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Phonetic: "/æɪ/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: The name of the Latin script letter A/a.

Phonetic: "/ˈbɹəʊkən/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.

Example: If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.

Definition: To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.

Example: Can you break a hundred-dollar bill for me?

Definition: To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.

Example: Her child's death broke Angela.

Definition: To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.

Example: My heart is breaking.

Definition: To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.

Example: I had won four games in a row, but now you've broken my streak of luck.

Definition: To ruin financially.

Example: The recession broke some small businesses.

Definition: To violate, to not adhere to.

Example: He broke his vows by cheating on his wife.

Definition: (of a fever) To pass the most dangerous part of the illness; to go down, in terms of temperature.

Example: Susan's fever broke at about 3 AM, and the doctor said the worst was over.

Definition: (of a spell of settled weather) To end.

Example: The forecast says the hot weather will break by midweek.

Definition: (of a storm) To begin; to end.

Example: Around midday the storm broke, and the afternoon was calm and sunny.

Definition: (of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive.

Example: Morning has broken.

Definition: To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.

Example: Changing the rules to let white have three extra queens would break chess.

Definition: To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.

Example: Did you two break the trolley by racing with it?

Definition: To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.

Example: break a seal

Definition: To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.

Example: The cavalry were not able to break the British squares.

Definition: (of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.

Definition: To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.

Definition: To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily.

Example: Let's break for lunch.

Definition: To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.

Example: He survived the jump out the window because the bushes below broke his fall.

Definition: To disclose or make known an item of news, etc.

Example: I don't know how to break this to you, but your cat is not coming back.

Definition: (of a sound) To become audible suddenly.

Definition: To change a steady state abruptly.

Example: His coughing broke the silence.

Definition: To suddenly become.

Example: The arrest was standard, when suddenly the suspect broke ugly.

Definition: Of a male voice, to become deeper at puberty.

Definition: Of a voice, to alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men generally to go up, in women sometimes to go down; to crack.

Example: His voice breaks when he gets emotional.

Definition: To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (a record), setting a new record.

Example: He broke the men's 100-meter record.

Definition: :

Definition: (most often in the passive tense) To demote, to reduce the military rank of.

Definition: To end (a connection), to disconnect.

Example: I couldn't hear a thing he was saying, so I broke the connection and called him back.

Definition: (of an emulsion) To demulsify.

Definition: To counter-attack

Definition: To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.

Definition: To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.

Definition: To fail in business; to become bankrupt.

Definition: To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.

Example: to break flax

Definition: To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.

Definition: To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait.

Example: to break into a run or gallop

Definition: To fall out; to terminate friendship.

Definition: To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.

Definition: To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.

Phonetic: "/ˈbɹəʊkən/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Fragmented, in separate pieces.

Definition: (of a promise, etc) Breached; violated; not kept.

Example: broken promises of neutrality

Definition: Non-functional; not functioning properly.

Example: I think my doorbell is broken.

Definition: (of a person) Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed.

Example: The bankruptcy and divorce, together with the death of his son, left him completely broken.

Definition: Having no money; bankrupt, broke.

Definition: (of land) Uneven.

Definition: (of a tactic or option) Overpowered; overly powerful; too powerful.

Phonetic: "/daʊn/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A negative aspect; a downer.

Example: I love almost everything about my job. The only down is that I can't take Saturdays off.

Definition: A grudge (on someone).

Definition: An act of swallowing an entire drink at once.

Definition: A single play, from the time the ball is snapped (the start) to the time the whistle is blown (the end) when the ball is down, or is downed.

Example: I bet after the third down, the kicker will replace the quarterback on the field.

Definition: (crosswords) A clue whose solution runs vertically in the grid.

Example: I haven't solved 12 or 13 across, but I've got most of the downs.

Definition: A downstairs room of a two-story house.

Example: She lives in a two-up two-down.

Definition: Down payment.

Phonetic: "/daʊn/"

Part Of Speech: verb

Definition: To knock (someone or something) down; to cause to come down, to fell.

Example: A single rifle shot downed the mighty beast.

Definition: To lower; to put (something) down.

Example: The bell rang for lunch, and the workers downed their tools.

Definition: To defeat; to overpower.

Definition: To disparage, to put down.

Definition: To go or come down; to descend.

Definition: To drink or swallow, especially without stopping before the vessel containing the liquid is empty.

Example: He downed an ale and ordered another.

Definition: To render (the ball) dead, typically by touching the ground while in possession.

Example: He downed it at the seven-yard line.

Definition: (pocket billiards) To sink (a ball) into a hole or pocket.

Example: He downed two balls on the break.

Phonetic: "/daʊn/"

Part Of Speech: adjective

Definition: Sad, unhappy, depressed, feeling low.

Example: Mary seems very down since she split up with her boyfriend.

Definition: (normally in the combination 'down with') Sick or ill.

Example: He is down with the flu.

Definition: At a lower level than before.

Example: Prices are down.

Definition: Having a lower score than an opponent.

Example: At 5–1 down, she produced a great comeback to win the set on a tiebreak.

Definition: (following the noun modified) Out.

Example: Two down and one to go in the bottom of the ninth.

Definition: (with "on") Negative about, hostile to.

Example: Ever since Nixon, I've been down on Republicans.

Definition: Comfortable with, accepting of, approachable.

Example: Are you down to hang out at the mall, Jamal?

Definition: Inoperable; out of order; out of service.

Example: The system is down.

Definition: Finished (of a task); defeated or dealt with (of an opponent or obstacle); elapsed (of time). Often coupled with to go (remaining).

Example: Ten minutes down and nothing's happened yet.

Definition: (police, of a person) Wounded and unable to move normally, or killed.

Example: There are three soldiers down and one walking wounded.

Definition: (of an aircraft) Mechanically failed, collided, shot down, or otherwise suddenly unable to fly.

Example: We have a chopper down near the river.

Definition: Thoroughly practiced, learned or memorised; mastered. (Compare down pat.)

Example: It's two weeks until opening night and our lines are still not down yet.

Definition: Downright; absolute; positive.

Definition: Accepted or respected, especially in the black or thug community.

Example: What you mean, 'No'? Man, I thought you was down.

Definition: Facing downwards.

Phonetic: "/daʊn/"

Part Of Speech: adverb

Definition: From a higher position to a lower one; downwards.

Example: The cat jumped down from the table.

Definition: At a lower or further place or position along a set path.

Example: His place is farther down the road.

Definition: South (as south is at the bottom of typical maps).

Example: I went down to Miami for a conference.

Definition: Away from the city (regardless of direction).

Example: He went down to Cavan.

Definition: At or towards any place that is visualised as 'down' by virtue of local features or local convention, or arbitrarily, irrespective of direction or elevation change.

Example: She lives down by the park.

Definition: Towards the opponent's side (in ball-sports).

Definition: Into a state of non-operation.

Example: The computer has been shut down.

Definition: To a subordinate or less prestigious position or rank.

Example: After the incident, Kelly went down to Second Lieutenant.

Definition: In the direction leading away from the principal terminus, away from milepost zero.

Definition: (sentence substitute) Get down.

Example: Down, boy! (such as to direct a dog to stand on four legs from two, or to sit from standing on four legs.)

Definition: (academia) Away from Oxford or Cambridge.

Example: He's gone back down to Newcastle for Christmas.

Definition: From a remoter or higher antiquity.

Example: These traditions have been handed down over generations.

Definition: So as to lessen quantity, level or intensity.

Example: Please turn the music down!

Definition: So as to reduce size, weight or volume.

Example: Boil the mixture down to a syrupy consistency.

Definition: From less to greater detail.

Example: This spreadsheet lets you drill down to daily or even hourly sales figures.

Definition: So as to secure or compress something to the floor, ground, or other (usually horizontal) surface.

Example: We need to nail down this carpet so people don't keep tripping over it.

Definition: (intensifier) Used with verbs to add emphasis to the action of the verb.

Example: They tamped (down) the asphalt to get a better bond.

Definition: Used with verbs to indicate that the action of the verb was carried to some state of completion, rather than being of indefinite duration.

Example: He boiled the mixture. / He boiled down the mixture.

Phonetic: "/daʊn/"

Part Of Speech: preposition

Definition: From the higher end to the lower of.

Example: The ball rolled down the hill.

Definition: From nouth to south of.

Example: We sailed down the eastern seaboard.

Definition: From one end to another of (in any direction); along.

Example: The bus went down the street.

Definition: At (a given place that is seen as removed from one's present location or other point of reference).

Example: I'll see you later down the pub.

Phonetic: "/kɑː/"

Part Of Speech: noun

Definition: A wheeled vehicle that moves independently, with at least three wheels, powered mechanically, steered by a driver and mostly for personal transportation.

Example: She drove her car to the mall.

Definition: A wheeled vehicle, drawn by a horse or other animal; a chariot.

Definition: An unpowered unit in a railroad train.

Example: The conductor coupled the cars to the locomotive.

Definition: An individual vehicle, powered or unpowered, in a multiple unit.

Example: The 11:10 to London was operated by a 4-car diesel multiple unit.

Definition: A passenger-carrying unit in a subway or elevated train, whether powered or not.

Example: From the frontmost car of the subway, he filmed the progress through the tunnel.

Definition: A rough unit of quantity approximating the amount which would fill a railroad car.

Example: We ordered five hundred cars of gypsum.

Definition: The moving, load-carrying component of an elevator or other cable-drawn transport mechanism.

Example: Fix the car of the express elevator - the door is sticking.

Definition: The passenger-carrying portion of certain amusement park rides, such as Ferris wheels.

Example: The most exciting part of riding a Ferris wheel is when your car goes over the top.

Definition: The part of an airship, such as a balloon or dirigible, which houses the passengers and control apparatus.

Definition: A sliding fitting that runs along a track.

Definition: The aggregate of desirable characteristics of a car.

Example: Buy now! You can get more car for your money.

Definition: A floating perforated box for living fish.