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BREAK definition: 1. to (cause something to) separate suddenly or violently into two or more pieces, or to (cause…. Learn more.
When the subject is slowing or stopping movement, the word to use is brake. Brake is both a noun, as in "put on the brakes" and "took my foot off the brake," and a verb, as in "brake at the stop sign" and "I brake for moose." As a noun, it's also used before other nouns: "brake fluid," "brake pedal."
Break definition: to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments. See examples of BREAK used in a sentence.
to make a noise, speak, etc and end a period of silence: The silence was broken by a sudden knock at the door. break a habit/routine, etc. to stop doing something that you usually do. break a record. B2. to do something faster, better, etc than anyone else: He broke the world record for the 200m.
break means to divide by means of a blow, a collision, a pull, or the like: to break a chair, a leg, a strap. To crush is to subject to (usually heavy or violent) pressure so as to press out of shape or reduce to shapelessness or to small particles: to crush a beetle.
Definition of break verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of break noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The verb break means to fracture or crack or destroy something while the noun refers to an interruption or a little time off. To " break the ice" is to warm up a conversation that's a little awkward or cold because the people involved don't know one another.
verb. /breɪk/. Verb Forms. in pieces. [intransitive, transitive] to be damaged and separated into two or more parts as a result of force; to damage something in this way All the windows broke with the force of the blast.
to (cause to) be overcome or worn down; (cause to) give in to pressure: [ ~ + object] The police broke the spy in just a few hours. [ no object] The captured spy broke quickly. to lessen the power or intensity of:[ ~ + object] In order to break your fall, slap your arm against the floor as you go down.
