Meaning of break | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.
2. An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
3. To make a sudden, quick advance, as through an obstruction.
4. A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
5. Used to wish someone, such as an actor, success in a performance.
6. An interruption of continuity; departure from or rupture with.
7. To eat together.
8. A rest or pause, usually from work.
9. A time for students to talk or play between lessons.
   UK
10. To pack up equipment and leave a campsite.
11. A scheduled interval of days or weeks between periods of school instruction; a holiday.
12. To emerge from a protected location or hiding place: The platoon broke cover and headed down the road.
13. A short holiday.
14. To gain an amount equal to that invested, as in a commercial venture.
15. A temporary split with a romantic partner.
16. To advance beyond previous achievements: broke new ground in the field of computers.
17. An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
18. To make the utmost possible effort.
19. A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
20. To disappoint or dispirit someone severely.
21. A sudden fall in prices on the stock exchange.
22. To require more money than is available.
23. The beginning (of the morning).
24. An act of escaping.
25. The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.
26. A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.
27. Ellipsis of breakpoint.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
28. A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
    British
29. A game won by the receiving player(s).
30. The first shot in a game of billiards.
31. The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table.
32. The counter-attack.
33. The curve imparted to the ball's motion on the green due to slope or grass texture.
34. A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).
35. The start of a horse race.
36. The opening of packages of cards for a collectible card game, often for further distribution to paying customers.
37. A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.
    dated
38. A sharp bit or snaffle.
39. A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
40. The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.
41. The transition area between a singer's vocal registers; the passaggio.
42. An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US).
    in-plural
43. An error.
    obsolete, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“The femur has a clean break and so should heal easily.”

“The sun came out in a break in the clouds.”

“He waited minutes for a break in the traffic to cross the highway.”

“Work commenced at 2.30 p.m. on Saturday and continued without break until 4 a.m. on Monday morning, in the course of which three shifts of upwards of 90 men each and three steam cranes were employed.”

“But the young activists of Move Forward outmanoeuvred the older party, and beat many of its candidates, with an imaginative, social media-based campaign offering voters a complete break with the past, and a different kind of political leadership.”

“Let’s take a five-minute break.”

“winter break, spring break”

“a weekend break on the Isle of Wight”

“I think we need a break.”

“But they marginally improved after the break as Didier Drogba hit the post.”

“big break”

“lucky break, bad break”

“them's the breaks”

“Following the invasion of France by the Germans in May of 1940, the securities markets experienced a break in prices.”

“daybreak”

“at the break of day”

“to make a break for it; to make a break for the door”

“It was a clean break.”

“prison break”

“No matter how much text you add above the break, the text after the break will always appear at the top of a new page.”

“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.”

“The final break in the Greenmount area is Kirra Point.”

“One of the most popular summer breaks is just off to one side of the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor entrance, a spot called Ala Moana.”

“Cigar was distracted at the break and let his five opponents get the jump.”

“Perhaps it stumbles to its knees at the break, effectively losing the race at the outset.”

“Pampered jades […] which need nor break nor bit.”

“The fiddle break was amazing; it was a pity the singer came back in on the wrong note.”

“The effect was weird, because with that intuitive sense possessed by the African, every drummer knew exactly when the “breaks” were coming, and whole banks of bass drums would drop out precisely on the beat.”

“Crossing the break smoothly is one of the first lessons the young clarinettist needs to master.”

“34. Of the Registers of the Voice - All singers have observed that there are certain parts of the Vocal Scale where a break, as it is called, seldom fails to occur.”

“The point of division between the two vocal registers is most frequently referred to as the register’s break.”

“Boys should continue in their high voice, across the break to the lower range, and end up with a voice that doesn’t have a break (Leck, 2009).”

“"Maybe he will some day," says the Missus, and then her and Bessie pretended like they'd made a break and was embarrassed.”

“The smooth criminal on beat breaks / Never put me in your box if your shit eats tapes”

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