Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Noun
S: (n) interruption, break (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"
S: (n) fault, faulting, geological fault, shift, fracture, break ((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"
S: (n) fracture, break (breaking of hard tissue such as bone) "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
S: (n) break (the occurrence of breaking) "the break in the dam threatened the valley"
S: (n) 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"
S: (n) break (the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool)
S: (n) 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"
S: (n) break, interruption, disruption, gap (an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity) "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"
S: (v) break (render inoperable or ineffective) "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!"
S: (v) break, bust (ruin completely) "He busted my radio!"
S: (v) break (destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments) "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match"
S: (v) transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break (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"
S: (v) break, break out, break away (move away or escape suddenly) "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"
S: (v) break (scatter or part) "The clouds broke after the heavy downpour"
S: (v) break, burst, erupt (force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up) "break into tears"; "erupt in anger"
S: (v) break in, break (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?"
S: (v) break in, break (make submissive, obedient, or useful) "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern"
S: (v) violate, go against, break (fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns) "This sentence violates the rules of syntax"
S: (v) better, break (surpass in excellence) "She bettered her own record"; "break a record"
S: (v) unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out, uncover (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"; "The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings"
S: (v) break (come into being) "light broke over the horizon"; "Voices broke in the air"
S: (v) fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down (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"
S: (v) break, break away (interrupt a continued activity) "She had broken with the traditional patterns"
S: (v) break (make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing) "The ranks broke"
S: (v) break (curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves) "The surf broke"
S: (v) happen, befall, bechance (happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance) "It happens that today is my birthday"; "These things befell" (Santayana)
S: (v) befall, bechance, betide (become of; happen to) "He promised that no harm would befall her"; "What has become of my children?"
S: (v) backfire, backlash, recoil (come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect) "Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble"; "the political movie backlashed on the Democrats"
S: (v) chance (be the case by chance) "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"
S: (v) break (happen or take place) "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months"
S: (v) fall, shine, strike (touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly) "Light fell on her face"; "The sun shone on the fields"; "The light struck the golden necklace"; "A strange sound struck my ears"
S: (v) turn out (prove to be in the result or end) "It turns out that he was right"
S: (v) break (cause the failure or ruin of) "His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage"; "This play will either make or break the playwright"
S: (v) break (invalidate by judicial action) "The will was broken"
S: (v) separate, part, split up, split, break, break 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"
S: (v) demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairs (assign to a lower position; reduce in rank) "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"
S: (v) bankrupt, ruin, break, smash (reduce to bankruptcy) "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"
S: (v) deprive (keep from having, keeping, or obtaining)
S: (v) withhold, keep back (hold back; refuse to hand over or share) "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"
S: (v) deny, refuse (refuse to let have) "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance"
S: (v) keep, hold on (retain possession of) "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married"
S: (v) have, have got, hold (have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense) "She has $1,000 in the bank"; "He has got two beautiful daughters"; "She holds a Master's degree from Harvard"
S: (v) break (emerge from the surface of a body of water) "The whales broke"
S: (v) collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder (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"
S: (v) break (exchange for smaller units of money) "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy"
S: (v) break, break up (destroy the completeness of a set of related items) "The book dealer would not break the set"
S: (v) break (make the opening shot that scatters the balls)
S: (v) break (separate from a clinch, in boxing) "The referee broke the boxers"
S: (v) break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart (go to pieces) "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"