Vocabulary : Breadthways to Breakdown

Breadthways : Breadthwise.
Breadthwinner : The member of a family whose labor supplies the food of the family; one who works for his living.
Breadthwise : In the direction of the breadth.
Break : To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock. ;; To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods. ;; To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate. ;; To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise. ;; To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey. ;; To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set. ;; To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares. ;; To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments. ;; To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill. ;; To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax. ;; To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind. ;; To diminish the forc
Breakable : Capable of being broken.
Breakage : The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles broken. ;; An allowance or compensation for things broken accidentally, as in transportation or use.
Breakaway : A wild rush of sheep, cattle, horses, or camels (especially at the smell or the sight of water); a stampede. ;; An animal that breaks away from a herd.
Breakbone fever : See Dengue.
Break-circuit : A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit.
Breakdown : The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall. ;; A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, as among the colored people of the Southern United States, and so called, perhaps, because the exercise is continued until most of those who take part in it break down. ;; Any rude, noisy dance performed by shuffling the feet, usually by one person at a time.
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