- 3. Quarrel, difference, variance, disagreement, dissension, schism, misunderstanding, alienation, disaffection,
rupture, falling out.
Bread, n. Food (especially food made of grain), sustenance, aliment, nutriment, nourishment, subsistence, fare, diet, regimen, victuals, viands, provisions.
Breadth, n.
- 1. Width.
- 2. Largeness, openness, freedom, liberality, generosity, tolerance, width of view.
Break, v. a.
- 1. Rend, sever, part, dispart, fracture, tear asunder.
- 2. Shatter, shiver, smash, batter, dash to pieces.
- 3. Enfeeble, enervate, weaken, impair.
- 4. Tame, make tractable, make docile.
- 5. Make bankrupt, bankrupt.
- 6. Discard, dismiss, discharge, degrade, cashier.
- 7. Violate, infringe, transgress, disobey, set at nought.
- 8. Lessen the force of (as a fall), mitigate. See assuage.
- 9. Interrupt, stop, intermit, cut short.
- 10. Disclose, open, unfold, lay open.
Break, v. n.
- 1. Be shattered, be shivered, be dashed to pieces.
- 2. Burst, explode.
- 3. Open, dawn, appear.