Значение break в русском языке

• 0 to separate into two or more pieces, or to make something separate into two or more pieces

  • The vase fell on the floor and broke.

  • They had to break a window to get in.

• 1 to damage a bone in your arm/leg, etc

  • Carolyn broke her leg in a skiing accident.

  • She fell off her bike and broke her arm.

• 2 If you break a machine, object, etc, or if it breaks, it stops working because it is damaged.

  • Who broke the video?

• 3 to not do what you should do according to an agreement/promise/rule, etc

  • Police stopped him for breaking the speed limit.

• 4 to do something illegal

• 5 to tell someone about something unpleasant that has happened

  • Who's going to break the news to his wife?

• 6 to make a noise, speak, etc and end a period of silence

  • The silence was broken by a sudden knock at the door.

• 7 to stop doing something that you usually do

• 8 to do something faster, better, etc than anyone else

  • He broke the world record for the 200m.

• 9 to stop the activity you are doing to have a short rest

  • Let's break for five minutes and have a drink.

• 10 If news or a story breaks, or if someone breaks it, it becomes known by the public for the first time.

• 11 If the weather breaks, it changes suddenly, and usually becomes worse.

• 12 When a boy's voice breaks, it becomes deeper and sounds like a man's voice.

• 13 When a wave breaks, it reaches its highest point as it moves towards the land, and then becomes flat and white.

• 14 If a storm breaks, it starts suddenly.

• 15 to not make money but also not lose money

  • The company only managed to break even this year.

• 16 to suddenly escape or become separate from something

  • The prisoner broke free while the guards weren't looking.

• 17 When dawn (= early morning)/day breaks, the sky becomes lighter because the sun is rising.

  • Dawn was breaking and the birds were singing.

• 18 a pause in an activity, usually to rest or to eat

  • a coffee/tea break

  • Take a break and come back after lunch.

• 19 a holiday or period of time away from work, school, etc

  • the spring break

  • a weekend break to Paris

• 20 a lucky opportunity

  • His big break came when he was offered a part in a TV series.

  • Meeting Tom was my lucky break.

• 21 a place where something has separated in an accident

  • a break in the bone

• 22 the end of a relationship, connection, or way of doing something

  • a break with tradition