break

Verb - sense V

• Transitive
• 1. to destroy the unity, continuity, or arrangement of.
• 2. to interrupt the uniformity or sameness of: to break the monotony.
• 3. to destroy the regularity of: to break a rhythm.
• 4. to discontinue abruptly; interrupt; suspend: to break the silence.
• 5. to put an end to; overcome; to break a siege.
• 6. Electricity to render (a circuit) incomplete; stop the flow of (a current).
• 7. Golf to bend (the wrists) on the back swing. [???]
• Intransitive
• 8. (of a ball) to change direction on bouncing.