Break off.
- 1. Be ruptured.
- 2. Desist, cease, stop, leave off.
Break out. Issue, break forth, burst out.
Break the ice. Make a beginning, prepare the way, open a way.
Breakwater, n. Jetty, pier, mole.
Break with. Fall out, part friendship with, separate from, give up association with.
Breast, n.
- 1. Bosom, thorax, chest.
- 2. Heart, conscience, affections.
- 3. Pap, mammary organ, mamma, udder, dug.
Breast, v. a. Face, stem, withstand, oppose, resist, bear the breast against.
Breast-bone, n. Sternum.
Breastwork, n. (Fort.) Parapet.
Breath, n.
- 1. Respired air.
- 2. Breathing, respiration, power to breathe.
- 3. Exhalation, odor, perfume, aroma.
- 4. Life, existence, animation, breath of life, vital spark.
- 5. Respite, pause, rest.
- 6. Moment, instant, breathing-space.
- 7. Faint movement, slightest motion, faint breeze.