break - Meaning in Hindi

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break - Meaning in Hindi

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Definitions and Meaning of break in English

break noun

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

   Synonyms

   open frame

   Example

   • "the break in the eighth frame cost him the match"
2. an escape from jail

   Synonyms

   breakout, gaolbreak, jailbreak, prison-breaking, prisonbreak

   Example

   • "the breakout was carefully planned"
3. a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

   Synonyms

   intermission, interruption, pause, suspension

4. breaking of hard tissue such as bone

   Synonyms

   fracture

   Examples

   • "it was a nasty fracture"
   • "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
5. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

   Synonyms

   fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault, shift

   Examples

   • "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"
   • "they built it right over a geological fault"
6. some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

   Synonyms

   interruption

   Examples

   • "the telephone is an annoying interruption"
   • "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"
7. the occurrence of breaking

   Example

   • "the break in the dam threatened the valley"
8. an unexpected piece of good luck

   Synonyms

   good luck, happy chance

   Example

   • "he finally got his big break"
9. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

   Synonyms

   breach, falling out, rift, rupture, severance, severance

   Example

   • "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
10. a pause from doing something (as work)

    Synonyms

    recess, respite, time out

    Examples

    • "he took time out to recuperate"
    • "we took a 10-minute break"
11. the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
12. (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving

    Synonyms

    break of serve

    Example

    • "he was up two breaks in the second set"
13. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

    Synonyms

    disruption, disruption, gap, interruption

    Examples

    • "it was presented without commercial breaks"
    • "there was a gap in his account"
14. the act of breaking something

    Synonyms

    breakage, breaking

    Example

    • "the breakage was unavoidable"
15. a sudden dash

    Example

    • "he made a break for the open door"
16. an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)

    Example

    • "then there was a break in her voice"

break verb

1. change directions suddenly
2. move away or escape suddenly

   Synonyms

   break away, break out

   Examples

   • "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"
   • "The horses broke from the stable"
   • "Three inmates broke jail"
3. make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing

   Example

   • "The ranks broke"
4. scatter or part

   Example

   • "The clouds broke after the heavy downpour"
5. emerge from the surface of a body of water

   Example

   • "The whales broke"
6. break down, literally or metaphorically

   Synonyms

   cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give way, give, give

   Examples

   • "The business collapsed"
   • "The dam broke"
   • "The roof collapsed"
   • "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
   • "The wall collapsed"
   • "The wall gave in"
7. curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves

   Example

   • "The surf broke"
8. do a break dance

   Synonyms

   break dance, break-dance

   Example

   • "Kids were break-dancing at the street corner"
9. force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up

   Synonyms

   burst, erupt

   Examples

   • "break into tears"
   • "erupt in anger"
10. exchange for smaller units of money

    Example

    • "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy"
11. destroy the completeness of a set of related items

    Synonyms

    break up

    Example

    • "The book dealer would not break the set"
12. make the opening shot that scatters the balls
13. separate from a clinch, in boxing

    Example

    • "The referee broke the boxers"
14. come to an end

    Example

    • "The heat wave finally broke yesterday"
15. ruin completely

    Synonyms

    bust, bust

    Example

    • "He busted my radio!"
16. reduce to bankruptcy

    Synonyms

    bankrupt, ruin, smash

    Examples

    • "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"
    • "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"
17. assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

    Synonyms

    bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate

    Examples

    • "He was broken down to Sergeant"
    • "She was demoted because she always speaks up"
18. discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

    Synonyms

    break up, part, separate, split up, split, split

    Examples

    • "My friend and I split up"
    • "The business partners broke over a tax question"
    • "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"
19. invalidate by judicial action

    Example

    • "The will was broken"
20. interrupt a continued activity

    Synonyms

    break away

    Example

    • "She had broken with the traditional patterns"
21. cause the failure or ruin of

    Examples

    • "His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage"
    • "This play will either make or break the playwright"
22. act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

    Synonyms

    breach, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate

    Examples

    • "break a law"
    • "break a promise"
    • "offend all laws of humanity"
    • "violate the basic laws or human civilization"
23. enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act

    Synonyms

    break in

    Examples

    • "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"
    • "They broke into my car and stole my radio!"
    • "who broke into my account last night?"
24. happen or take place

    Example

    • "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months"
25. come forth or begin from a state of latency

    Example

    • "The first winter storm broke over New York"
26. fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns

    Synonyms

    go against, violate

    Example

    • "This sentence violates the rules of syntax"
27. give up

    Example

    • "break cigarette smoking"
28. cause to give up a habit

    Example

    • "She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes"
29. vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity

    Example

    • "The flat plain was broken by tall mesas"
30. lessen in force or effect

    Synonyms

    damp, dampen, soften, weaken

    Examples

    • "break a fall"
    • "soften a shock"
31. weaken or destroy in spirit or body

    Examples

    • "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"
    • "His resistance was broken"
32. diminish or discontinue abruptly

    Example

    • "The patient's fever broke last night"
33. fracture a bone of

    Synonyms

    fracture

    Example

    • "I broke my foot while playing hockey"
34. fall sharply

    Example

    • "stock prices broke"
35. make submissive, obedient, or useful

    Synonyms

    break in

    Examples

    • "I broke in the new intern"
    • "The horse was tough to break"
36. be broken in

    Example

    • "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress"
37. crack; of the male voice in puberty

    Example

    • "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir"
38. render inoperable or ineffective

    Example

    • "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!"
39. become separated into pieces or fragments

    Synonyms

    come apart, fall apart, separate, split up

    Examples

    • "The figurine broke"
    • "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"
40. destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments

    Examples

    • "He broke the glass plate"
    • "She broke the match"
41. become fractured; break or crack on the surface only

    Synonyms

    check, crack

    Example

    • "The glass cracked when it was heated"
42. happen

    Synonyms

    develop, recrudesce

    Examples

    • "Report the news as it develops"
    • "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"
43. prevent completion

    Synonyms

    break off, discontinue, stop

    Examples

    • "break off the negotiations"
    • "stop the project"
44. terminate

    Synonyms

    interrupt

    Examples

    • "break a lucky streak"
    • "break the cycle of poverty"
    • "She interrupted her pregnancy"
45. go to pieces

    Synonyms

    bust, bust, fall apart, wear out, wear, wear

    Examples

    • "The gears wore out"
    • "The lawn mower finally broke"
    • "The old chair finally fell apart completely"
46. stop operating or functioning

    Synonyms

    break down, conk out, die, die, fail, give out, give way, go bad, go, go

    Examples

    • "her eyesight went after the accident"
    • "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"
    • "The car died on the road"
    • "The coffee maker broke"
    • "The engine failed on the way to town"
    • "The engine finally went"
47. change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another

    Example

    • "Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children"
48. come into being

    Examples

    • "light broke over the horizon"
    • "Voices broke in the air"
49. find the solution or key to

    Example

    • "break the code"
50. find a flaw in

    Examples

    • "break an alibi"
    • "break down a proof"
51. undergo breaking

    Example

    • "The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages"
52. interrupt the flow of current in

    Example

    • "break a circuit"
53. cease an action temporarily

    Synonyms

    intermit, pause

    Examples

    • "let's break for lunch"
    • "We pause for station identification"
54. make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

    Synonyms

    bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap

    Examples

    • "bring out the truth"
    • "he broke the news to her"
    • "The actress won't reveal how old she is"
    • "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"
    • "The newspaper uncovered the President's illegal dealings"
    • "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"
55. be released or become known; of news

    Synonyms

    get around, get out

    Example

    • "News of her death broke in the morning"
56. surpass in excellence

    Synonyms

    better

    Examples

    • "break a record"
    • "She bettered her own record"
57. pierce or penetrate

    Example

    • "The blade broke her skin"
58. become punctured or penetrated

    Example

    • "The skin broke"
59. break a piece from a whole

    Synonyms

    break off, snap off

    Example

    • "break a branch from a tree"

Synonyms of break

• breakout, gaolbreak, jailbreak, prison-breaking, prisonbreak
• open frame
• breakage, breaking
• disruption, gap, interruption
• break of serve
• recess, respite, time out
• breach, falling out, rift, rupture, severance
• good luck, happy chance
• interruption
• fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault, shift
• fracture
• intermission, interruption, pause, suspension
• fracture
• break in
• come apart, fall apart, separate, split up
• check, crack
• develop, recrudesce
• break off, discontinue, stop
• interrupt
• damp, dampen, soften, weaken
• break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad
• intermit, pause
• bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap
• get around, get out
• better
• break off, snap off
• bust, fall apart, wear, wear out
• bust
• break up
• burst, erupt
• break dance, break-dance
• cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give, give way
• break away, break out
• bankrupt, ruin, smash
• bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate
• break up, part, separate, split, split up
• break away
• breach, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate
• break in
• go against, violate

Antonyms of break

bushel, doctor, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on, make, keep, observe

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