2. Verb. (third-person singular of break#Verb break) ¹
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Definition of Breaks
1. break [v] - See also: break
Lexicographical Neighbors of Breaks
Literary usage of Breaks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. OECD Economic Surveys: Hungary by OECD Staff (2005)
"Whatever the nature of the increase, international evidence suggests the size of
impacts on R&D of tax-breaks are low. In a review of the evidence, ..."
2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... 510 Far-out the wave is crested, but anon breaks, thundering on the coast,
and over-arch'd Curls round the headlands, flinging far the foam ; Legion on ..."
3. Transactions by American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Metallurgical Society of AIME, Society of Mining Engineers of AIME., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.). (1918)
"These breaks are summarized and classified by rail letter in Table 4. TABLE 4.—breaks
Summarized NOTE.—Two B rails, one C rail and one D rail showed breaks, ..."
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