(Homonym: brake).
1. The occurrence of breaking.
2. A sudden dash.
3. An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; SYN. interruption, disruption, gap.
4. An escape from jail; SYN. breakout, jailbreak, gaolbreak, prisonbreak, prison-breaking.
5. An unexpected piece of good luck; SYN. good luck, happy chance.
6. (Tennis) A score consisting of winning a game when one's opponent was serving; SYN. break of serve.
7. The opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool. + prikaži više

1. A crack in a lip caused usually by cold.
2. A boy or man; SYN. fellow, lad, gent, fella, blighter, cuss.
3. (Usually in the plural) Leather leggings without a seat; joined by a belt; often have flared outer flaps; worn over trousers by cowboys to protect their legs.

1. Backbone of an animal.
2. Cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone.
The intersection of the middle and sides of a boat
backbone; cut of meat adjoining backbone; saddle; ridge; small ravine.

1. A narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall.
2. A short light metallic sound; SYN. click, clink.
3. Offensive terms for a person of Chinese descent; SYN. Chinaman.

ETYM Old Eng. clift; cf. Swed. klyft cave, den, Icel. kluft cleft, Dan. klöft, German kluft. Related to Cleave to split and cf. Clift, Clough.
A split or indentation in something (as the palate or chin).

Dried, unopened flower bud of the clove tree Eugenia caryophyllus. A member of the myrtle family Myrtaceae, the clove tree is a native of the Maluku. Cloves are used for flavoring in cooking and confectionery. Oil of cloves, which has tonic and carminative qualities, is employed in medicine. The aromatic quality of cloves is shared to a large degree by the leaves, bark, and fruit of the tree.
1. Aromatic flower bud of a clove tree; yields a spice.
2. Spice from dried unopened flower bud of the clove tree; used whole or ground.
3. One of the small bulblets that can be split off of the axis of a larger garlic bulb; SYN. garlic clove.
4. Moderate sized very symmetrical red-flowered evergreen widely cultivated in the tropics for its flower buds which are source of cloves; SYN. clove tree, Syzygium aromaticum, Eugenia aromaticum, Eugenia caryophyllatum. + prikaži više

1. A long narrow opening; SYN. cleft, crevice, fissure, scissure.
2. A mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something; SYN. check, chip.
3. A usually brief attempt; SYN. fling, go, pass, whirl, offer.
4. A sudden sharp noise; SYN. cracking.
5. A purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted. + prikaži više

ETYM Cf. Icel. krâka crow, krâkr raven, Swed. kraka, Dan. krage; perh. of imitative origin. Related to Crow.
Any of several short-billed Old World rails.
Any of several small birds related to the corncrake.

ETYM French cran notch, prob. from Latin crena (a doubful word).
A small opening or crevice (especially in a rock face or wall).

ETYM French See Crevice.
A deep fissure.
Deep chasm in glacier.
Deep crack in the surface of a glacier; it can reach several meters in depth. Crevasses often occur where a glacier flows over the break of a slope, because the upper layers of ice are unable to stretch and cracks result. Crevasses may also form at the edges of glaciers owing to friction with the bedrock. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. crevace, crevice. French crevasse, from crever to break, burst, from Latin crepare to crack,break. Related to Craven, Crepitate, Crevasse.
A long narrow depression in a surface; SYN. cranny, crack, fissure, chap.

A sharp cleavage; disunion, separation .

ETYM Latin fissura, from findere, fissum, to cleave, split; akin to Eng. bite: cf. French fissure.
(Anatomy) A long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes.
(Homonym: fisher).

ETYM Old Eng. flai, flaw flake; cf. Swed. flaga flaw, crack, breach, flake, Dutch vlaag gust of wind, Norw. flage, flaag, and Eng. flag a flat stone.
1. A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or fabrication.
2. A defect; a fault.
3. A shortcoming, especially in moral character.

ETYM Latin fractura, from frangere, fractum, to break: cf. French fracture. Related to Fraction.
Break in the continuity of a bone, with or without displacement of any fragments. It may be pathological, the result of a relatively mild injury to an already diseased bone (as in osteomalacia and Paget's disease), or, more often, it is the result of an injury to healthy bone.
Types of fracture.
A clean break that does little damage to the surrounding tissues and leaves the overlying skin intact is known as a simple fracture. An open or compound fracture is one where the skin is broken, exposing the site to the air. A comminuted fracture is one where the bone is broken into more than two pieces, usually the result of a crushing injury. An incomplete break in a long bone of a child is known as a greenstick fracture.
Treatment.
Treatment is by reduction (manipulation) with or without some form of fixation or traction. Fractures also need to be immobilized, usually by some form of splintage such as plaster of Paris. Healing of broken bones is known as union. It depends on the formation of callus that serves as a natural bone cement.
A genetically engineered protein that triggers the regrowth of bone was undergoing tests 1994 for use in healing non-union fractures where the two parts of a broken bone fail to join up.
1. Breaking of hard tissue such as bone; SYN. break.
2. The act of cracking something; SYN. crack, cracking. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. gap; cf. Icel. gap an empty space, Swed. gap mouth, breach, abyss, Dan. gab mouth, opening, AS. geap expanse; as adj, wide, spacious. Related to Gape.
1. A conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures; SYN. spread.
2. A narrow opening; SYN. crack.

ETYM Latin, from hiare, hiatum, to gape; akin to Eng. yawn. Related to Yawn.
(Irregular plural: hiatuses).
1. A gap, in time or in space.
2. An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm; esp., a defect in a manuscript, where some part is lost or effaced; a space where something is wanting; a break.
Gap; pause, especially between vowels. + prikaži više

ETYM Latin interstitium a pause, interval; inter between + sistere to set, from stare to stand: cf. French interstice. Related to Stand.
1. A small structural space between tissues or parts of an organ.
2. Small opening between things.
3. Small opening or space, especially intervening.

ETYM Akin to Dutch lek leaky, a leak, German leck, Icel. lekr leaky, Dan. laek leaky, a leak, Swed. läck; cf. as. hlec full of cracks or leaky. Related to Leak.
(Homonym: leek).
1. An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.
2. Unauthorized (esp. deliberate) disclosure of confidential information.
3. Soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi.
4. (Slang) A euphemism for urination; SYN. wetting, making water, passing water. + prikaži više

ETYM Cf. Dutch lekkage.
A leak; also, the quantity that enters or is lost by leaking.
In economics, money that leaves the circular flow of income. The three main leakages are usually said to be savings, taxes, and imports.

1. An open or empty space in or between things; SYN. gap.
2. A vacant or unobstructed space
3. A ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise.
4. Opportunity especially for employment or promotion
5. The act of opening something
6. The first performance (as of a theatrical production); SYN. opening night, curtain raising.
7. The initial part of the introduction
8. Becoming open or being made open + prikaži više

1. A feeble shrill sound; cheep
2. A slight utterance especially of complaint or protest
3. Any of several small sandpipers
4. A first glimpse or faint appearance
5. A brief look; glance; a furtive look

1. A regular payment by a tenant to a landlord for use of some property.
2. The act of rending or ripping or splitting something; SYN. rip, split.
3. Obligatory payment for hiring property, made by a tenant to a landlord under the terms of a lease or tenancy agreement.

ETYM Written also reft.
1. A gap between cloud masses.
2. A narrow fissure in rock.

1. Arrangement of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel; SYN. rigging.
2. Equipment, including necessary machinery, for a particular enterprise.

ETYM Latin ruptura, from rumpere, ruptum to break: cf. French rupture. Related to Reave, Rout a defeat.
In medicine, another name for hernia.
1. A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions); SYN. breach, break, severance, rift, falling out.
2. State of being torn or burst open.
3. The act of making a sudden noisy break. + prikaži više

Unit of time equal to a hundred-millionth of a second, used in describing nuclear processes.
In music, an alternate name for trill, in which two adjacent notes rapidly alternate.
1. The act or result of shaking; a vacillating or wavering motion; a rapid motion one way and other; a trembling or quaking.
2. A fissure or crack in timber, caused by its being dried too suddenly.
3. A fissure in rock or earth.
4. A milkshake. + prikaži više

ETYM as. slite.
1. A long narrow opening.
2. A narrow fissure.

1. A small slit (as for inserting a coin or depositing mail).
2. A small opening in which anything may be inserted
3. A position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable
4. (Computers) A socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board; SYN. expansion slot.
5. A slot machine that is used for gambling; SYN. one-armed bandit.
6. The trail of an animal (especially a deer). + prikaži više

ETYM andradic;170. Related to Spell a splinter.
1. A sudden drop from an upright position; SYN. tumble, fall.
2. Liquid that is spilled.
3. The act of allowing a fluid to escape; SYN. spillage, release.

1. A lengthwise crack in some substance, such as wood
2. A promised or claimed share of loot or money
3. An increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity; SYN. stock split, split up.
4. (Tenpin bowling) A divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl
5. Extending the legs at right angles to the trunks (one in front and the other in back).
6. A dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts.
7. A bottle containing half the usual amount. + prikaži više

ETYM as. spring a fountain, a leap. Related to Spring.
1. In geology, a natural flow of water from the ground, formed at the point of intersection of the water table and the ground's surface. The source of water is rain that has percolated through the overlying rocks. During its underground passage, the water may have dissolved mineral substances that may then be precipitated at the spring (hence, a mineral spring). A spring may be continuous or intermittent, and depends on the position of the water table and the topography (surface features).
2. A natural flow of ground water; SYN. fountain, outflow, outpouring, natural spring.
3. A point at which water issues forth.
4. The season of growth; SYN. springtime. + prikaži više

Groove or furrow, an anatomical groove, channel, or depression; especially; one between the base of the tongue and the epiglottis.