- break
- In.dash
1) to make a break (for safety)
escape2) a mass; prison break
interruption3) to make a break
4) a break in, with (a break in the conversation; to make a break with tradition)
rest5) to have (esp. BE), take a break
6) a coffee; news; station (AE); tea (esp. BE) break
7) during, on a break
opportunity(colloq.)
8) to give smb. a break
good fortune9) to get a break
10) a lucky; unexpected break
11) a tax break
IIv.1) (B) ('to communicate') I had to break the news to them
2) (D; intr.) ('to curl and fall') to break against, on (the waves were breaking against the rocks)
3) (d; intr.) ('to dash') to break for (to break for cover)
4) (d; intr.) ('to take time') to break for (they broke for lunch)
5) (d; intr.) ('to enter forcibly') to break into (burglars broke into the house)
6) (d; intr.) ('to begin') to break into (to break into song)
7) (d; tr.) ('to cure') to break of (in time he was broken of his drug habit)
8) (D; tr.) ('to crack') to break on (she broke a tooth on a bone)
9) (d; intr.) ('to escape') to break out of (two prisoners broke out of jail; our troops broke out of the encirclement)
10) (d; intr.) ('to penetrate') to break through (to break through enemy lines)
11) (d; intr.) ('to end relations') to break with (I broke with them)
12) (D; tr.) ('to cut off') to break with (she broke all ties with her friends)
13) (misc.) to break loose; to break smb. on the wheel
* * *[breɪk]on a breakprison breaktake a breaktea (esp. BE) breakto break smb. on the wheelunexpected breakstation (AE)with (a break in the conversation; to make a break with tradition)on (the waves were breaking against the rocks)(B) ('to communicate') I had to break the news to them(D; intr.) ('to curl and fall') to break against(misc.) to break loose['escape'] a mass['good fortune'] to get a break['interruption'] to make a break['opportunity'] (colloq.) to give smb. a breaka coffeea luckya tax breaka break induring(d; intr.) ('to end relations') to break with (I broke with them)(d; intr.) ('to enter forcibly') to break into (burglars broke into the house)['rest'] to have (esp. BE)['dash'] to make a break (for safety)(d; tr.) ('to cure') to break of (in time he was broken of his drug habit)(D; tr.) ('to crack') to break on (she broke a tooth on a bone)(D; tr.) ('to cut off) to break with (she broke all ties with her friends)(d; intr.) ('to take time') to break for (they broke for lunch)(d; intr.) ('to dash') to break for (to break for cover)(d; intr.) ('to begin') to break into (to break into song)(d; intr.) ('to penetrate') to break through (to break through enemy lines)(d; intr.) ('to escape') to break out of (two prisoners broke out of jail; our troops broke out of the encirclement)
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.
