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RELATED WORDS : break apart break away break bread break camp break dance break dancing break down break even break forth break ground break in break into break loose break of day break of serve break of the day break off break one's back break open break out break seal break short break someone's heart break the ice break the law break the news break through break up break water break wind break with coffee break fast break hammer break make and break service break spring break tax break tea break

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun break has 16 senses

• break(n = noun.event) interruption - some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity; "the telephone is an annoying interruption"; "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"
is a kind of happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent
has particulars: dislocation, disruption, punctuation, abatement, hiatus, reprieve, respite, suspension, eclipse, occultation
Derived form verb break₂₄

• break(n = noun.event) good luck, happy chance - an unexpected piece of good luck; "he finally got his big break"
is a kind of accident, chance event, fortuity, stroke

• break(n = noun.object) fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault, shift - (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"
has parts: fault line
is a kind of cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure
has particulars: inclined fault, strike-slip fault
Derived form verb break₂

• break(n = noun.event) breach, falling out, rift, rupture, severance - a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
has particulars: schism
is a kind of breakup, detachment, separation
Derived form verb break₃₁

• break(n = noun.act) recess, respite, time out - a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"
is a kind of pause
has particulars: spring break
Derived form verb break₄₇

• break(n = noun.act) breakage, breaking - the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"
is a kind of change of integrity
has particulars: rupture, shattering, smashing, crack, cracking, fracture, chip, chipping, splintering
Derived forms verb break₂, verb break₅

• break(n = noun.time) intermission, interruption, pause, suspension - a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something;
is a kind of interval, time interval
has particulars: lapse, blackout, caesura, dead air, delay, hold, postponement, time lag, wait, halftime, relief, respite, rest, rest period, time-out, letup, lull
Derived form verb break₁₈

• break(n = noun.state) fracture - breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
is a kind of harm, hurt, injury, trauma
has particulars: comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, open fracture, compression fracture, depressed fracture, displaced fracture, fatigue fracture, stress fracture, capillary fracture, hairline fracture, incomplete fracture, impacted fracture, closed fracture, simple fracture
Derived forms verb break₅₇, verb break₅₄

• break(n = noun.event) - the occurrence of breaking; "the break in the dam threatened the valley"
is a kind of breakup, detachment, separation
has particulars: snap
Derived form verb break₂

• break(n = noun.event) - an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion); "then there was a break in her voice"
is a kind of alteration, change, modification

• break(n = noun.act) - the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool;
is a part of billiards, pocket billiards, pool
is a kind of shot, stroke
Derived form verb break₄₀

• break(n = noun.act) break of serve - (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving; "he was up two breaks in the second set"
is a kind of score

• break(n = noun.act) disruption, gap, interruption - an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"
has particulars: cut-in, insert, cut-in, insert, interjection, interpellation, interpolation, interposition, abruption, breaking off, barracking, heckling
is a kind of delay, holdup

• break(n = noun.act) - a sudden dash; "he made a break for the open door"
is a kind of dash, sprint
has particulars: fast break

• break(n = noun.act) open frame - any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare; "the break in the eighth frame cost him the match"
is a kind of score

• break(n = noun.act) breakout, gaolbreak, jailbreak, prison-breaking, prisonbreak - an escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned"
is a kind of escape, flight
Derived form verb break₇

Verb break has 59 senses

• break(v = verb.change) interrupt - terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"
is one way to end, terminate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• break(v = verb.change) come apart, fall apart, separate, split up - become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart"
is one way to change integrity
Derived forms noun break₆, noun break₉, noun break₃, adjective breakable₁
Sample sentences:
The wooden sticks break
These glasses break easily

• break(v = verb.change) - render inoperable or ineffective; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!"
is one way to damage
Derived form noun breakage₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• break(v = verb.contact) bust - ruin completely; "He busted my radio!"
is one way to destroy, ruin
Derived forms adjective breakable₁, noun breakage₃
Antonym: repair
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• break(v = verb.change) - destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match"
is one way to divide, separate
Derived forms noun break₆, adjective breakable₁, noun breakage₃, noun breaker₁
Sample sentence:
The girls break the wooden sticks

• break(v = verb.social) breach, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate - act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise"
is one way to disrespect
Antonym: keep
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• break(v = verb.motion) break away, break out - move away or escape suddenly; "The horses broke from the stable"; "Three inmates broke jail"; "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security"
is one way to break loose, escape, get away
Derived form noun break₁₆
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

• break(v = verb.motion) - scatter or part; "The clouds broke after the heavy downpour"
is one way to disperse, dissipate, scatter, spread out
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• break(v = verb.emotion) burst, erupt - force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up; "break into tears"; "erupt in anger"
is one way to express emotion, express feelings
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP

• break(v = verb.change) break off, discontinue, stop - prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"
is one way to end, terminate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• break(v = verb.social) break in - enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act; "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"; "They broke into my car and stole my radio!"; "who broke into my account last night?"
is one way to intrude, trespass
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

• break(v = verb.change) break in - make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern"
is one way to domesticate, domesticise, domesticize, reclaim, tame
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

• break(v = verb.stative) go against, violate - fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns; "This sentence violates the rules of syntax"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• break(v = verb.competition) better - surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record"
is one way to exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• break(v = verb.communication) bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap - make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case"
is one way to tell
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

• break(v = verb.change) - come into being; "light broke over the horizon"; "Voices broke in the air"
is one way to become, get, go
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• break(v = verb.change) break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad - stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"
is one way to change
Derived form adjective breakable₁
Sample sentence:
These cars won't break

• break(v = verb.social) break away - interrupt a continued activity; "She had broken with the traditional patterns"
is one way to break, break up, part, separate, split, split up
Derived form noun break₇
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

• break(v = verb.motion) - make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing; "The ranks broke"
is one way to flee, fly, take flight
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

• break(v = verb.motion) - curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves; "The surf broke"
is one way to break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give, give way
Derived form noun breaker₂
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• break(v = verb.change) damp, dampen, soften, weaken - lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
is one way to blunt, deaden
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• break(v = verb.change) - be broken in; "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress"
is one way to change
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

• break(v = verb.stative) - come to an end; "The heat wave finally broke yesterday"
is one way to cease, end, finish, stop, terminate
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• break(v = verb.stative) - vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity; "The flat plain was broken by tall mesas"
is one way to alter, change, vary
Derived form noun break₁
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

• break(v = verb.stative) - cause to give up a habit; "She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes"
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

• break(v = verb.stative) - give up; "break cigarette smoking"
is one way to cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• break(v = verb.stative) - come forth or begin from a state of latency; "The first winter storm broke over New York"
is one way to come forth, emerge
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP

• break(v = verb.social) - happen or take place; "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months"
is one way to come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• break(v = verb.social) - cause the failure or ruin of; "His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage"; "This play will either make or break the playwright"
is one way to ruin
Antonym: make
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• break(v = verb.social) - invalidate by judicial action; "The will was broken"
is one way to annul, avoid, invalidate, nullify, quash, void
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• break(v = verb.social) break up, part, separate, split, split up - discontinue an association or relation; go different ways; "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"
Derived form noun break₄
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

• break(v = verb.social) bump, demote, kick downstairs, relegate - assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"
is one way to assign, delegate, depute, designate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something PP

• break(v = verb.possession) bankrupt, ruin, smash - reduce to bankruptcy; "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"; "The slump in the financial markets smashed him"
is one way to impoverish
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

• break(v = verb.motion) - change directions suddenly;
is one way to change, shift, switch
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

• break(v = verb.motion) - emerge from the surface of a body of water; "The whales broke"
is one way to appear
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• break(v = verb.motion) cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give, give way - break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
is one way to change
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s

• break(v = verb.motion) break dance, break-dance - do a break dance; "Kids were break-dancing at the street corner"
is one way to dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue break

• break(v = verb.contact) - exchange for smaller units of money; "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy"
is one way to change, commute, convert, exchange
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• break(v = verb.contact) break up - destroy the completeness of a set of related items; "The book dealer would not break the set"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived form adjective breakable₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• break(v = verb.contact) - make the opening shot that scatters the balls;
is one way to shoot
Derived form noun break₁₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

• break(v = verb.contact) - separate from a clinch, in boxing; "The referee broke the boxers"
is one way to disunite, divide, part, separate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody

• break(v = verb.contact) bust, fall apart, wear, wear out - go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"
is one way to crumble, decay, dilapidate
Derived form adjective breakable₁
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• break(v = verb.contact) break off, snap off - break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree"
is one way to detach
Derived forms adjective breakable₁, noun breakage₃, noun breaker₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• break(v = verb.contact) - become punctured or penetrated; "The skin broke"
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• break(v = verb.contact) - pierce or penetrate; "The blade broke her skin"
is one way to penetrate, perforate
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

• break(v = verb.communication) get around, get out - be released or become known; of news; "News of her death broke in the morning"
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• break(v = verb.communication) intermit, pause - cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"
is one way to break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt
Derived form noun break₅
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

• break(v = verb.communication) - interrupt the flow of current in; "break a circuit"
is one way to break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt
Derived form noun breaker₃
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• break(v = verb.communication) - undergo breaking; "The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages"
is one way to diphthongise, diphthongize
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• break(v = verb.cognition) - find a flaw in; "break an alibi"; "break down a proof"
is one way to destroy, ruin
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• break(v = verb.cognition) - find the solution or key to; "break the code"
is one way to figure out, lick, puzzle out, solve, work, work out
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• break(v = verb.change) - change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another; "Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children"
is one way to change, shift, switch
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• break(v = verb.change) develop, recrudesce - happen; "Report the news as it develops"; "These political movements recrudesce from time to time"
is one way to come about, fall out, go on, hap, happen, occur, pass, pass off, take place
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• break(v = verb.change) check, crack - become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated"
is one way to change
Derived forms noun break₈, adjective breakable₁
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• break(v = verb.change) - crack; of the male voice in puberty; "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir"
is one way to change state, turn
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• break(v = verb.change) - fall sharply; "stock prices broke"
is one way to decrease, diminish, fall, lessen
Sample sentence:
The stock market is going to break

• break(v = verb.body) fracture - fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey"
is one way to injure, wound
Derived form noun break₈
Sample sentence:
Did he break his foot?

• break(v = verb.body) - diminish or discontinue abruptly; "The patient's fever broke last night"
is one way to decrease, diminish, fall, lessen
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• break(v = verb.body) - weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"
is one way to weaken
Sample sentence:
Something ----s somebody

CIDE DICTIONARY

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

break

abeyance, about ship, about-face, abrade, abrasion, abscond, abysm, abyss, accidentality, acclimate, acclimatize, accommodate, accommodation, accustom, actuarial calculation, adapt, adaptation, adjust, adjustment, adventitiousness, agree to disagree, alienation, alter, alteration, ameliorate, amelioration, announce, apostasy, appear, apprentice, arrearage, arroyo, back and fill, bankrupt, bark, be at cross-purposes, be changed, be converted into, be poised, be renewed, be ruined, bear away, bear market, bear off, bear to starboard, bearish market, beat, beat about, beat down, become insolvent, become public, bed, bed down, befall, begin, bend, betide, betterment, billow, blemish, blessing, bloody, blooper, blow, boner, boo-boo, boot, bottom out, bounce, box canyon, box off, breach, breach of friendship, break, break away, break down, break forth, break ground, break in, break of, break off, break open, break out, break the ice, break through, break to harness, break up, break with, breakage, breakout, breath, breathe, breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time, breed, bridle, brighten, bring about, bring low, bring round, bring to terms, bring up, broken circuit, browbeat, brush, bulldoze, bully, bump, bunk, burglarize, burgle, burn, burn off, burst, burst forth, burst in, bust, buzz about, caesura, call a break, call time, can, cant, cant round, canyon, case harden, cashier, cast, cast about, castrate, casualness, cave, cave in, cavity, cease, cease-fire, cessation, chafe, chance, change, change course, change of heart, change the heading, changeableness, chap, chasm, cheapen, cheapening, check, checker, chimney, chink, chip, chop, chop and change, cigarette break, cipher, circuit, circuital field, circulate, clamp down on, clash, claw, cleavage, cleave, cleft, cleuch, closed circuit, clough, cocktail hour, coerce, coffee break, col, collapse, collide, comb, come about, come apart, come around, come forth, come off, come out, come round, come unstuck, commence, comminute, communicate, compel, complete circuit, concussion, condition, confirm, conflict, confound, confute, conk out, conquer, constructive change, continuity, contradict, contravene, controvert, conversion, convey, coulee, couloir, counter, cow, crack, crackle, cranny, crash, craze, crevasse, crevice, cripple, crumble, crumple, crush, cryptanalyze, cultivate, cure, curry, currycomb, cut, cut apart, cut off, cut prices, cwm, dash, daunt, dawn, day off, dead circuit, debilitate, decamp, decipher, declare a recess, decline, declining market, decompose, deconsecrate, decrypt, defalcation, defeat, defect, defection, deficiency, deficit, defile, deflate, deflation, defrock, defy, degenerate, degeneration, degenerative change, degrade, deliverance, delivery, dell, dement, demerit, demolish, demoralize, demote, depart, depart from, deplume, depose, depreciate, depreciation, deprive, despotize, destiny, destroy, detach, deteriorate, deterioration, dethrone, devaluate, devaluation, develop, deviate, deviation, differ, difference, dike, disaccord, disaccustom, disaffection, disagree, disarrange, disavow, disband, disbar, discipline, disclose, disconfirm, discontinuation, discontinue, discontinuity, discourage, discrown, disemploy, disengage, disenthrone, disfavor, disgrade, disintegrate, disjoin, dismiss, disobey, disperse, displace, displume, disregard, disrupt, disruption, dissent, dissolve, disturb, disunion, disunity, ditch, dive, diverge, divergence, diversification, diversify, diversion, diversity, divide, dividedness, division, divulge, do violence to, domesticate, domesticize, domineer, domineer over, donga, double a point, downgrade, downtime, draw, drench, drill, droop, drop, drum out, ease up, ebb and flow, educate, emerge, emergence, end, enforced respite, enslave, erupt, escape, escapism, establish, estrangement, evasion, evert, excavation, excommunicate, exercise, exfoliate, exhaust, expel, explode, extrication, fade, fail, faint, fall, fall in price, fall out, fall to pieces, falling-out, familiarize, fate, fault, faux, feed, fell, fetch about, fetch up, find vent, fire, fissure, fit, fitting, fix, fizzle out, flag, flash burn, flatten, flaw, flee, flight, flip-flop, flop, flout, fluke, flukiness, flume, fly, fly about, fodder, foil, fold, fold up, form, fortuitousness, fortuity, fortune, foster, found, fracture, fragment, fray, frazzle, freeing, fret, frustrate, furlough, furrow, gaffe, gall, galvanic circuit, gamble, gap, gape, gash, gentle, get about, get abroad, get afloat, get around, get exposure, get through, getaway, give away, give out, give the ax, give the gate, give up, give way, go, go about, go bankrupt, go broke, go downhill, go forth, go into receivership, go soft, go the rounds, go to pieces, go to pot, go to ruin, go under, go up, good fortune, good luck, gorge, gradual change, grind, grind down, groom, groove, grow bright, grow light, gulch, gulf, gully, gybe, habituate, half time, half-time intermission, halt, handle, hap, happenstance, happy chance, happy hour, harden, harness, haul around, have currency, heave, heave round, heedless hap, henpeck, hesitation, hiatus, hit the skids, hitch, hole, holiday, hot circuit, house-train, housebreak, how they fall, humble, humiliate, hurt, ignore, impart, impoverish, impropriety, improve, improvement, inaugurate, incise, incision, indecorum, indeterminacy, indeterminateness, infract, infringe, initiate, injure, injury, innovate, interfere, interim, interject, interlude, intermezzo, intermission, intermit, intermittence, interpose, interregnum, interrupt, interruption, interval, intervene, intimidate, intrude, inure, irregularity, issuance, issue, jailbreak, jangle, jar, jew down, jibe, jibe all standing, joint, jostle, keep down, keep under, kick, kick upstairs, kloof, knock off, lacerate, laceration, lack, lacuna, languish, lapse, lateral circuit, law of averages, lay off, layoff, leak, leakage, leave, leg, lesion, let go, let out, letup, liberation, lick into shape, lift, light, lighten, liquidate, litter, live circuit, look-in, loop, lord it over, lot, lower, lowering, luck, lucky break, lucky strike, lull, magnetic circuit, maim, make mincemeat of, make public, make redundant, manage, mark down, markdown, master, maul, meliorate, melioration, microcircuit, milk, mismatch, mismate, miss stays, missing link, mitigate, mitigation, moat, modification, modulate, modulation, moira, mortal wound, multiple circuit, multiple series, mutate, mutilate, mutilation, naturalize, need, negate, nose dive, nose-dive, notch, nullah, nurse, nurture, object, occasion, occur, off market, off-time, offend, omission, open, open rupture, opening, opportunity, oppress, orient, orientate, oust, out, outage, outlet, overawe, overbear, overcome, overmaster, override, overthrow, overwhelm, pare, parenthesis, pass, pass on, passage, path, pauper, pauperize, pause, peak, peg out, penetrate, pension, pension off, peter out, pierce, pine, plateau, plummet, plummeting, plunge, ply, point of repose, poop out, popple, practice, prepare, press heavy on, price cut, price fall, price reduction, principle of indeterminacy, printed circuit, prisonbreak, probability, problematicness, prostrate, puncture, purge, put about, put back, put down, put in tune, put to school, puzzle out, qualification, quell, quiet spell, radical change, raise, random sample, ravine, re-creation, read out of, ready, realignment, rear, rebut, recall of ambassadors, recess, redesign, reduce, reduction, reform, reformation, refute, rehearse, relax, release, relief, remaking, remission, remove, remove from office, rend, renewal, renounce, rent, replace, repress, repudiate, rescue, reshaping, resolve, respite, rest, resting point, restructuring, retire, retreating market, reveal, reversal, revival, revive, revivification, revolution, riddance, ride down, ride over, ride roughshod over, rift, rime, rip, rise, rise and fall, risk, rive, rob, roll, round a point, rub down, ruin, run, run of luck, rupture, sack, saddle, sag, sagging market, savage, scald, scale, scape, scatter, scend, schism, scissure, scorch, scotch, scrape, scratch, scuff, scuttle, seam, season, second-degree burn, see the light, send, send to school, separate forcibly, separation, serendipity, series multiple, set at defiance, set at naught, set naught by, set up, setting-free, sever, shard, shatter, shave, sheer, shift, shiver, short, short circuit, shortage, shot, show, shut down, sink, skin, slash, slew, slice, slit, slot, slump, smash, snap, snap the thread, soft market, solecism, sore, spell, splinter, split, sprain, spread, spread about, spread like wildfire, spring a leak, squeak, stab, stab wound, stand-down, start, statistical probability, stay, stick, stop, stop for breath, strain, streak of luck, strip, strip of office, strip of rank, stroke of luck, subdue, subjugate, sudden change, superannuate, suppress, surcease, surge, surplus, suspend, suspension, swell, swerve, swing round, swing the stern, switch, tack, take a break, take a recess, take a rest, take a turn, take five, take in hand, take ten, take the plunge, take time out, tame, tea break, tear, tell, ten, tend, terrorize, the breaks, theory of probability, third-degree burn, throw about, time, time off, time out, toss, total change, train, trample down, trample on, trample underfoot, trample upon, transgress, transition, transmit, transpire, trauma, traumatize, tread down, tread underfoot, tread upon, trench, trespass, trim, truce, turn, turn aside, turn back, turn into, turn off, turn out, turn over, turn the corner, turnabout, tyrannize, tyrannize over, ullage, uncertainty, uncertainty principle, unchurch, undergo a change, undermine, undulate, unevenness, unfold, unfrock, unman, unravel, unriddle, unsaddle, unseat, unthrone, upheaval, vacation, valley, vanquish, variation, variety, vary, vector field, veer, vent, violate, violent change, void, wadi, walk all over, walk over, want, wantage, warp, water, wave, weaken, wean, wear, wear away, wear out, wear ship, wear thin, weary, weigh heavy on, whatever comes, wilt, wind, wont, worsen, worsening, wound, wounds immedicable, wrench, yaw, yield, yoke

ROGET THESAURUS

break

Disjunction

N disjunction, disconnection, disunity, disunion, disassociation, disengagement, discontinuity, abjunction, cataclasm, inconnection, abstraction, abstractedness, isolation, insularity, insulation, oasis, island, separateness, severalty, disjecta membra, dispersion, apportionment, separation, parting, circumcision, detachment, segregation, divorce, sejunction, seposition, diduction, diremption, discerption, elision, caesura, break, fracture, division, subdivision, rupture, compartition, dismemberment, dislocation, luxation, severance, disseverance, scission, rescission, abscission, laceration, dilaceration, disruption, abruption, avulsion, divulsion, section, resection, cleavage, fission, partibility, separability, fissure, breach, rent, split, rift, crack, slit, incision, dissection anatomy, decomposition, cutting instrument, buzzsaw, circular saw, rip saw, separatist, disjoined, discontinuous, multipartite, abstract, disjunctive, secant, isolated, insular, separate, disparate, discrete, apart, asunder, far between, loose, free, unattached, unannexed, unassociated, unconnected, distinct, adrift, straggling, rift, reft, scissile, divisible, discerptible, partible, separable, separately, one by one, severally, apart, adrift, asunder, in twain, in the abstract, abstractedly.

VB be disjoined, come off, fall off, come to pieces, fall to pieces, peel off, get loose, disjoin, disconnect, disengage, disunite, dissociate, dispair, divorce, part, dispart, detach, separate, cut off, rescind, segregate, set apart, keep apart, insulate, isolate, throw out of gear, cut adrift, loose, unloose, undo, unbind, unchain, unlock, unpack, unravel, disentangle, set free, sunder, divide, subdivide, sever, dissever, abscind, circumcise, cut, incide, incise, saw, snip, nib, nip, cleave, rive, rend, slit, split, splinter, chip, crack, snap, break, tear, burst, rend, rend asunder, rend in twain, wrench, rupture, shatter, shiver, cranch, crunch, craunch, chop, cut up, rip up, hack, hew, slash, whittle, haggle, hackle, discind, lacerate, scamble, mangle, gash, hash, slice, cut up, carve, dissect, anatomize, dislimb, take to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, tear to pieces, tear to tatters, tear piecemeal, tear limb from limb, divellicate, skin, disintegrate, dismember, disbranch, disband, disperse, dislocate, disjoint, break up, mince, comminute, apportion, part, part company, separate, leave.

Part

VB part, divide, break, partition.

Incompleteness

N incompleteness, deficiency, short measure, shortcoming, insufficiency, imperfection, immaturity, half measures, defect, deficit, defalcation, omission, caret, shortage, interval, break, noncompletion, missing link, missing piece, missing part, gap, hole, lacuna, incomplete, imperfect, unfinished, uncompleted &c (complete), defective, deficient, wanting, lacking, failing, in default, in arrear, short of, hollow, meager, lame, halfand-half, perfunctory, sketchy, crude, mutilated, garbled, docked, lopped, truncated, in progress, in hand, going on, proceeding, incompletely, by halves, caetera desunt, caret.

Refreshment

N refreshment, bracing, recovery of strength, recuperation, restoration, revival, repair, refection, refocillation, refreshment, regalement, bait, relief, break, spell, refreshment stand, refreshments, ice cream, cold soda, soda pop, hot dogs (food), refreshing, recuperative, refreshed, untired, unwearied.

Discontinuity

N discontinuity, disjunction, anacoluthon, interruption, break, fracture, flaw, fault, crack, cut, gap, solution of continuity, caesura, broken thread, parenthesis, episode, rhapsody, patchwork, intermission, alternation, dropping fire, discontinuous, unsuccessive, broken, interrupted, dicousu, disconnected, unconnected, discrete, disjunctive, fitful, spasmodic, desultory, intermitting, occasional, intermittent, alternate, recurrent, at intervals, by snatches, by jerks, by skips, by catches, by fits and starts, skippingly, per saltum, longo intervallo, like 'angel visits few and far between'.

VB be discontinuous, alternate, intermit, sputter, stop and start, hesitate, discontinue, pause, interrupt, intervene, break, break in upon, break off, interpose, break the thread, snap the thread, disconnect, dissever.

Abrogation

VB abrogate, annul, cancel, destroy, abolish, revoke, repeal, rescind, reverse, retract, recall, abolitionize, overrule, override, set aside, disannul, dissolve, quash, nullify, declare null and void, disestablish, disendow, deconsecrate, disclaim, ignore, repudiate, recant, divest oneself, break off, countermand, counter order, do away with, sweep away, brush away, throw overboard, throw to the dogs, scatter to the winds, cast behind, dismiss, discard, cast off, turn off, cast out, cast adrift, cast out of doors, cast aside, cast away, send off, send away, send packing, send about one's business, discharge, get rid of, bounce, fire, fire out, sack, cashier, break, oust, unseat, unsaddle, unthrone, dethrone, disenthrone, depose, uncrown, unfrock, strike off the roll, disbar, disbench, be abrogated, receive its quietus, walk the plank.

Nonobservance

VB fail, neglect, omit, elude, evade, give the go-by to, set aside, ignore, shut one's eyes to, close one's eyes to, infringe, transgress, violate, pirate, break, trample under foot, do violence to, drive a coach and six through, discard, protest, repudiate, fling to the winds, set at naught, nullify, declare null and void, cancel, retract, go back from, be off, forfeit, go from one's word, palter, stretch a point, strain a point.

Change

N change, alteration, mutation, permutation, variation, modification, modulation, inflexion, mood, qualification, innovation, metastasis, deviation, turn, evolution, revolution, diversion, break, transformation, transfiguration, metamorphosis, transmutation, deoxidization, transubstantiation, mutagenesis transanimation, transmigration, metempsychosis, avatar, alterative, conversion, revolution &c (sudden or radical change), inversion, displacement, transference, changeableness, tergiversation, changed, newfangled, changeable, transitional, modifiable, alterative, mutatis mutandis, Int, quantum mutatus!, a change came o'er the spirit of my dream, nous avons change tout cela, tempora mutantur nos et mutamur in illis, non sum qualis eram, casaque tourner, corpora lente augescent cito extinguuntur, in statu quo ante bellum, still ending and beginning still, vox audita perit littera scripta manet.

Nonpayment

VB not pay, fail, break, stop payment, become insolvent, become bankrupt, be gazetted, protest, dishonor, repudiate, nullify, refuse payment, pay under protest, button up one's pockets, draw the purse strings, apply the sponge, pay over the left shoulder, get whitewashed, swindle, run up bills, fly kites.

Interval

N interval, interspace, separation, break, gap, opening, hole, chasm, hiatus, caesura, interruption, interregnum, interstice, lacuna, cleft, mesh, crevice, chink, rime, creek, cranny, crack, chap, slit, fissure, scissure, rift, flaw, breach, rent, gash, cut, leak, dike, ha-ha, gorge, defile, ravine, canon, crevasse, abyss, abysm, gulf, inlet, frith, strait, gully, pass, furrow, abra, barranca, barranco, clove, gulch, notch, yawning gulf, hiatus maxime, hiatus valde deflendus, parenthesis, void, incompleteness, period, interim (time), with an interval, far between, breachy, rimose, rimulose, at intervals, longo intervallo.

Dereliction of Duty

VB violate, break, break through, infringe, set aside, set at naught, encroach upon, trench upon, trample on, trample under foot, slight, neglect, evade, renounce, forswear, repudiate, wash one's hands of, escape, transgress, fail, call to account.

Vehicle

N vehicle, conveyance, carriage, caravan, van, common carrier, wagon, waggon, wain, dray, cart, lorry, truck, tram, cariole, carriole, limber, tumbrel, pontoon, barrow, wheel barrow, hand barrow, perambulator, Bath chair, wheel chair, sedan chair, chaise, palankeen, palanquin, litter, brancard, crate, hurdle, stretcher, ambulance, black Maria, conestoga wagon, conestoga wain, jinrikisha, ricksha, brett, dearborn, dump cart, hack, hackery, jigger, kittereen, mailstate, manomotor, rig, rockaway, prairie schooner, shay, sloven, team, tonga, wheel, hobbyhorse, go-cart, cycle, bicycle, bike, two-wheeler, tricycle, velocipede, quadricycle, equipage, turn-out, coach, chariot, phaeton, break, mail phaeton, wagonette, drag, curricle, tilbury, whisky, landau, barouche, victoria, brougham, clarence, calash, caleche, britzka, araba, kibitka, berlin, sulky, desobligeant, sociable, vis-a-vis, dormeuse, jaunting car, outside car, dandi, doolie, dooly, munchil, palki, roller skates, skate, runabout, ski, tonjon, vettura, post chaise, diligence, stage, stage coach, mail coach, hackney coach, glass coach, stage wagon, car, omnibus, fly, cabriolet, cab, hansom, shofle, four-wheeler, growler, droshki, drosky, dogcart, trap, whitechapel, buggy, four-in-hand, unicorn, random, tandem, shandredhan, char-a-bancs, motor car, automobile, limousine, car, auto, jalopy, clunker, lemon, flivver, coupe, sedan, two-door sedan, four-door sedan, luxury sedan, wheels, sports car, roadster, gran turismo, jeep, four-wheel drive vehicle, electric car, steamer, golf cart, electric wagon, taxicab, cab, taxicoach, checker cab, yellow cab, station wagon, family car, motorcycle, motor bike, side car, van, minivan, bus, minibus, microbus, truck, wagon, pick-up wagon, pick-up, tractor- trailer, road train, articulated vehicle, racing car, racer, hot rod, stock car, souped-up car, bob, bobsled, bobsleigh, cutter, double ripper, double runner, jumper, sled, sledge, sleigh, toboggan, train, accommodation train, passenger train, express trail, special train, corridor train, parliamentary train, luggage train, freight train, goods train, 1st class train, 2nd class train, 3rd class train, 1st class carriage, 2nd class carriage, 3rd class carriage, 1st class compartment, 2nd class compartment, 3rd class compartment, rolling stock, horse box, cattle truck, baggage car, express car, freight car, parlor car, dining car, Pullman car, sleeping car, sleeper, dome car, surface car, tram car, trolley car, box car, box wagon, horse car, bullet train, shinkansen, cannonball, the Wabash cannonball, lightning express, luggage van, mail, mail car, mail van, shovel, spool, spatula, ladle, hod, hoe, spade, spaddle, loy, spud, pitchfork, post hole digger, tractor, steamshovel, backhoe, fork lift, earth mover, dump truck, bulldozer, grader, caterpillar, trench digger, steamroller, pile driver, crane, wrecking crane.

Guilt

N guilt, guiltiness, culpability, criminality, criminousness, deviation from rectitude, sinfulness, misconduct, misbehavior, misdoing, misdeed, malpractice, fault, sin, error, transgression, dereliction, delinquency, indiscretion, lapse, slip, trip, faux pas, peccadillo, flaw, blot, omission, failing, failure, break, bad break!, capital crime, delictum, offense, trespass, misdemeanor, misfeasance, misprision, malefaction, malfeasance, malversation, crime, felony, enormity, atrocity, outrage, deadly sin, mortal sin, deed without a name, corpus delicti, guilty, to blame, culpable, peccable, in fault, at fault, censurable, reprehensible, blameworthy, uncommendable, illaudable, weighed in the balance and found wanting, exceptionable, in flagrante delicto, red-handed, in the very act, with one's hand in the cookie jar, cui prodest scelus in fecit, culpam paena premit comes, O would the deed were good!, responsibility prevents crimes se judice nemo noce, so many laws argues so many sins.

Brittleness

VB be brittle, live in a glass house, break, crack, snap, split, shiver, splinter, crumble, break short, burst, fly, give way, fall to pieces, crumble to, crumble into dust.

Confutation

VB confute, refute, disprove, parry, negative, controvert, rebut, confound, disconfirm, redargue, expose, show the fallacy of, defeat, demolish, break, overthrow, overturn scatter to the winds, explode, invalidate, silence, put to silence, reduce to silence, clinch an argument, clinch a question, give one a setdown, stop the mouth, shut up, have, have on the hip, not leave a leg to stand on, cut the ground from under one's feet, be confuted, fail, expose one's weak point, show one's weak point, counter evidence.

Disclosure

VB disclose, discover, dismask, draw the veil, draw aside the veil, lift the veil, raise the veil, lift up the veil, remove the veil, tear aside the veil, tear the curtain, unmask, unveil, unfold, uncover, unseal, unkennel, take off the seal, break the seal, lay open, lay bare, expose, open, open up, bare, bring to light, divulge, reveal, break, squeal, tattle, sing, rat, snitch, let into the secret, reveal the secrets of the prison house, tell, breathe, utter, blab, peach, let out, let fall, let drop, let slip, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, betray, tell tales, come out of school, come out with, give vent, give utterance to, open the lips, blurt out, vent, whisper about, speak out, make public, unriddle, split, acknowledge, allow, concede, grant, admit, own, own up to, confess, avow, throw off all disguise, turn inside out, make a clean breast, show one's hand, show one's cards, unburden one's mind, disburden one's mind, disburden one's conscience, disburden one's heart, open one's mind, lay bare one's mind, tell a piece of one's mind, unbosom oneself, own to the soft impeachment, say the truth, speak the truth, turn King's evidence, Queen's evidence, acknowledge the corn, raise the mask, drop the mask, lift the mask, remove the mask, throw off the mask, expose, lay open, undeceive, unbeguile, disabuse, set right, correct, open the eyes of, d_esillusionner, be disclosed, transpire, come to light, come in sight, become known, escape the lips, come out, ooze out, creep out, leak out, peep out, crop-out, show its face, show its colors, discover itself, break through the clouds, flash on the mind.

Teaching

VB teach, instruct, educate, edify, school, tutor, cram, prime, coach, enlighten, inculcate, indoctrinate, inoculate, infuse, instill, infix, ingraft, infiltrate, imbue, impregnate, implant, graft, sow the seeds of, disseminate, given an idea of, put up to, put in the way of, set right, sharpen the wits, enlarge the mind, give new ideas, open the eyes, bring forward, teach the young idea how to shoot, improve, expound, lecture, read a lesson, give a lesson, give a lecture, give a sermon, give a discourse, incept, hold forth, preach, sermonize, moralize, point a moral, train, discipline, bring up, bring up to, form, ground, prepare, qualify, drill, exercise, practice, habituate, familiarize with, nurture, drynurse, breed, rear, take in hand, break, break in, tame, preinstruct, initiate, inure, put to nurse, send to school, direct, guide, direct attention to, impress upon the mind, impress upon the memory, beat into, beat into the head, convince, book, workbook, exercise book, preach to the wise, teach one's grandmother to suck eggs, teach granny to suck eggs, preach to the converted.

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CIDE DICTIONARY

RELATED WORDS : answer back back and fill back and forth back away back brace back breaker back burner back channel back circle back country back door back down back end back entrance back exercise back fire back judge back matter back number back of beyond back off back out back pack back porch back room back saw back scratching back seat back stairs back street back talk back to back back tooth back up back way beat back bounce back break one's back bring back buy back call back carry back ceding back choke back come back come back at coming back cut back date back die back double back draw back drive back drop back fall back fat back feed back fight back flanker back flash back force back from way back get back get back at give back go back go back on go back over hang back hark back hold back keep back kick back knock back lean back look back move back move back and forth pat on the back pay back paying back play back pull back push back put back rear back relation back roll back running back send back set back shrink back sink back sit back slide back slip back snap back stand back strike back take back talk back think back throw back thrust back toss back travel back and forth trim back turn back water back watteau back win back

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun back has 9 senses

• back(n = noun.body) dorsum - the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned"
has parts: saddle, small, lat, latissimus dorsi, dorsal vertebra, thoracic vertebra, lumbar vertebra
is a kind of body part
is a part of body, torso, trunk

• back(n = noun.artifact) rear - the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"
is a kind of side
has particulars: after part, poop, quarter, stern, tail, empennage, tail, tail assembly
Derived form verb back₆

• back(n = noun.location) rear - the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer; "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store"
is a kind of place, position
Antonym: front

• back(n = noun.person) - (football) a person who plays in the backfield;
has particulars: flanker, flanker back, field general, quarterback, signal caller, running back, tailback, wingback
is a kind of football player, footballer

• back(n = noun.body) backbone, rachis, spinal column, spine, vertebral column - the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"
has particulars: notochord, chine
has parts: canalis vertebralis, spinal canal, vertebral canal, coccyx, tail bone, vertebra, intervertebral disc, intervertebral disk
is a kind of skeletal structure
is a part of axial skeleton

• back(n = noun.artifact) binding, book binding, cover - the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book; "the book had a leather binding"
is a part of book, volume
has particulars: half binding, three-quarter binding
is a kind of protection, protective cover, protective covering
Derived form verb back₁₀

• back(n = noun.artifact) - the part of a garment that covers the back of your body; "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back"
is a kind of cloth covering

• back(n = noun.artifact) backrest - a support that you can lean against while sitting; "the back of the dental chair was adjustable"
has particulars: cantle, ladder-back
is a part of car seat, chair
is a kind of support

• back(n = noun.act) - (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage;
is a kind of position
has particulars: line backer, linebacker, field general, quarterback, signal caller, fullback, halfback, tailback, wingback
is a member of backfield, secondary

Adverbial back has 6 senses

• back(r = adv.all) - in or to or toward a former location; "she went back to her parents' house"
• back(r = adv.all) backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards - at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car"
• back(r = adv.all) - in or to or toward an original condition; "he went back to sleep"
• back(r = adv.all) backward - in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward"
Antonym: ahead

• back(r = adv.all) - in reply; "he wrote back three days later"
• back(r = adv.all) - in repayment or retaliation; "we paid back everything we had borrowed"; "he hit me and I hit him back"; "I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher"

Verb back has 10 senses

• back(v = verb.social) endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support - be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"
is one way to approve, o.k., okay, sanction
Derived form noun backing₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

• back(v = verb.motion) - travel backward; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree"
is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

• back(v = verb.social) endorse, indorse, second - give support or one's approval to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project"
is one way to back up, support
Derived form noun backing₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• back(v = verb.motion) - cause to travel backward; "back the car into the parking spot"
Antonym: advance
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

• back(v = verb.possession) - support financial backing for; "back this enterprise"
is one way to finance
Derived forms noun backer₁, noun backing₁, noun backing₃
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue back the movie

• back(v = verb.stative) - be in back of; "My garage backs their yard"
is one way to lie
Derived form noun back₂
Antonym: front
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

• back(v = verb.competition) bet on, gage, game, punt, stake - place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse"
is one way to bet, play, wager
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s on something

• back(v = verb.change) - shift to a counterclockwise direction; "the wind backed"
is one way to change over, shift, switch
Antonym: veer
Sample sentence:
Something ----s

• back(v = verb.change) back up - establish as valid or genuine; "Can you back up your claims?"
is one way to affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• back(v = verb.change) - strengthen by providing with a back or backing;
is one way to strengthen
Derived forms noun back₆, noun backing₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

Adjective back has 3 senses

• back(a = adj.all) - related to or located at the back; "the back yard"; "the back entrance"
Antonym: front

• back(s = adj.all) hind, hinder - located at or near the back of an animal; "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass"
• back(s = adj.all) - of an earlier date; "back issues of the magazine"

CIDE DICTIONARY

back, a. 

•  Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements.  [1913 Webster]
•  Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent.  [1913 Webster]
•  Moving or operating backward; as, back action.  [1913 Webster]

Back blocks, Australian pastoral country which is remote from the seacoast or from a river. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] -- Back charges, charges brought forward after an account has been made up. -- Back filling (Arch.), the mass of materials used in filling up the space between two walls, or between the inner and outer faces of a wall, or upon the haunches of an arch or vault. -- Back pressure. (Steam Engine) See under Pressure. -- Back rest, a guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work, to steady it in turning. -- Back slang, a kind of slang in which every word is written or pronounced backwards; as, nam for man. -- Back stairs, stairs in the back part of a house; private stairs. Also used adjectively. See Back stairs, Backstairs, and Backstair, in the Vocabulary. -- Back step (Mil.), the retrograde movement of a man or body of men, without changing front. -- Back stream, a current running against the main current of a stream; an eddy. -- To take the back track, to retrace one's steps; to retreat. [Colloq.]

back, v. t. 

•  To get upon the back of; to mount.  [1913 Webster]

  "I will back him [a horse] straight."  [1913 Webster]
•  To place or seat upon the back.  [1913 Webster]

  "Great Jupiter, upon his eagle backed,
  Appeared to me."  [1913 Webster]
•  To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen.  [1913 Webster]
•  To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back books.  [1913 Webster]
•  To adjoin behind; to be at the back of.  [1913 Webster]

  "A garden . . . with a vineyard backed."  [1913 Webster]

  "The chalk cliffs which back the beach."  [1913 Webster]
•  To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.  [1913 Webster]
•  To support; to maintain; to second or strengthen by aid or influence; as, to back a friend.  Macaulay.  [1913 Webster]

  "Have still found it necessary to back and fortify their laws with rewards and punishments."  [1913 Webster]

  "The mate backed the captain manfully."  [1913 Webster]
•  To bet on the success of; -- as, to back a race horse.  [1913 Webster]

To back an anchor (Naut.), to lay down a small anchor ahead of a large one, the cable of the small one being fastened to the crown of the large one. -- To back the field, in horse racing, to bet against a particular horse or horses, that some one of all the other horses, collectively designated “the field”, will win. -- To back the oars, to row backward with the oars. -- To back a rope, to put on a preventer. -- To back the sails, to arrange them so as to cause the ship to move astern. -- To back up, to support; to sustain; as, to back up one's friends. -- To back a warrant (Law), is for a justice of the peace, in the county where the warrant is to be executed, to sign or indorse a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender. -- To back water (Naut.), to reverse the action of the oars, paddles, or propeller, so as to force the boat or ship backward.

back, v. i. 

•  To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back.  [1913 Webster]
•  To change from one quarter to another by a course opposite to that of the sun; -- used of the wind.  [1913 Webster]
•  To stand still behind another dog which has pointed; -- said of a dog.  [1913 Webster]

  "Cleon at first . . . was willing to go; but, finding that he [Nicias] was in earnest, he tried to back out."  [1913 Webster]

To back and fill, to manage the sails of a ship so that the wind strikes them alternately in front and behind, in order to keep the ship in the middle of a river or channel while the current or tide carries the vessel against the wind. Hence: (Fig.) To take opposite positions alternately; to assert and deny. [Colloq.] -- To back out, To back down, to retreat or withdraw from a promise, engagement, or contest; to recede. [Colloq.]

back, adv. [Shortened from aback.].

•  In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back.  [1913 Webster]
•  To the place from which one came; to the place or person from which something is taken or derived; as, to go back for something left behind; to go back to one's native place; to put a book back after reading it.  [1913 Webster]
•  To a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to private life; to go back to barbarism.  [1913 Webster]
•  (Of time) In times past; ago.  Gladstone.  [1913 Webster]
•  Away from contact; by reverse movement.  [1913 Webster]

  "The angel of the Lord . . . came, and rolled back the stone from the door."  [1913 Webster]
•  In concealment or reserve; in one's own possession; as, to keep back the truth; to keep back part of the money due to another.  [1913 Webster]
•  In a state of restraint or hindrance.  [1913 Webster]

  "The Lord hath kept thee back from honor."  [1913 Webster]
•  In return, repayment, or requital.  [1913 Webster]

  "What have I to give you back?"  [1913 Webster]
•  In withdrawal from a statement, promise, or undertaking; as, he took back the offensive words.  [1913 Webster]
•  In arrear; as, to be back in one's rent.  [1913 Webster]

Back and forth, backwards and forwards; to and fro. -- To go back on, to turn back from; to abandon; to betray; as, to go back on a friend; to go back on one's professions. [Colloq.]