deslomarse

Phonetic: "/ˈbɹeɪkɪŋ/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.

Example: If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.

Definition: To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.

Example: Can you break a hundred-dollar bill for me?

Definition: To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.

Example: Her child's death broke Angela.

Definition: To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.

Example: My heart is breaking.

Definition: To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.

Example: I had won four games in a row, but now you've broken my streak of luck.

Definition: To ruin financially.

Example: The recession broke some small businesses.

Definition: To violate, to not adhere to.

Example: He broke his vows by cheating on his wife.

Definition: (of a fever) To pass the most dangerous part of the illness; to go down, in terms of temperature.

Example: Susan's fever broke at about 3 AM, and the doctor said the worst was over.

Definition: (of a spell of settled weather) To end.

Example: The forecast says the hot weather will break by midweek.

Definition: (of a storm) To begin; to end.

Example: Around midday the storm broke, and the afternoon was calm and sunny.

Definition: (of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive.

Example: Morning has broken.

Definition: To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.

Example: Changing the rules to let white have three extra queens would break chess.

Definition: To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.

Example: Did you two break the trolley by racing with it?

Definition: To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.

Example: break a seal

Definition: To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.

Example: The cavalry were not able to break the British squares.

Definition: (of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.

Definition: To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.

Definition: To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily.

Example: Let's break for lunch.

Definition: To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.

Example: He survived the jump out the window because the bushes below broke his fall.

Definition: To disclose or make known an item of news, etc.

Example: I don't know how to break this to you, but your cat is not coming back.

Definition: (of a sound) To become audible suddenly.

Definition: To change a steady state abruptly.

Example: His coughing broke the silence.

Definition: To suddenly become.

Example: The arrest was standard, when suddenly the suspect broke ugly.

Definition: Of a male voice, to become deeper at puberty.

Definition: Of a voice, to alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men generally to go up, in women sometimes to go down; to crack.

Example: His voice breaks when he gets emotional.

Definition: To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (a record), setting a new record.

Example: He broke the men's 100-meter record.

Definition: :

Definition: (most often in the passive tense) To demote, to reduce the military rank of.

Definition: To end (a connection), to disconnect.

Example: I couldn't hear a thing he was saying, so I broke the connection and called him back.

Definition: (of an emulsion) To demulsify.

Definition: To counter-attack

Definition: To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.

Definition: To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.

Definition: To fail in business; to become bankrupt.

Definition: To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.

Example: to break flax

Definition: To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.

Definition: To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait.

Example: to break into a run or gallop

Definition: To fall out; to terminate friendship.

Definition: To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.

Definition: To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.

Phonetic: "/ˈbɹeɪkɪŋ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The act by which something is broken.

Definition: A change of a vowel to a diphthong

Definition: A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones

Definition: Breakdancing

Phonetic: "/wʌnz/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The digit or figure 1.

Definition: The neutral element with respect to multiplication in a ring.

Definition: A one-dollar bill.

Definition: One run scored by hitting the ball and running between the wickets; a single.

Definition: A joke or amusing anecdote.

Definition: A particularly special or compatible person or thing.

Example: I knew as soon I met him that John was the one for me and we were married within a month.

Definition: (leet) Used instead of ! to amplify an exclamation, parodying unskilled typists who forget to press the shift key while typing exclamation points, thus typing "1".

Example: 2003 September 26, "DEAL WITH IT!!!!11one!!", in alt.games.video.nintendo.gamecube, Usenet

Phonetic: "/wʌnz/"

Part Of Speech: pronoun

Definition: (impersonal pronoun, indefinite) One thing (among a group of others); one member of a group.

Example: Any one of the boys.  The big one looks good.  I want the green one.  A good driver is one who drives carefully.

Definition: (impersonal pronoun, sometimes with "the") The first mentioned of two things or people, as opposed to the other.

Example: She offered him an apple and an orange; he took one and left the other.

Definition: (indefinite personal pronoun) Any person (applying to people in general).

Example: One’s guilt may trouble one, but it is best not to let oneself be troubled by things which cannot be changed.  One shouldn’t be too quick to judge.

Definition: (pronoun) Any person, entity or thing.

Example: "driver", noun: one who drives.

Phonetic: "/wʌnz/"

Part Of Speech: pronoun

Definition: Belonging to one.

Phonetic: "/wʌnz/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A senior or first team (as opposed to a reserves team).

Definition: The cells located on the ground floor.

Phonetic: "/bæk/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.

Example: Could you please scratch my back?

Definition: That which is farthest away from the front.

Example: He sat in the back of the room.

Definition: Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.

Example: The small boat raced over the backs of the waves.

Definition: A support or resource in reserve.

Definition: The keel and keelson of a ship.

Example: The ship's back broke in the pounding surf.

Definition: The roof of a horizontal underground passage.

Definition: Effort, usually physical.

Example: Put some back into it!

Definition: A non-alcoholic drink (often water or a soft drink), to go with hard liquor or a cocktail.

Example: Could I get a martini with a water back?

Definition: Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.

Phonetic: "/bæk/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To go in the reverse direction.

Example: the train backed into the station;  the horse refuses to back

Definition: To support.

Example: I back you all the way;  which horse are you backing in this race?

Definition: (of the wind) To change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.

Definition: (of a square sail) To brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.

Definition: (of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.

Definition: (of a hunting dog) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.

Definition: To push or force backwards.

Example: The mugger backed her into a corner and demanded her wallet.

Definition: To get upon the back of; to mount.

Definition: To place or seat upon the back.

Definition: To make a back for; to furnish with a back.

Example: to back books

Definition: To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.

Definition: To write upon the back of, possibly as an endorsement.

Example: to back a letter;  to back a note or legal document

Definition: (of a justice of the peace) To sign or endorse (a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender).

Definition: To row backward with (oars).

Example: to back the oars

Phonetic: "/bæk/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Near the rear.

Example: Go in the back door of the house.

Definition: Not current.

Example: I’d like to find a back issue of that magazine.

Definition: Far from the main area.

Example: They took a back road.

Definition: In arrear; overdue.

Example: They still owe three months' back rent.

Definition: Moving or operating backward.

Example: back action

Definition: Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).

Example: The vowel of lot has a back vowel in most dialects of England.

Phonetic: "/bæk/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: To or in a previous condition or place.

Example: He gave back the money.   He needs his money back.   He was on vacation, but now he’s back.   The office fell into chaos when you left, but now order is back.

Definition: Away from the front or from an edge.

Example: Sit all the way back in your chair.

Definition: In a manner that impedes.

Example: Fear held him back.

Definition: In a reciprocal manner; in return.

Example: If you hurt me, I'll hurt you back.

Definition: Earlier, ago.

Example: I last saw him a day or two back.