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breaking
(encz) | breaking,lámání |
breaking
(encz) | breaking,rozbíjení n: Pajosh |
Breaking
(gcide) | Break \Break\ (br[=a]k), v. t. [imp. broke (br[=o]k), (Obs.
Brake); p. p. Broken (br[=o]"k'n), (Obs. Broke); p. pr.
& vb. n. Breaking.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS.
brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to
creak, Sw. braka, br[aum]kka to crack, Dan. br[ae]kke to
break, Goth. brikan to break, L. frangere. Cf. Bray to
pound, Breach, Fragile.]
1. 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.
--Shak.
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2. To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a
package of goods.
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3. To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or
communicate.
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Katharine, break thy mind to me. --Shak.
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4. To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise.
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Out, out, hyena! these are thy wonted arts . . .
To break all faith, all vows, deceive, betray.
--Milton
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5. 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.
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Go, release them, Ariel;
My charms I'll break, their senses I'll restore.
--Shak.
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6. To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as,
to break a set.
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7. To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to
pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British
squares.
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8. To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments.
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The victim broke in pieces the musical instruments
with which he had solaced the hours of captivity.
--Prescott.
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9. To exchange for other money or currency of smaller
denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill.
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10. To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as,
to break flax.
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11. To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind.
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An old man, broken with the storms of state.
--Shak.
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12. To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a
fall or blow.
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I'll rather leap down first, and break your fall.
--Dryden.
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13. To impart, as news or information; to broach; -- with to,
and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as,
to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose
cautiously to a friend.
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14. To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to
discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or
saddle. "To break a colt." --Spenser.
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Why, then thou canst not break her to the lute?
--Shak.
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15. To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to
ruin.
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With arts like these rich Matho, when he speaks,
Attracts all fees, and little lawyers breaks.
--Dryden.
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16. To destroy the official character and standing of; to
cashier; to dismiss.
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I see a great officer broken. --Swift.
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Note: With prepositions or adverbs:
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To break down.
(a) To crush; to overwhelm; as, to break down one's
strength; to break down opposition.
(b) To remove, or open a way through, by breaking; as, to
break down a door or wall.
To break in.
(a) To force in; as, to break in a door.
(b) To train; to discipline; as, a horse well broken in.
To break of, to rid of; to cause to abandon; as, to break
one of a habit.
To break off.
(a) To separate by breaking; as, to break off a twig.
(b) To stop suddenly; to abandon. "Break off thy sins by
righteousness." --Dan. iv. 27.
To break open, to open by breaking. "Open the door, or I
will break it open." --Shak.
To break out, to take or force out by breaking; as, to
break out a pane of glass.
To break out a cargo, to unstow a cargo, so as to unload it
easily.
To break through.
(a) To make an opening through, as, as by violence or the
force of gravity; to pass violently through; as, to
break through the enemy's lines; to break through the
ice.
(b) To disregard; as, to break through the ceremony.
To break up.
(a) To separate into parts; to plow (new or fallow
ground). "Break up this capon." --Shak. "Break up
your fallow ground." --Jer. iv. 3.
(b) To dissolve; to put an end to. "Break up the court."
--Shak.
To break (one) all up, to unsettle or disconcert
completely; to upset. [Colloq.]
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Note: With an immediate object:
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To break the back.
(a) To dislocate the backbone; hence, to disable totally.
(b) To get through the worst part of; as, to break the
back of a difficult undertaking.
To break bulk, to destroy the entirety of a load by
removing a portion of it; to begin to unload; also, to
transfer in detail, as from boats to cars.
To break a code to discover a method to convert coded
messages into the original understandable text.
To break cover, to burst forth from a protecting
concealment, as game when hunted.
To break a deer or To break a stag, to cut it up and
apportion the parts among those entitled to a share.
To break fast, to partake of food after abstinence. See
Breakfast.
To break ground.
(a) To open the earth as for planting; to commence
excavation, as for building, siege operations, and
the like; as, to break ground for a foundation, a
canal, or a railroad.
(b) Fig.: To begin to execute any plan.
(c) (Naut.) To release the anchor from the bottom.
To break the heart, to crush or overwhelm (one) with grief.
To break a house (Law), to remove or set aside with
violence and a felonious intent any part of a house or of
the fastenings provided to secure it.
To break the ice, to get through first difficulties; to
overcome obstacles and make a beginning; to introduce a
subject.
To break jail, to escape from confinement in jail, usually
by forcible means.
To break a jest, to utter a jest. "Patroclus . . . the
livelong day breaks scurril jests." --Shak.
To break joints, to lay or arrange bricks, shingles, etc.,
so that the joints in one course shall not coincide with
those in the preceding course.
To break a lance, to engage in a tilt or contest.
To break the neck, to dislocate the joints of the neck.
To break no squares, to create no trouble. [Obs.]
To break a path, road, etc., to open a way through
obstacles by force or labor.
To break upon a wheel, to execute or torture, as a criminal
by stretching him upon a wheel, and breaking his limbs
with an iron bar; -- a mode of punishment formerly
employed in some countries.
To break wind, to give vent to wind from the anus.
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Syn: To dispart; rend; tear; shatter; batter; violate;
infringe; demolish; destroy; burst; dislocate.
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breaking
(gcide) | breaking \breaking\ adj.
1. p. pr. & vb. n. of break, v. i.
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2. (Journalism) Still happening or becoming known at the
present time; -- used of news reports; as, breaking news;
a breaking story.
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breaking
(gcide) | breaking \break"ing\ n.
The act of breaking something.
Syn: breakage, break.
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breaking
(wn) | breaking
n 1: the act of breaking something; "the breakage was
unavoidable" [syn: breakage, break, breaking] |
BREAKING
(bouvier) | BREAKING. Parting or dividing by force and violence a solid substance, or
piercing, penetrating, or bursting through the same.
2. In cases of burglary and house-breaking, the removal, of any part of
the house, or of the fastenings provided to secure it, with violence and a
felonious intent, is called a breaking.
3. The breaking is actual, as in the above case; or constructive, as
when the burglar or house-breaker gains an entry by fraud, conspiracy or
threats. 2 Russ. on Cr. 2; 2 Chit. Cr. Law, 1092; 1 Hale, P. C. 553; Alis.
Prin. 282, 291. In England it has been decided that if the sash of a window
be partly open, but not sufficiently so to admit a person, the raising of it
so as to admit a person is not a breaking of the house. 1 Moody, Cr. Cas.
178. No reasons are assigned. It is difficult to conceive, if this case be
law, what further opening will amount to a breaking. But see 1 Moody, Cr.
Cas. 327, 377; and Burglary.
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recordbreaking
(mass) | record-breaking
- rekordný |
backbreaking
(encz) | backbreaking,únavný adj: Zdeněk Brožbackbreaking,vyčerpávající adj: Zdeněk Brož |
breaking news
(encz) | breaking news,aktuality [id.] kavol |
breaking point
(encz) | breaking point,bod zlomu |
fast-breaking
(encz) | fast-breaking, adj: |
groundbreaking
(encz) | groundbreaking,průkopnický adj: Pino |
groundbreaking ceremony
(encz) | groundbreaking ceremony, n: |
heartbreaking
(encz) | heartbreaking,srdcervoucí adj: Zdeněk Brož |
housebreaking
(encz) | housebreaking,vykrádání bytů Zdeněk Brož |
law-breaking
(encz) | law-breaking, n: |
lawbreaking
(encz) | lawbreaking,porušování zákonů n: Zdeněk Brož |
power breaking
(encz) | power breaking,silové přerážení n: [sport.] Ivan Masár |
prison-breaking
(encz) | prison-breaking, n: |
record-breaking
(encz) | record-breaking,rekordní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
strike-breaking
(encz) | strike-breaking,stávkokazectví n: Zdeněk Brož |
strikebreaking
(encz) | strikebreaking,stávkokazectví n: Zdeněk Brož |
the breaking point
(encz) | the breaking point, |
arduous backbreaking back-breaking grueling gruelling hard heavy laborious labourious punishing slavish strenuous toilsome
(gcide) | effortful \effortful\ adj.
1. requiring great physical effort. Opposite of effortless.
[Narrower terms: {arduous, backbreaking, back-breaking,
grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, labourious,
punishing, slavish, strenuous, toilsome}; {exhausting,
tiring, wearing, wearying}] Also See: difficult, hard.
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Breaking
(gcide) | Break \Break\ (br[=a]k), v. t. [imp. broke (br[=o]k), (Obs.
Brake); p. p. Broken (br[=o]"k'n), (Obs. Broke); p. pr.
& vb. n. Breaking.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS.
brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to
creak, Sw. braka, br[aum]kka to crack, Dan. br[ae]kke to
break, Goth. brikan to break, L. frangere. Cf. Bray to
pound, Breach, Fragile.]
1. 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.
--Shak.
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2. To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a
package of goods.
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3. To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or
communicate.
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Katharine, break thy mind to me. --Shak.
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4. To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise.
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Out, out, hyena! these are thy wonted arts . . .
To break all faith, all vows, deceive, betray.
--Milton
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5. 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.
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Go, release them, Ariel;
My charms I'll break, their senses I'll restore.
--Shak.
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6. To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as,
to break a set.
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7. To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to
pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British
squares.
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8. To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments.
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The victim broke in pieces the musical instruments
with which he had solaced the hours of captivity.
--Prescott.
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9. To exchange for other money or currency of smaller
denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill.
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10. To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as,
to break flax.
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11. To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind.
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An old man, broken with the storms of state.
--Shak.
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12. To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a
fall or blow.
[1913 Webster]
I'll rather leap down first, and break your fall.
--Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
13. To impart, as news or information; to broach; -- with to,
and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as,
to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose
cautiously to a friend.
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14. To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to
discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or
saddle. "To break a colt." --Spenser.
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Why, then thou canst not break her to the lute?
--Shak.
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15. To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to
ruin.
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With arts like these rich Matho, when he speaks,
Attracts all fees, and little lawyers breaks.
--Dryden.
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16. To destroy the official character and standing of; to
cashier; to dismiss.
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I see a great officer broken. --Swift.
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Note: With prepositions or adverbs:
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To break down.
(a) To crush; to overwhelm; as, to break down one's
strength; to break down opposition.
(b) To remove, or open a way through, by breaking; as, to
break down a door or wall.
To break in.
(a) To force in; as, to break in a door.
(b) To train; to discipline; as, a horse well broken in.
To break of, to rid of; to cause to abandon; as, to break
one of a habit.
To break off.
(a) To separate by breaking; as, to break off a twig.
(b) To stop suddenly; to abandon. "Break off thy sins by
righteousness." --Dan. iv. 27.
To break open, to open by breaking. "Open the door, or I
will break it open." --Shak.
To break out, to take or force out by breaking; as, to
break out a pane of glass.
To break out a cargo, to unstow a cargo, so as to unload it
easily.
To break through.
(a) To make an opening through, as, as by violence or the
force of gravity; to pass violently through; as, to
break through the enemy's lines; to break through the
ice.
(b) To disregard; as, to break through the ceremony.
To break up.
(a) To separate into parts; to plow (new or fallow
ground). "Break up this capon." --Shak. "Break up
your fallow ground." --Jer. iv. 3.
(b) To dissolve; to put an end to. "Break up the court."
--Shak.
To break (one) all up, to unsettle or disconcert
completely; to upset. [Colloq.]
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Note: With an immediate object:
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To break the back.
(a) To dislocate the backbone; hence, to disable totally.
(b) To get through the worst part of; as, to break the
back of a difficult undertaking.
To break bulk, to destroy the entirety of a load by
removing a portion of it; to begin to unload; also, to
transfer in detail, as from boats to cars.
To break a code to discover a method to convert coded
messages into the original understandable text.
To break cover, to burst forth from a protecting
concealment, as game when hunted.
To break a deer or To break a stag, to cut it up and
apportion the parts among those entitled to a share.
To break fast, to partake of food after abstinence. See
Breakfast.
To break ground.
(a) To open the earth as for planting; to commence
excavation, as for building, siege operations, and
the like; as, to break ground for a foundation, a
canal, or a railroad.
(b) Fig.: To begin to execute any plan.
(c) (Naut.) To release the anchor from the bottom.
To break the heart, to crush or overwhelm (one) with grief.
To break a house (Law), to remove or set aside with
violence and a felonious intent any part of a house or of
the fastenings provided to secure it.
To break the ice, to get through first difficulties; to
overcome obstacles and make a beginning; to introduce a
subject.
To break jail, to escape from confinement in jail, usually
by forcible means.
To break a jest, to utter a jest. "Patroclus . . . the
livelong day breaks scurril jests." --Shak.
To break joints, to lay or arrange bricks, shingles, etc.,
so that the joints in one course shall not coincide with
those in the preceding course.
To break a lance, to engage in a tilt or contest.
To break the neck, to dislocate the joints of the neck.
To break no squares, to create no trouble. [Obs.]
To break a path, road, etc., to open a way through
obstacles by force or labor.
To break upon a wheel, to execute or torture, as a criminal
by stretching him upon a wheel, and breaking his limbs
with an iron bar; -- a mode of punishment formerly
employed in some countries.
To break wind, to give vent to wind from the anus.
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Syn: To dispart; rend; tear; shatter; batter; violate;
infringe; demolish; destroy; burst; dislocate.
[1913 Webster]breaking \breaking\ adj.
1. p. pr. & vb. n. of break, v. i.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. (Journalism) Still happening or becoming known at the
present time; -- used of news reports; as, breaking news;
a breaking story.
[PJC]breaking \break"ing\ n.
The act of breaking something.
Syn: breakage, break.
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code-breaking
(gcide) | code-breaking \code"-break`ing\, n.
A process of discovering the content of an encoded message or
the nature of a code[5]. The method used may be
surreptitious, or may use sophisticated mathematical and
computational techniques to discover the code.
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groundbreaking
(gcide) | groundbreaking \ground"break`ing\ n.
The ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a
construction project. It is sometimes carried out by an
official who digs the first spadeful of dirt from the ground,
to begin the preparatory excavation work.
Syn: groundbreaking ceremony.
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Heartbreaking
(gcide) | Heartbreaking \Heart"break`ing\, a.
Causing overpowering sorrow.
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Housebreaking
(gcide) | Housebreaking \House"break`ing\, n.
The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious
purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day
or night. See Burglary, and To break a house, under
Break.
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Inbreaking
(gcide) | Inbreak \In"break`\, Inbreaking \In"break`ing\, n.
A breaking in; inroad; invasion.
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law-breaking
(gcide) | law-breaking \law-breaking\ n.
1. an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act.
Syn: crime.
[WordNet 1.5] lawbreakerlawbreaker \law"break`er\, law-breaker \law"-break`er\, n.
One who disobeys the law; someone who violates the law; a
criminal.
Syn: violator, lawbreaker, law breaker, perpetrator.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] -- Law"break`ing, n. & a.
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Lawbreaking
(gcide) | law-breaking \law-breaking\ n.
1. an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act.
Syn: crime.
[WordNet 1.5] lawbreakerlawbreaker \law"break`er\, law-breaker \law"-break`er\, n.
One who disobeys the law; someone who violates the law; a
criminal.
Syn: violator, lawbreaker, law breaker, perpetrator.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] -- Law"break`ing, n. & a.
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Oathbreaking
(gcide) | Oathbreaking \Oath"break`ing\, n.
The violation of an oath; perjury. --Shak
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Outbreaking
(gcide) | Outbreaking \Out"break`ing\, n.
1. The act of breaking out.
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2. That which bursts forth.
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Peacebreaking
(gcide) | Peacebreaker \Peace"break`er\, n.
One who disturbs the public peace. -- Peace"break`ing, n.
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Sabbath breaking
(gcide) | Sabbath \Sab"bath\, n. [OE. sabat, sabbat, F. sabbat, L.
sabbatum, Gr. sa`bbaton, fr. Heb. shabb[=a]th, fr. sh[=a]bath
to rest from labor. Cf. Sabbat.]
1. A season or day of rest; one day in seven appointed for
rest or worship, the observance of which was enjoined upon
the Jews in the Decalogue, and has been continued by the
Christian church with a transference of the day observed
from the last to the first day of the week, which is
called also Lord's Day.
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Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. --Ex. xx.
8.
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2. The seventh year, observed among the Israelites as one of
rest and festival. --Lev. xxv. 4.
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3. Fig.: A time of rest or repose; intermission of pain,
effort, sorrow, or the like.
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Peaceful sleep out the sabbath of the tomb. --Pope.
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Sabbath breaker, one who violates the law of the Sabbath.
Sabbath breaking, the violation of the law of the Sabbath.
Sabbath-day's journey, a distance of about a mile, which,
under Rabbinical law, the Jews were allowed to travel on
the Sabbath.
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Syn: Sabbath, Sunday.
Usage: Sabbath is not strictly synonymous with Sunday.
Sabbath denotes the institution; Sunday is the name of
the first day of the week. The Sabbath of the Jews is
on Saturday, and the Sabbath of most Christians on
Sunday. In New England, the first day of the week has
been called "the Sabbath," to mark it as holy time;
Sunday is the word more commonly used, at present, in
all parts of the United States, as it is in England.
"So if we will be the children of our heavenly Father,
we must be careful to keep the Christian Sabbath day,
which is the Sunday." --Homilies.
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backbreaking
(wn) | backbreaking
adj 1: characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion;
especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up
the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor";
"heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours
on the project"; "set a punishing pace" [syn: arduous,
backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy,
laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome] |
breaking and entering
(wn) | breaking and entering
n 1: trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into
premises with criminal intent [syn: housebreaking,
break-in, breaking and entering] |
breaking away
(wn) | breaking away
n 1: the act of breaking away or withdrawing from; "there was a
breakaway by the discontented members"; "a breaking away
from family and neighborhood" [syn: breakaway, {breaking
away}]
2: departing hastily |
breaking ball
(wn) | breaking ball
n 1: a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its
path curves as it approaches the batter [syn: curve,
curve ball, breaking ball, bender] |
breaking off
(wn) | breaking off
n 1: an instance of sudden interruption [syn: breaking off,
abruption] |
breaking point
(wn) | breaking point
n 1: (psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a
situation becomes crucial
2: the degree of tension or stress at which something breaks |
breaking wind
(wn) | breaking wind
n 1: a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus [syn:
fart, farting, flatus, wind, breaking wind] |
fast-breaking
(wn) | fast-breaking
adj 1: occurring rapidly as a series of events in rapid
succession; "the broadcast was interrupted by a fast-
breaking news story about the invasion" |
groundbreaking
(wn) | groundbreaking
adj 1: being or producing something like nothing done or
experienced or created before; "stylistically innovative
works"; "innovative members of the artistic community";
"a mind so innovational, so original" [syn: innovative,
innovational, groundbreaking]
n 1: the ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a
construction project [syn: groundbreaking,
groundbreaking ceremony] |
groundbreaking ceremony
(wn) | groundbreaking ceremony
n 1: the ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a
construction project [syn: groundbreaking,
groundbreaking ceremony] |
heartbreaking
(wn) | heartbreaking
adj 1: causing or marked by grief or anguish; "a grievous loss";
"a grievous cry"; "her sigh was heartbreaking"; "the
heartrending words of Rabin's granddaughter" [syn:
grievous, heartbreaking, heartrending] |
housebreaking
(wn) | housebreaking
n 1: trespassing for an unlawful purpose; illegal entrance into
premises with criminal intent [syn: housebreaking,
break-in, breaking and entering] |
law-breaking
(wn) | law-breaking
n 1: (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered
an evil act; "a long record of crimes" [syn: crime,
offense, criminal offense, criminal offence,
offence, law-breaking] |
prison-breaking
(wn) | prison-breaking
n 1: an escape from jail; "the breakout was carefully planned"
[syn: break, breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak,
prisonbreak, prison-breaking] |
record-breaking
(wn) | record-breaking
adj 1: surpassing any previously established record; "a record-
breaking high jump"; "record-breaking crowds" |
strikebreaking
(wn) | strikebreaking
n 1: confrontational activities intended to break up a strike by
workers |
BREAKING
(bouvier) | BREAKING. Parting or dividing by force and violence a solid substance, or
piercing, penetrating, or bursting through the same.
2. In cases of burglary and house-breaking, the removal, of any part of
the house, or of the fastenings provided to secure it, with violence and a
felonious intent, is called a breaking.
3. The breaking is actual, as in the above case; or constructive, as
when the burglar or house-breaker gains an entry by fraud, conspiracy or
threats. 2 Russ. on Cr. 2; 2 Chit. Cr. Law, 1092; 1 Hale, P. C. 553; Alis.
Prin. 282, 291. In England it has been decided that if the sash of a window
be partly open, but not sufficiently so to admit a person, the raising of it
so as to admit a person is not a breaking of the house. 1 Moody, Cr. Cas.
178. No reasons are assigned. It is difficult to conceive, if this case be
law, what further opening will amount to a breaking. But see 1 Moody, Cr.
Cas. 327, 377; and Burglary.
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BREAKING DOORS
(bouvier) | BREAKING DOORS. The act of forcibly removing the fastenings of a house, so
that a person may enter.
2. It is a maxim that every man's house is his castle, and it is
protected from every unlawful invasion. An officer having a lawful process,
of a criminal nature, authorizing him to do so, may break an outer door, if
upon making a demand of admittance it is refused. The house may also be
broken open for the purpose of executing a writ of habere facias
possessionem. 5 Co. 93; Bac. Ab. Sheriff, N 3.
3. The house protects the owner from the service of all civil process
in the first instance, but not, if once lawfully arrested, he takes refuge
in his own house; in that case the officer may pursue him, and break open
any door for the Purpose. Foster, 320; 1 Rolle's R. 138 Cro. Jac. 555. Vide
Door; House.
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PRISON BREAKING
(bouvier) | PRISON BREAKING. The act by which a prisoner, by force and violence, escapes
from a place where he is lawfully in custody. This is an offence at common
law.
2. To constitute this offence, there must be, 1. A lawful commitment of
the prisoner; vide Regular and Irregular process. 2. An actual breach with
force and violence of the prison, (q.v.) by the prisoner himself or by
others with his privity and procurement. Russ. & Ry. 458; 1 Russ. Cr. 380.
3. The prisoner must escape. 2 Hawk. P. C. c. 18, s. 12; vide 1 Hale P. C.
607; 4 Bl. Com. 130; 2 Insts. 500; 2 Swift's Dig. 327; Alis. Prin. 555;
Dalloz, Dict. mot Effraction.
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