Словарь английских синонимов и синонимичных выражений. Том I. A – I.
Шрифт:
Break, v. n. 1. Be shattered, be shivered, be dashed to pieces.
2. Burst, explode.
3. Open, dawn, appear.
4. Become bankrupt.
5. Decline, low health or strength.
Break, n. 1. Breach, opening, gap, fissure, rent, rift, chasm, rupture, fracture.
2. Interruption, pause, caesura.
3. Dawn, dawning.
Break away, 1. Escape (against resistance), break loose.
2. Be scattered, be dissipated.
Break-bone fever, Dengue, dandy-fever.
Break bulk, Begin to unload.
Break down, (Active.) Crush, overwhelm, overcome.
Break down, (Neuter.) Fall, give out.
Breaker, n. Wave, surge, billow.
Break faith, Be faithless, be perfidious, falsify one's word.
Break forth, Issue, burst out, break out.
Break ground, Begin, commence operations.
Break jail, Escape from jail.
Break in, 1. Make an irruption.
2. Intrude one's self, take up the discourse, begin to speak.
Breaking, n. Rupture, fracture.
Break of day, Dawn, dawning, daybreak, morning, cockcrowing, morn, dayspring, peep of day, prime of day, first blush of the morning.
Break off, 1. Be ruptured.
2. Desist, cease, stop, leave off.
Break out, Issue, break forth, burst out.
Break the ice, Make a beginning, prepare the way, open a way.
Breakwater, n. Jetty, pier, mole.
Break with, Fall out, part friendship with.
Breast, n. 1. Bosom.
2. Heart, conscience, seat of the affections.
3. Mamma, teat, dug, udder.
Breast, v. a. Face, stem, withstand, oppose, resist, bare the breast against.
Breast bone, n. Sternum.
Breastwork, n. (Fort.) Parapet.
Breath, n. 1. Air inspired and expired.
2. Life, existence, animation, breath of life, vital spark.
3. Respite, pause, rest.
Breathe, v. n. 1. Respire.
2. Live, exist.
3. Pause, rest, take breath, have a respite.
Breathe, v. a. 1. Inspire and expire.
2. Exhale, emit, give out, throw out.
3. Whisper, utter softly.
4. Indicate, manifest, express, show.
Breathe in, Inhale, draw into the lungs.
Breathe out, Expire, force out of the lungs.
Breathing, n. 1. Respiration.
2. Aspiration, wish, desire, longing, craving, yearning.
Breathing, a. Living, alive, live, not dead.
Breathing-hole, n. Vent-hole.
Breathless, a. 1. Out of breath.
2. Dead, lifeless, defunct.
Breech, n. Hinder part, after part.
Breech-band, n. Breeching.
Breeches, n. pl. 1. Small-clothes.
2. Trousers, pantaloons.
Breeching, n. Breech-band.
Breed, v. a. 1. Nourish, nurture, foster, bring up.
2. Discipline, educate, instruct, train, teach, school.
3. Beget, get, procreate, engender, generate, produce.
4. Originate, occasion, give rise to, be the cause of.
Breed, v. n. 1. Bring forth young, produce offspring.
2. Be born, be produced.
Breed, n. Race (of animals), lineage, pedigree, progeny, stock.
Breeding, n. 1. Nurture, education, discipline, instruction, training, schooling.
2. Deportment, manners.
Breeze, n. Zephyr, air, gentle gale, moderate wind, light wind.
2. Quarrel, disturbance, commotion, noise, tumult, uproar, stir, agitation.
Bregma, n. (Anat.) Sinciput, top of the head.
Brent, n. Brant, brand-goose (Anser bernicla).
Brett, n. Britzska.
Breviary, n. 1. Abridgment, epitome, compend, compendium, summary, synopsis, syllabus, abstract, digest, brief, conspectus, outline, sum and substance.
2. Prayer-book.
Brevipennate, a. (Ornith.) Short-winged.
Brevity, n. 1. Briefness, shortness.
2. Conciseness, terseness, compression, succinctness, pithiness.
Brew, v. a. 1. Prepare by fermentation.
2. Contrive, plot, devise, project, hatch, concoct, foment, excite, stir up.
Brew, v. n. 1. Make beer.
2. Be gathering, be forming.
Brewery, n. Brew-house.
Bribe, n. Reward of treachery.
Bribe, v. a. Suborn, gain by a bribe, give a bribe to.
Bridal, a. Nuptial, connubial, hymeneal, matrimonial, conjugal.
Bridal, n. Marriage, wedding, nuptials, nuptial festival.
Bridewell, n. Prison, jail, penitentiary, workhouse, house of correction.
Bridle, n. Restraint, curb, check.
Bridle, v. a. Restrain, control, check, curb, control, govern.
Brief, a. 1. Short, concise, succinct, compendious, laconic, curt.
2. Transitory, fleeting, transient, temporary, short-lived, ephemeral.
Brief, n. 1. Epitome, compendium, summary, synopsis, syllabus, abstract, breviary, abridgment, conspectus.
2. Pontifical letter, papal rescript.
3. (Law.) Writ, precept.
Briefly, ad. Concisely, in short, in brief, in a few words.
Brigand, n. Robber, highwayman, free-booter, marauder, outlaw, bandit.
Bright, a. 1. Luminous, shining, resplendent, glowing, lustrous, beaming, gleaming, radiant, brilliant, effulgent, refulgent, splendid, beamy, silvery, argent.
2. Clear, transparent, lucid, pellucid, limpid.
3. Illustrious, glorious, famous.
4. Acute, ingenious, discerning, keen, intelligent.