breaks


Meanings

  • some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity;
  • an unexpected piece of good luck;
  • (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other;
  • a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions);
  • a pause from doing something (as work);
  • the act of breaking something;
  • a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
  • breaking of hard tissue such as bone;
  • the occurrence of breaking;
  • an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion);
  • the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
  • (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving;
    • "he was up two breaks in the second set"
  • an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity;
    • "it was presented without commercial breaks"
  • a sudden dash;
  • any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare;
  • an escape from jail;
  • terminate;
  • become separated into pieces or fragments;
  • render inoperable or ineffective;
  • ruin completely;
  • destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments;
  • act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises;
  • move away or escape suddenly;
  • scatter or part;
  • force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up;
  • prevent completion;
  • enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act;
  • make submissive, obedient, or useful;
  • fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns;
  • surpass in excellence;
  • make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret;
  • come into being;
  • stop operating or functioning;
  • interrupt a continued activity;
  • make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing;
  • curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves;
  • lessen in force or effect;
  • be broken in;
  • come to an end;
  • vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity;
  • cause to give up a habit;
  • give up;
  • come forth or begin from a state of latency;
  • happen or take place;
  • cause the failure or ruin of;
  • invalidate by judicial action;
  • discontinue an association or relation; go different ways;
  • assign to a lower position; reduce in rank;
  • reduce to bankruptcy;
  • change directions suddenly
  • emerge from the surface of a body of water;
  • break down, literally or metaphorically;
  • do a break dance;
  • exchange for smaller units of money;
  • destroy the completeness of a set of related items;
  • make the opening shot that scatters the balls
  • separate from a clinch, in boxing;
  • go to pieces;
  • break a piece from a whole;
  • become punctured or penetrated;
  • pierce or penetrate;
  • be released or become known; of news;
  • cease an action temporarily;
  • interrupt the flow of current in;
  • undergo breaking;
  • find a flaw in;
  • find the solution or key to;
  • change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another;
  • happen;
  • become fractured; break or crack on the surface only;
  • crack; of the male voice in puberty;
  • fall sharply;
  • fracture a bone of;
  • diminish or discontinue abruptly;
  • weaken or destroy in spirit or body;


Scrabble Score: 12

breaks is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

breaks is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

breaks is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 13

breaks is a valid Words With Friends word