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1.nounAn instance of breaking something into two or more pieces."The femur has a clean break and so should heal easily."
2.nounA physical space that opens up in something or between two things."He waited minutes for a break in the traffic to cross the highway."
3.nounA rest or pause, usually from work."Let’s take a five-minute break."
4.nounA time for students to talk or play.
5.nounA short holiday."a weekend break on the Isle of Wight"
6.nounA temporary split with a romantic partner."I think we need a break."
7.nounAn interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
8.nounA significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention."big break"
9.nounThe beginning (of the morning)."at the break of day"
10.nounAn act of escaping."It was a clean break."
11.nounThe separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.
12.nounA keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.
13.nounA point or condition in a program at which operation may be suspended during debugging so that the state of the program at that point can be investigated. A breakpoint.
14.nounA change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
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16.nounA large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.
17.noun(equitation) A sharp bit or snaffle.
18.nounA short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue."The fiddle break was amazing; it was a pity the singer came back in on the wrong note."
19.nounThe 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."Crossing the break smoothly is one of the first lessons the young clarinettist needs to master."
20.nounUsu. plural An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US).
21.nounA section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.