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Definition break

Etymology 1

From Middle English breken, from Old English brecan (�to break�), from Proto-Germanic *brekan? (�to break�), from Proto-Indo-European *b?reg- (�to break�). The word is a doublet of bray.

Noun

break (plural breaks)

1. An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
2. A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
3. A rest or pause, usually from work.
4. (Britain) a time for students to talk or play.
5. A short holiday.
6. A temporary split with a romantic partner.
7. An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
8. A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
9. The beginning (of the morning).
10. An act of escaping.
11. (computing) The separation between lines or paragraphs of a written text.
12. (Britain, weather) A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
13. (sports and games):
    1. (tennis) A game won by the receiving player(s).
    2. (billiards, snooker, pool) The first shot in a game of billiards
    3. (snooker) The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table
    4. (soccer) The counter-attack
    5. (surfing) A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).
14. (dated) A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.
15. (equitation) A sharp bit or snaffle.
16. (music) A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
17. (music) 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.
18. (geography) usu. plural An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US).

Etymology 2

Clipping of breakdown (the percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music) and see also breakdancing.

Noun

break (plural breaks)

1. (music) A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.

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