![]() I must end it before the break of dawn and the time now was after two in the morning. Horns hooting, engines belching, they flowed through the break in the dam which had held them back.īut I do not have the time to proceed further with this farce. The word has dozens of definitions in its uses as a noun and verb, ranging from “the opening shot in a game of pool or billiards” to “(of cream) to separate during churning into liquid and fat.” Among the more common noun senses are “a respite from work, school, or duty,” “a gap or opening caused or appearing as if caused by damage,” and “emergence from darkness.”ĭuring supper, now a quiet affair, he announced: ‘Ginny dear, don't you think we should take a break? I mean, go away for a while?’ by Adrian Adams), 1983 Meaning and Usage of 'Break' as a Nounīreak is a considerably more complex word, in terms of its possible range of meanings. Ousmane Sembène, The Last of the Empire (trans. She pulled over to the right, then moved out to the left, braked to let a man cross carrying a huge basket from which protruded fish heads and tails. Mongo Beti, Perpetua and the Habit of Unhappiness (trans. When used as a verb brake carries such meanings as “to operate or manage a brake especially, to apply the brake on a vehicle,” and “to become checked by a brake.”Įssola had not been taken by surprise when his neighbour braked so suddenly and had prepared for it by gripping his seat. Beti Mongo, King Lazarus, 1970 Meaning and Usage of 'Brake' as a Verb Dominic Chola Mulaisho, The Smoke That Thunders, 1979īeing rather a coward and less angry than he pretended, he was careful to put the brakes on, so to speak, before the two old men and his mother came in front of his target. As a noun it has such meanings as “a device for arresting or preventing the motion of a mechanism usually by means of friction” or “something used to slow down or stop movement or activity.” Meaning and Usage of 'Brake' as a Nounīrake is frequently used in the sense of slowing or stopping movement. However in cases such as brake and break the two words not only sound identical, they happen to look very similar, and occupy the same parts of speech. In some cases, as with seller & cellar, or eight & ate, the spelling differences can aid in distinguishing between them, and in others (as with beet & beat) the fact that they are different parts of speech may help. Homophones are tricky little things for many people. ![]()
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