“break” in Korean

Meaning in English

1. (noun) the act of breaking something 2. (noun) an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity 3. (noun) a sudden dash 4. (noun) the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool 5. (noun) an escape from jail 6. (noun) a pause from doing something (as work) 7. (noun) any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare 8. (noun) (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving 9. (noun) some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity 10. (noun) an unexpected piece of good luck 11. (noun) the occurrence of breaking 12. (noun) a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) 13. (noun) an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion) 14. (noun) (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other 15. (noun) breaking of hard tissue such as bone 16. (noun) a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something 17. (verb) fracture a bone of 18. (verb) weaken or destroy in spirit or body 19. (verb) diminish or discontinue abruptly 20. (verb) become separated into pieces or fragments 21. (verb) happen 22. (verb) terminate or end 23. (verb) come into being 24. (verb) stop operating or functioning 25. (verb) render inoperable or ineffective 26. (verb) crack; of the male voice in puberty 27. (verb) fall sharply 28. (verb) lessen in force or effect 29. (verb) destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments 30. (verb) make submissive, obedient, or useful 31. (verb) be broken in 32. (verb) change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another 33. (verb) become fractured; break or crack on the surface only 34. (verb) find the solution or key to 35. (verb) find a flaw in 36. (verb) make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret 37. (verb) cease an action temporarily 38. (verb) be released or become known; of news 39. (verb) undergo breaking 40. (verb) interrupt the flow of current in 41. (verb) surpass in excellence 42. (verb) go to pieces 43. (verb) ruin completely 44. (verb) separate from a clinch, in boxing 45. (verb) break a piece from a whole 46. (verb) pierce or penetrate 47. (verb) destroy the completeness of a set of related items 48. (verb) exchange for smaller units of money 49. (verb) become punctured or penetrated 50. (verb) make the opening shot that scatters the balls 51. (verb) force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up 52. (verb) do a break dance 53. (verb) curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves 54. (verb) move away or escape suddenly 55. (verb) scatter or part 56. (verb) emerge from the surface of a body of water 57. (verb) make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing 58. (verb) break down, literally or metaphorically 59. (verb) change directions suddenly 60. (verb) reduce to bankruptcy 61. (verb) act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises 62. (verb) interrupt a continued activity 63. (verb) assign to a lower position; reduce in rank 64. (verb) cause the failure or ruin of 65. (verb) invalidate by judicial action 66. (verb) enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act 67. (verb) discontinue an association or relation; go different ways 68. (verb) happen or take place 69. (verb) fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns 70. (verb) give up 71. (verb) cause to give up a habit 72. (verb) vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity 73. (verb) come forth or begin from a state of latency 74. (verb) come to an end (of an event) 75. (verb) put an end to a state or an activity

Definition: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0)