noun. In worsted-manuf., the process of uniting the short slivers, as received from the comber, into one continuous rope or sliver, by doubling and running through drawing-webs.

noun. [Imitation of German brechung.] In philology, the change of one vowel to two before certain consonants, as, in Anglo-Saxon (where the phenomenon abounds), earm for *arm, arm, eorthe for *erthe, earth, etc.

noun. The act of breaking something.

adjective. p. pr. & vb. n. of break, v. i.

adjective. Still happening or becoming known at the present time; -- used of news reports.

verb. Present participle of break.

noun. A change of a vowel to a diphthong

noun. A form of ornamentation in which groups of short notes are used instead of long ones

noun. break dancing

noun. the act of breaking something

"He shows how frequently this principle is misunderstood by the inexperienced, who seem to think that rubato means breaking the time; whereas true rubato is the _bending_ of the time, but not _breaking_ it."

change of integrity  

chip  chipping  crack  cracking  fracture  

aching  baking  braking  faking  flaking  

break  breakage  crumblement  disruption  fraction  

break  

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