ injure, wound | cause injuries or bodily harm to. |
| ~ fracture | break (a bone).; "She broke her clavicle" |
| v. (body) | 74. break | diminish or discontinue abruptly.; "The patient's fever broke last night" |
| ~ decrease, diminish, lessen, fall | decrease in size, extent, or range.; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" |
| v. (body) | 75. break | weaken or destroy in spirit or body.; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death" |
| ~ weaken | lessen the strength of.; "The fever weakened his body" |
| chip | | |
| n. (object) | 1. bit, chip, flake, fleck, scrap | a small fragment of something broken off from the whole.; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" |
| ~ fragment | a piece broken off or cut off of something else.; "a fragment of rock" |
| ~ matchwood | fragments of wood.; "it was smashed into matchwood" |
| ~ exfoliation, scurf, scale | a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin. |
| ~ scurf | (botany) a covering that resembles scales or bran that covers some plant parts. |
| ~ sliver, splinter | a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal.; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. chip | a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line. |
| ~ sailing, seafaring, navigation | the work of a sailor. |
| ~ float | something that floats on the surface of water. |
| n. (object) | 3. buffalo chip, chip, cow chip, cow dung | a piece of dried bovine dung. |
| ~ droppings, dung, muck | fecal matter of animals. |
| n. (food) | 4. chip, crisp, potato chip, saratoga chip | a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat. |
| ~ snack food | food for light meals or for eating between meals. |
| n. (attribute) | 5. check, chip | a mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something. |
| ~ blemish, mar, defect | a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body).; "a facial blemish" |
| n. (artifact) | 6. chip, poker chip | a small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling. |
| ~ blue chip | a blue poker chip with the highest value. |
| ~ counter | game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games. |
| n. (artifact) | 7. chip, micro chip, microchip, microprocessor chip, silicon chip | electronic equipment consisting of a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit. |
| ~ biochip | a microchip that uses tiny strands of DNA to latch onto and quickly recognize thousands of genes at a time; intended for use in a biological environment. |
| ~ computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically. |
| ~ dna chip, gene chip | a microchip that holds DNA probes that form half of the DNA double helix and can recognize DNA from samples being tested. |
| ~ integrated circuit, microcircuit | a microelectronic computer circuit incorporated into a chip or semiconductor; a whole system rather than a single component. |
| ~ memory chip | a RAM microchip that can be plugged into a computer to provide additional memory. |
| ~ microprocessor | integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system.; "a microprocessor functions as the central processing unit of a microcomputer"; "a disk drive contains a microprocessor to handle the internal functions of the drive" |
| ~ semiconductor device, semiconductor unit, semiconductor | a conductor made with semiconducting material. |
| n. (act) | 8. chip, chip shot | (golf) a low running approach shot. |
| ~ golf, golf game | a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes. |
| ~ approach shot, approach | a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green.; "he lost the hole when his approach rolled over the green" |
| n. (act) | 9. chip, chipping, splintering | the act of chipping something. |
| ~ breaking, breakage, break | the act of breaking something.; "the breakage was unavoidable" |
| v. (contact) | 10. break away, break off, chip, chip off, come off | break off (a piece from a whole).; "Her tooth chipped" |
| ~ flake off, peel, flake, peel off | come off in flakes or thin small pieces.; "The paint in my house is peeling off" |
| ~ exfoliate | come off in a very thin piece. |
| ~ divide, part, separate | come apart.; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" |
| v. (contact) | 11. chip, nick | cut a nick into. |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| v. (contact) | 12. chip | play a chip shot. |
| ~ golf, golf game | a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes. |
| ~ shoot | throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective.; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball" |
| v. (contact) | 13. chip | form by chipping.; "They chipped their names in the stone" |
| ~ shape, mould, mold, form, forge, work | make something, usually for a specific function.; "She molded the rice balls carefully"; "Form cylinders from the dough"; "shape a figure"; "Work the metal into a sword" |
| v. (contact) | 14. break off, chip, cut off, knap | break a small piece off from.; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth" |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| spall | | |
| n. (object) | 1. spall, spawl | a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge.; "a truck bearing a mound of blue spalls" |
| ~ fragment | a piece broken off or cut off of something else.; "a fragment of rock" |
| splinter | | |
| n. (object) | 1. sliver, splinter | a small thin sharp bit or wood or glass or metal.; "he got a splinter in his finger"; "it broke into slivers" |
| ~ chip, fleck, scrap, bit, flake | a small fragment of something broken off from the whole.; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" |
| v. (social) | 2. break away, secede, splinter | withdraw from an organization or communion.; "After the break up of the Soviet Union, many republics broke away" |
| ~ break up, part, split, split up, separate, break | discontinue an association or relation; go different ways.; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up" |
| v. (social) | 3. sliver, splinter | divide into slivers or splinters. |
| ~ carve up, dissever, divide, split, split up, separate | separate into parts or portions.; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" |
| v. (change) | 4. sliver, splinter | break up into splinters or slivers.; "The wood splintered" |
| ~ fragment, fragmentise, fragmentize, break up | break or cause to break into pieces.; "The plate fragmented" |
| split | | |
| n. (act) | 1. split | extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back). |
| ~ acrobatic feat, acrobatic stunt | a stunt performed by an acrobat. |
| n. (quantity) | 2. split | a bottle containing half the usual amount. |
| ~ bottleful, bottle | the quantity contained in a bottle. |
| n. (possession) | 3. split | a promised or claimed share of loot or money.; "he demanded his split before they disbanded" |
| ~ share, percentage, portion, part | assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group.; "he wanted his share in cash" |
| n. (object) | 4. split | a lengthwise crack in wood.; "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log" |
| ~ crack, scissure, cleft, crevice, fissure | a long narrow opening. |
| n. (object) | 5. rent, rip, snag, split, tear | an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart.; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings" |
| ~ opening, gap | an open or empty space in or between things.; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall" |
| n. (location) | 6. split | an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea. |
| ~ city, metropolis, urban center | a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts.; "Ancient Troy was a great city" |
| ~ croatia, hrvatska, republic of croatia | a republic in the western Balkans in south-central Europe in the eastern Adriatic coastal area; formerly part of the Habsburg monarchy and Yugoslavia; became independent in 1991. |
| n. (food) | 7. split | a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts. |
| ~ frozen dessert | any of various desserts prepared by freezing. |
| ~ banana split | a banana split lengthwise and topped with scoops of ice cream and sauces and nuts and whipped cream. |
| n. (artifact) | 8. split | (tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl.; "he was winning until he got a split in the tenth frame" |
| ~ tenpin bowling, tenpins | bowling down an alley at a target of ten wooden pins. |
| ~ formation | a particular spatial arrangement. |
| n. (act) | 9. split, split up, stock split | an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity.; "they announced a two-for-one split of the common stock" |
| ~ step-up, increase | the act of increasing something.; "he gave me an increase in salary" |
| n. (act) | 10. rent, rip, split | the act of rending or ripping or splitting something.; "he gave the envelope a vigorous rip" |
| ~ tear | the act of tearing.; "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear" |
| n. (act) | 11. schism, split | division of a group into opposing factions.; "another schism like that and they will wind up in bankruptcy" |
| ~ division | the act or process of dividing. |
| v. (social) | 12. carve up, dissever, divide, separate, split, split up | separate into parts or portions.; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I" |
| ~ change integrity | change in physical make-up. |
| ~ subdivide | divide into smaller and smaller pieces.; "This apartment cannot be subdivided any further!" |
| ~ initialise, initialize, format | divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data.; "Please format this disk before entering data!" |
| ~ sectionalise, sectionalize | divide into sections, especially into geographic sections.; "sectionalize a country" |
| ~ triangulate | divide into triangles or give a triangular form to.; "triangulate the piece of cardboard" |
| ~ unitise, unitize | divide (bulk material) and process as units. |
| ~ lot | divide into lots, as of land, for example. |
| ~ parcel | divide into parts.; "The developers parceled the land" |
| ~ sliver, splinter | divide into slivers or splinters. |
| ~ paragraph | divide into paragraphs, as of text.; "This story is well paragraphed" |
| ~ canton | divide into cantons, of a country. |
| ~ balkanise, balkanize | divide a territory into small, hostile states. |
| v. (contact) | 13. cleave, rive, split | separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument.; "cleave the bone" |
| ~ maul | split (wood) with a maul and wedges. |
| ~ laminate | split (wood) into thin sheets. |
| ~ tear | to separate or be separated by force.; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars" |
| ~ cleave | make by cutting into.; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock" |
| v. (motion) | 14. part, separate, split | go one's own way; move apart.; "The friends separated after the party" |
| ~ move | move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion.; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" |
| ~ dissipate, scatter, disperse, spread out | move away from each other.; "The crowds dispersed"; "The children scattered in all directions when the teacher approached" |
| ~ break up | come apart.; "the group broke up" |
| ~ diffract | undergo diffraction.; "laser light diffracts electrons" |
| v. (change) | 15. break open, burst, split | come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure.; "The bubble burst" |
| ~ pop | burst open with a sharp, explosive sound.; "The balloon popped"; "This popcorn pops quickly in the microwave oven" |
| ~ blow | burst suddenly.; "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire" |
| ~ stave, stave in | burst or force (a hole) into something. |
| ~ come apart, break, fall apart, split up, separate | become separated into pieces or fragments.; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" |
| adj. | 16. disconnected, disunited, fragmented, split | having been divided; having the unity destroyed.; "Congress...gave the impression of...a confusing sum of disconnected local forces"; "a league of disunited nations"; "a fragmented coalition"; "a split group" |
| ~ divided | separated into parts or pieces.; "opinions are divided" |
| adj. | 17. split | (especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain.; "we bought split logs for the fireplace" |
| ~ cut | separated into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument.; "the cut surface was mottled"; "cut tobacco"; "blood from his cut forehead"; "bandages on her cut wrists" |
Recent comments
3 weeks 3 days ago
7 weeks 4 days ago
9 weeks 11 hours ago
24 weeks 2 days ago
24 weeks 2 days ago
24 weeks 2 days ago
25 weeks 6 hours ago
29 weeks 1 day ago
30 weeks 17 hours ago
30 weeks 6 days ago