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— English words —

• break v. (Transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that…
• break v. (Transitive) To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
• break v. (Transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
• break v. (Intransitive) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
• break v. (Transitive) To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
• break v. (Transitive) To ruin financially.
• break v. (Intransitive, obsolete) To fail in business; to go broke, to become bankrupt.
• break v. (Finance, intransitive) Of prices on the stock exchange: to fall suddenly.
• break v. (Transitive) To violate; to fail to adhere to.
• break v. (Intransitive, of a fever) To go down, in terms of temperature, indicating that the most dangerous part…
• break v. (Intransitive, of a spell of settled weather) To end.
• break v. (Intransitive, of a storm) To begin or end.
• break v. (Intransitive, of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive.
• break v. (Transitive, gaming slang) To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes…
• break v. (Transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
• break v. (Transitive) To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
• break v. (Transitive) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
• break v. (Intransitive, of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
• break v. (Intransitive) To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
• break v. (Intransitive) To interrupt or cease one’s work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.
• break v. (Transitive) To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately)…
• break v. (Transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc.
• break v. (Intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.
• break v. (Transitive) To change a steady state abruptly.
• break v. (Transitive, with for) To (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.
• break v. (Copulative, informal) To suddenly become.
• break v. (Intransitive, of a male voice) To become deeper at puberty.
• break v. (Intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in…
• break v. (Transitive) To surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
• break v. (Sports and games)…
• break v. (Transitive, military, most often in the passive tense) To demote; to reduce the military rank of.
• break v. (Transitive) To end (a connection); to disconnect.
• break v. (Intransitive, of an emulsion) To demulsify.
• break v. (Intransitive, sports) To counter-attack.
• break v. (Transitive, obsolete) To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
• break v. (Intransitive) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
• break v. (Transitive) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
• break v. (Transitive) To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
• break v. (Intransitive) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait.
• break v. (Intransitive, archaic) To fall out; to terminate friendship.
• break v. (Computing) To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
• break v. (Programming) To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program…
• break v. (Computing) To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.
• break n. An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
• break n. A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
• break n. A rest or pause, usually from work.
• break n. A short holiday.
• break n. A temporary split with a romantic partner.
• break n. An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
• break n. A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
• break n. (Finance) A sudden fall in prices on the stock exchange.
• break n. The beginning (of the morning).
• break n. An act of escaping.
• break n. (Computing) The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.
• break n. (Computing) A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.
• break n. (Programming) Short for breakpoint.
• break n. (Britain, weather) A change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
• break n. (Sports and games)…
• break n. (Dated) A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver’s seat…
• break n. (Equitation) A sharp bit or snaffle.
• break n. (Music) A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
• break n. (Music) The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that…
• break n. (Music) The transition area between a singer’s vocal registers; the passaggio.
• break n. (Geography, chiefly in the plural) An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges…
• break n. (Obsolete, slang) An error.
• break n. (Music) A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ…
• break v. (Music, slang) To B-boy; to breakdance.

— English words, defined in German —

• break V. Brechen; kaputtgehen.
• break V. Zerbrechen; zerstören; kaputt machen.
• break V. (Regel, Rekord, etc.) brechen; schlagen.
• break V. Break up (with someone): sich trennen.
• break V. Umgangssprachlich: (Geld) wechseln.
• break S. Eine Pause; eine Unterbrechung.
• break S. Der Beginn; Anbruch.
• break S. Ein Bruch; Riss.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• break w. Breken.
• break n. Break (onderbreking; tennisterm; muziekterm).

— English words, defined in French —

• break n. Pause, repos.
• break n. Vacance, séjour.
• break n. (Jambe, bras) Fracture.
• break n. (Musique) Break.
• break n. (Argot) Donner/foutre la paix à quelqu’un ; laisser respirer/souffler.
• break v. Casser, briser, rompre.
• break v. Agir contre, ne pas respecter, enfreindre.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• break v. Romper, quebrar.
• break v. Quebrantar.
• break v. Descomponerse, dejar de funcionar, estropearse.
• break v. Interrumpir la actividad o el trabajo.
• break v. Decodificar, descifrar.
• break v. Divulgar, difundir.
• break v. Arruinarse, estar o quedar en bancarrota.
• break s. Rotura, quiebre.
• break s. Interrupción, pausa, corte, descanso.
• break s. Oportunidad.
• break s. Receso, recreo.
• break s. Cambio de dirección.
• break s. Música. Break.
• break s. Música. Breakdown.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• break s. Chance.
• break s. Quebra.
• break s. Interrupção (de corrente elétrica).
• break s. Recreio, intervalo.
• break v. Quebrar.
• break v. Interromper.
• break v. Irromper.
• break v. Amortecer.
• break v. Partir.
• break v. Bater.
• break v. Desmanchar.
• break v. Romper.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• break s. Pausa, interruzione.
• break s. Rottura.

— In German —

• Break S. Besonders Eishockey: schnell ausgeführter Gegenangriff der…
• Break S. Tennis: Spiel, bei dem der Aufschlagende verliert.
• Break S. Boxen: Aufforderung des Ringrichters an die Boxer, sich aus…
• Break S. Musik: kurzes, eingeschobenes Solo in der Jazz- oder Rockmusik.
• Break S. Snooker: Serie von nacheinander versenkten Bällen.
• Break S. Schwere, hohe Pferdekutsche; Wagonette.
• Break S. Einschalten in ein über CB-Funk geführtes laufendes Gespräch.

— In Dutch —

• break n. Onderbreking van ingespannen bezigheid om nieuwe energie op te doen.
• break n. (Sport) (tennis) winnen van een game waarin de tegenstander mag serveren.
• break n. (Muziek) deel van songs in de populaire muziek waar niet…
• break n. (Verkeer) personenauto met meer ruimte achterin doordat het…
• break n. (Verkeer) (verouderd) rechthoekig open rijtuig met vier wielen.
• break tuss. (Sport) (boksen, kickboksen) uitroep van de scheidsrechter…

— In French —

• break n.m. (Faux anglicisme) Automobile dont le coffre est agrandi…
• break n.m. Voiture hippomobile destinée au dressage des chevaux.
• break n.m. (Vieilli) Type de voiture hippomobile qui a un siège élevé…
• break n.m. (Jazz) Courte interruption de la rythmique, de une à quelques…
• break n.m. (Familier) (Anglicisme) Courte pause.
• break n.m. (Familier) (Anglicisme) Congé.
• break n.m. (Tennis) Jeu gagné par le receveur, par le joueur qui ne sert pas.

— In Spanish —

• break s. Intermisión o breve suspensión de una actividad.
• break s. Música. Interludio instrumental o de percusión durante una…
• break s. Música. Breakdown.
• break s. Carruaje grande de cuatro ruedas, de cuerpo recto, con asiento…

— In Italian —

• break s. Definizione mancante; se vuoi, [break aggiungila] tu.

350 English words from 67 English definitions

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71 English words from 70 foreign definitions

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160 foreign words from 70 foreign definitions

achterin actividad Agir agrandi Amortecer Anbruch anglicisme Arruinarse Aufforderung Aufschlagende aus ausgeführter Bällen bancarrota Bater Beginn bei Besonders bezigheid boksen brechen Breken briser Bruch Carruaje Casser CB-Funk coffre contre corrente corrente␣elétrica corte Courte cuerpo Decodificar Definizione dejar dejar␣de de␣la descifrar Descomponerse Desmanchar destinée difundir dirección Divulgar doen doordat durante ein eine eingeschobenes Einschalten Eishockey elétrica élevé energie enfreindre estar estropearse Familier Faux␣anglicisme foutre foutre␣la␣paix funcionar gagné geführtes Gegenangriff Gespräch hippomobile hohe Interludio Interromper Interrumpir Interrupção Interrupción interruzione intervalo Irromper Jeu joueur kaputtgehen kickboksen kurzes laisser laufendes machen mancante Música Musik muziek nacheinander niet oder onderbreking Oportunidad paix Partir percusión personenauto Pferdekutsche populaire Quebra Quebrantar quebrar quedar quelques quelqu’un qui quiebre Receso receveur rechthoekig Recreio recreo Regel Rekord rijtuig Ringrichters Riss Rockmusik rompre Rottura Rotura ruedas ruimte rythmique scheidsrechter schlagen schnell Schwere séjour sert serveren siège souffler suspensión tegenstander trabajo trennen über uitroep Umgangssprachlich una une Unterbrechung Verkeer verliert verouderd versenkten Vieilli von vuoi waar waarin wechseln wielen winnen Zerbrechen zerstören

412 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

breake breaks breaky breaked breakee breaker breakie break-in breakin' break␣in break␣it breakle breakly breakup break-up break␣up breakage break␣ass break-axe break␣bad breakees breakers breakest breaketh breakier breakies breaking break-ins breakman breakmen breakoff break-off break␣off breakout break␣out breaks␣in breaks␣it breaks␣up breakups break-ups break-vow breakable breakably breakages break␣a␣leg breakaway break␣away break-axes breakback break␣back +362 words

395 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

bebreaks inbreaks rebreaks unbreaks un-breaks upbreaks big␣breaks biobreaks bio-breaks bio␣breaks daybreaks fag␣breaks legbreaks leg␣breaks off␣breaks outbreaks parbreaks perbreaks prebreaks sunbreaks tax␣breaks tea␣breaks tiebreaks tie-breaks tie␣breaks wedbreaks wet␣breaks zoo␣breaks beambreaks bebreaking canebreaks city␣breaks fastbreaks fast␣breaks firebreaks fire␣breaks gaolbreaks half-breaks icebreaker ice-breaker ice␣breaker inbreaking jailbreaks jail␣breaks jawbreaker jaw-breaker lawbreaker law-breaker legbreaker leg-breaker leg␣breaker +344 words

150 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

bebreak inbreak rebreak tobreak unbreak un-break upbreak big␣break biobreak bio-break bio␣break budbreak dambreak dam␣break daybreak Daybreak day-break fag␣break forbreak legbreak leg␣break off␣break outbreak parbreak perbreak prebreak sunbreak tax␣break tea␣break tiebreak tie-break tie␣break wedbreak wet␣break zoo␣break Amen␣break beambreak canebreak city␣break fastbreak fast␣break firebreak fire␣break gaolbreak half-break jailbreak jail␣break linebreak line␣break minibreak mini-break +99 words

7 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Bre BrE Brea rea Rea REA reak

5 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Aer aer- aër- Erb 'erb

8 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Abrek baker Baker barke brake Brake Karbe Kebar

46 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Abreks backer bakers Bakers baker's bakery Bakker balker banker Banker barked barken barker Barker Barkey Bartek basker beaker bebark bedark bemark Blaker braked braker Braker brakes Brakes bra-ket Brakke breake breaks breaky debark Drabek e-brake embark Kabeer kabure karabe kebyar kerabu Krabbe Kubera Markeb reback rebake

32 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Aber aker Akre Baek bake bare Bare Baré bark beak bear Bear beka berk Berk brae brak Brea brek kbar Kear Kera KERA kerb krab rabe raeb rake Rake reak Reba Reb␣A

10 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

bleak bread bream Bream Breas Breau Breck creak freak wreak

5 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

beak brak Brea brek reak

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