English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Breach (v. i.)

To break the water, as by leaping out; -- said of a whale.

Breach (v. t.)

To make a breach or opening in; as, to breach the walls of a city.

Breach (n.)

A breaking out upon; an assault.

Breach (n.)

A hernia; a rupture.

Breach (n.)

A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture.

Breach (n.)

A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf.

Breach (n.)

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.

Breach (n.)

The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

Breach (n.)

A bruise; a wound.

Breached (imp. & p. p.)

of Breach

Breaching (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Breach

Breachy (a.)

Apt to break fences or to break out of pasture; unruly; as, breachy cattle.

Bread (a.)

To spread.

Bread (v. t.)

To cover with bread crumbs, preparatory to cooking; as, breaded cutlets.

Bread (n.)

Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.

Bread (n.)

An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening, kneading, and baking.

Breadbasket (n.)

The stomach.

Breadcorn

Corn of grain of which bread is made, as wheat, rye, etc.

Breaded (a.)

Braided

Breaden (a.)

Made of bread.