Break

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

breaking of hard tissue such as bone

an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

an escape from jail

any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare

the act of breaking something

a pause from doing something (as work)

a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

an unexpected piece of good luck

an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)

a sudden dash

the occurrence of breaking

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool

act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

terminate

lessen in force or effect

force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up

do a break dance

prevent completion

surpass in excellence

reduce to bankruptcy

break a piece from a whole

make submissive, obedient, or useful

move away or escape suddenly

destroy the completeness of a set of related items

cease an action temporarily

find a flaw in

go to pieces

ruin completely

become separated into pieces or fragments

happen

be broken in

cause the failure or ruin of

crack; of the male voice in puberty

exchange for smaller units of money

find the solution or key to

give up

happen or take place

interrupt the flow of current in

enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act

interrupt a continued activity

become fractured; break or crack on the surface only

make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

break down, literally or metaphorically

stop operating or functioning

fracture a bone of

assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

be released or become known; of news

fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns

discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

change directions suddenly

change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another

come forth or begin from a state of latency

come into being

come to an end

curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves

destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments

diminish or discontinue abruptly

emerge from the surface of a body of water

fall sharply

invalidate by judicial action

make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing

make the opening shot that scatters the balls

pierce or penetrate

render inoperable or ineffective

scatter or part

separate from a clinch, in boxing

undergo breaking

vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity

weaken or destroy in spirit or body

become punctured or penetrated

cause to give up a habit