slovo | definícia |
broke (mass) | broke
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broke (encz) | broke,break/broke/broken v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
broke (encz) | broke,na mizině Zdeněk Brož |
broke (encz) | broke,rozbil v: Zdeněk Brož |
broke (encz) | broke,úplně bez peněz [hovor.] |
broke (encz) | broke,zlomen n: Zdeněk Brož |
broke (encz) | broke,zlomil |
Broke (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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Broke (gcide) | Broke \Broke\ (br[=o]k),
imp. & p. p. of Break.
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Broke (gcide) | Broke \Broke\, v. i. [See Broker, and cf. Brook.]
1. To transact business for another. [R.] --Brome.
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2. To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp. [Obs.]
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We do want a certain necessary woman to broke
between them, Cupid said. --Fanshawe.
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And brokes with all that can in such a suit
Corrupt the tender honor of a maid. --Shak.
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broke (wn) | broke
adj 1: lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term" [syn:
broke, bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke] |
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broken (mass) | broken
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break/broke/broken (msas) | break/broke/broken
- break, broke, broken |
break/broke/broken (msasasci) | break/broke/broken
- break, broke, broken |
all hell broke loose (encz) | all hell broke loose,všichni se prali Zdeněk Brož |
be broke (encz) | be broke,být bez krejcaru |
broke out (encz) | broke out,vypukl Zdeněk Brož |
broken (encz) | broken,break/broke/broken v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překladbroken,lomený adj: Zdeněk Brožbroken,lomový adj: Zdeněk Brožbroken,nefunkční adj: Pinobroken,přerušovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožbroken,rozbit v: Zdeněk Brožbroken,rozbitý adj: Zdeněk Brožbroken,zlámaný adj: Zdeněk Brožbroken,zlomený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
broken dreams (encz) | broken dreams,zklamané naděje Zdeněk Brož |
broken health (encz) | broken health,podlomené zdraví |
broken home (encz) | broken home,narušená rodina broken home,rozvrácená rodina |
broken house (encz) | broken house,narušená rodina broken house,rozvrácená rodina |
broken line (encz) | broken line,přerušovaná čára n: na silnici ap. Pino |
broken marriage (encz) | broken marriage,narušená rodina broken marriage,rozvrácená rodina |
broken reed (encz) | broken reed,nespolehlivý člověk broken reed,zlomená třtina |
broken tea (encz) | broken tea,čajová drť |
broken weather (encz) | broken weather,nestálé počasí |
broken-down (encz) | broken-down,porouchaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
brokenhearted (encz) | brokenhearted,se zlomeným srdcem Zdeněk Brož |
brokenly (encz) | brokenly,lámaně adv: Zdeněk Brožbrokenly,přerušovaně adv: Jaroslav Šedivý |
broker (encz) | broker,dohazovač n: Zdeněk Brožbroker,dojednat v: co, dohodu ap Pinobroker,makléř n: Zdeněk Brožbroker,ujednat v: co, dohodu ap Pinobroker,zprostředkovatel n: Pino |
brokerage (encz) | brokerage,makléřství n: Zdeněk Brožbrokerage,zprostředkovatelská adj: Zdeněk Brož |
brokerage fee (encz) | brokerage fee,makléřská provize Zdeněk Brož |
brokers (encz) | brokers,makléři n: Zdeněk Brožbrokers,zprostředkovatelé n: Zdeněk Brož |
commodity brokerage (encz) | commodity brokerage, n: |
crawl on my hands and knees over broken glass just to see her photo (encz) | crawl on my hands and knees over broken glass just to see her
photo,udělat cokoli pro ... Zdeněk Brož |
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