Break (Locksmithing) definition

noun

(1) An escape from jail

"The breakout was carefully planned"

(2) Any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare

"The break in the eighth frame cost him the match"

(3) A sudden dash

"He made a break for the open door"

(4) The act of breaking something

"The breakage was unavoidable"

(5) An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

"It was presented without commercial breaks"

"There was a gap in his account"

(6) (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving

"He was up two breaks in the second set"

(7) The opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool

(8) A pause from doing something (as work)

"We took a 10-minute break"

"He took time out to recuperate"

(9) 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"

(10) A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

"They hoped to avoid a break in relations"

(11) An unexpected piece of good luck

"He finally got his big break"

(12) The occurrence of breaking

"The break in the dam threatened the valley"

(13) 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"

(14) (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"

(15) Breaking of hard tissue such as bone

"It was a nasty fracture"

"The break seems to have been caused by a fall"

(16) A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

verb

(17) Fracture a bone of

"I broke my foot while playing hockey"

(18) Fall sharply

"Stock prices broke"

(19) Crack; of the male voice in puberty

"His voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir"

(20) Render inoperable or ineffective

"You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!"

(21) Become separated into pieces or fragments

"The figurine broke"

"The freshly baked loaf fell apart"

(22) Happen

"Report the news as it develops"

"These political movements recrudesce from time to time"

(23) Prevent completion

"Stop the project"

"Break off the negotiations"

(24) Terminate

"She interrupted her pregnancy"

"Break a lucky streak"

"Break the cycle of poverty"

(25) Lessen in force or effect

"Soften a shock"

"Break a fall"