intransitive verb.
To break the water, as by leaping out; -- said of a whale.
transitive verb.
To make a breach or opening in.
noun.
The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
noun.
Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.
noun.
A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture.
noun.
A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf.
noun.
implies that the waves roll over the vessel without breaking.
noun.
implies that everything on deck is swept away.
noun.
A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture.
noun.
A bruise; a wound.
noun.
A hernia; a rupture.
noun.
A breaking out upon; an assault.
noun.
a breaking, or a failure to keep, an expressed or implied promise; a betrayal of confidence or trust.
noun.
disorderly conduct, disturbing the public peace.
noun.
an act or default in violation of the privilege or either house of Parliament, of Congress, or of a State legislature, as, for instance, by false swearing before a committee.
noun.
violation of one's plighted word, esp. of a promise to marry.
noun.
violation of one's duty or faith in a matter entrusted to one.