ALL meanings of breakable
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B b - adjective breakable Breakable objects are easy to break by accident. 3
- adjective breakable Breakables are breakable objects. 3
- adjective breakable capable of being broken 3
- noun breakable a fragile easily broken article 3
- adjective breakable that can be, or is liable to be, broken 3
- noun breakable a thing easily broken; fragile article 3
- verb without object breakable to force a way (usually followed by in, into, or through): The hunters broke through the underbrush. 1
- verb without object breakable to burst or rupture: A blood vessel broke in his nose. The blister broke when he pricked it. 1
- verb without object breakable to interrupt or halt an activity (usually followed by in, into, forth, or from): Don't break in on the conversation. Let's break for lunch. 1
- verb without object breakable to appear or arrive suddenly (usually followed by in, into, or out): A deer broke into the clearing. A rash broke out on her arm. 1
- verb without object breakable to dawn: The day broke hot and sultry. 1
- verb without object breakable to begin violently and suddenly: The storm broke. 1
- verb without object breakable (of a storm, foul weather, etc.) to cease: The weather broke after a week, and we were able to sail for home. 1
- verb without object breakable to part the surface of water, as a jumping fish or surfacing submarine. 1
- verb without object breakable to give way or fail, as health, strength, or spirit; collapse: After years of hardship and worry, his health broke. 1
- verb without object breakable to yield or submit to pressure, torture, or the like: He broke under questioning. 1
- verb without object breakable (of the heart) to be overwhelmed with sorrow: Her heart broke when he told her that he no longer loved her. 1
- verb without object breakable (of the voice or a musical instrument) to change harshly from one register or pitch to another: After his voice broke, he could no longer sing soprano parts. 1
- verb without object breakable (of the voice) to cease, waver, or change tone abruptly, especially from emotional strain: His voice broke when he mentioned her name. 1
- verb without object breakable (of value or prices) to drop sharply and considerably. 1
- verb without object breakable to disperse or collapse by colliding with something: The waves broke on the shore. 1
- verb without object breakable to break dance. 1
- verb without object breakable (of a horse in a harness race) to fail to keep to a trot or pace, as by starting to gallop. 1
- verb without object breakable Botany. to mutate; sport. 1
- verb without object breakable Linguistics. to undergo breaking. 1
- verb without object breakable Billiards, Pool. to make a break; take the first turn in a game. 1
- verb without object breakable Sports. (of a pitched or bowled ball) to change direction: The ball broke over the plate. 1
- verb without object breakable Horse Racing, Track. to leave the starting point: The horses broke fast from the gate. 1
- verb without object breakable Boxing. to step back or separate from a clinch: The fighters fell into a clinch and broke on the referee's order. 1
- verb without object breakable to take place; occur. 1
- verb without object breakable Journalism. to become known, published, or aired: The story broke in the morning papers. 1
- verb without object breakable Horticulture. to produce flowers or leaves. 1
- noun breakable an act or instance of breaking; disruption or separation of parts; fracture; rupture: There was a break in the window. 1
- noun breakable an opening made by breaking; gap: The break in the wall had not been repaired. 1
- noun breakable a rush away from a place; an attempt to escape: a break for freedom. 1
- noun breakable a sudden dash or rush, as toward something: When the rain lessened, I made a break for home. 1
- noun breakable a suspension of or sudden rupture in friendly relations. 1
- noun breakable an interruption of continuity; departure from or rupture with: Abstract painters made a break with the traditions of the past. 1
- noun breakable an abrupt or marked change, as in sound or direction, or a brief pause: They noticed a curious break in his voice. 1
- noun breakable Informal. an opportunity or stroke of fortune, especially a lucky one. a chance to improve one's lot, especially one unlooked for or undeserved. 1
- noun breakable the breaks, Informal. the way things happen; fate: Sorry to hear about your bad luck, but I guess those are the breaks. 1
- noun breakable a brief rest, as from work: The actors took a ten-minute break from rehearsal. 1
- noun breakable Radio, Television. a brief, scheduled interruption of a program or broadcasting period for the announcement of advertising or station identification. 1
- noun breakable Prosody. a pause or caesura. 1
- noun breakable Jazz. a solo passage, usually of from 2 to 12 bars, during which the rest of the instruments are silent. 1
- noun breakable Music. the point in the scale where the quality of voice of one register changes to that of another, as from chest to head. 1
- noun breakable break dancing. 1
- noun breakable a sharp and considerable drop in the prices of stock issues. 1
- noun breakable Electricity. an opening or discontinuity in a circuit. 1
- noun breakable Printing. one or more blank lines between two paragraphs. breaks, suspension points. 1