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Look up breaking in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Breaking or breakin' may refer to: Breaking character (or "corpsing"), to lose composure during comedic
Breaking
American crime drama TV series (2008–2013)
Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, a sequel film starring Paul, was released on Netflix and in selected theaters on October 11, 2019. Breaking Bad follows
Breaking_Bad
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Look up breaking point in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Breaking Point or The Breaking Point may refer to: Breaking point (psychology), a critical moment
Breaking_Point
American rock band
James Klepaski joined Breaking Benjamin. In early 2002, over a dozen record companies visited a two-night showcase where Breaking Benjamin was playing
Breaking_Benjamin
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of shots in snooker Breaking ball, a pitch that does not travel straight like a fastball as it approaches the batter Surf break, place where a wave collapses
Break
Torture device used for capital punishment
The breaking wheel, also known as the execution wheel, the Wheel of Catherine or the (Saint) Catherine('s) Wheel, was a torture method used for public
Breaking_wheel
Act of performing actions in a video game out of order
In computer and video games, sequence breaking is the act of performing actions or obtaining items out of the intended linear order or of skipping "required"
Sequence_breaking
AI-generated country music artist
questioned. Breaking Rust has amassed over 35,000 followers on Instagram, where the character is presented with a cowboy persona. Breaking Rust was developed
Breaking_Rust
Cast of neo-Western crime media franchise
Breaking Bad is a crime drama franchise created by American filmmaker Vince Gilligan. It started with the television series Breaking Bad (2008–13), and
List of characters in the Breaking Bad franchise
List_of_characters_in_the_Breaking_Bad_franchise
Disposal process for scrap
Ship Breaking Yard in India has the largest global share at 30%, followed by Chittagong Ship Breaking Yard in Bangladesh and Gadani Ship Breaking Yard
Ship_breaking
Current issue that has to be reported
Breaking news, also called late-breaking news, a special report, special coverage, or a news flash, is a current issue that warrants the interruption of
Breaking_news
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Breaking In may refer to: Breaking In (1989 film), an American crime comedy Breaking In (2018 film), an American thriller Breaking In (TV series), a sitcom
Breaking_In
Episodes of American television drama
throughout Breaking Bad's run. On October 11, 2019, Netflix released El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, a feature film continuation of Breaking Bad, written
List_of_Breaking_Bad_episodes
American political and news podcast
Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar (or simply Breaking Points) is an American political and news video podcast hosted by Krystal Ball, Saagar Enjeti
Breaking_Points
Common theatre phrase meaning to stop acting
deliberate breaking of the fourth wall). British English uses a slang term, corpsing, to specifically describe one of the most common ways of breaking character—when
Breaking_character
1842 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
"Break, Break, Break" is a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson written during early 1835 and published in 1842. The poem is an elegy that describes Tennyson's
Break,_Break,_Break
1979 film by Peter Yates
Ebert (January 1, 1979). "Breaking Away". "Review: 'Breaking Away'". Variety magazine. December 31, 1978. Dave Kehr. "Breaking Away". Chicago Reader. Kael
Breaking_Away
2012 film by Bill Condon
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 is a 2012 American vampire romantic fantasy film, directed by Bill Condon, and written by Melissa Rosenberg,
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
The_Twilight_Saga:_Breaking_Dawn_–_Part_2
2022 American film
later changed from 892 to Breaking, and it was set to be released on August 26, 2022. In the United States and Canada, Breaking was released alongside The
Breaking_(film)
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up break bread in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Breaking bread may refer to: The Christian Eucharist Fraction (religion), the practice of breaking the
Breaking_bread
American actor (born 1971)
Dostoyevsky novella. Also in 2014, Wahlberg was the producer of the reality show Breaking Boston, which was pulled off the air after its premiere had 311,000 viewers
Mark_Wahlberg
Style of street dance
after a proposal by the World DanceSport Federation. Breaking has interchangeably been called "breaking", "b-boying", "b-girling", and "breakdancing", but
Breakdancing
American reality television series
season of Breaking Amish with the original cast. Breaking Amish: Brave New World is considered the second season by TLC. A third season of Breaking Amish
Breaking_Amish
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Break in All pages with titles containing Break in All pages with titles beginning with break-in All pages with titles containing break-in Breaking (disambiguation)
Break_in
American television series
Breaking Vegas is an American television series that premiered on the History Channel in 2004. The series covers the great lengths people have gone to
Breaking_Vegas
Neo-Western crime media franchise
Breaking Bad is an American neo-Western crime media franchise created by Vince Gilligan, primarily based on the two television series, Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
Breaking_Bad_(franchise)
1986 play written by Hugh Whitemore
Breaking the Code is a 1986 British play by Hugh Whitemore about British mathematician Alan Turing, who was a key player in the breaking of the German
Breaking_the_Code
Special character in text processing
non-breaking space in text, the following words have been separated with non-breaking spaces. No matter the width of the window, no line breaks are displayed:
Non-breaking_space
Fourth novel in the Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer
Breaking Dawn (stylized as breaking dawn) is the 2008 fourth novel in The Twilight Saga by American author Stephenie Meyer. Divided into three parts,
Breaking_Dawn
1996 film by Lars von Trier
ISBN 978-3-8260-9039-4 Breaking the Waves in the Danish Film Database Breaking the Waves at IMDb Breaking the Waves at Metacritic Breaking the Waves at Box
Breaking_the_Waves
Physical process transitioning a system from a symmetric state to a more ordered state
Symmetry breaking and tunneling relate through the collapse of a particle into non-symmetric state as it seeks a lower energy. Symmetry breaking can be
Symmetry_breaking
2025 film
Breaking Walls (Spanish: Los aitas, lit. 'The dads') is a 2025 comedy road film directed by Borja Cobeaga and co-written by Valentina Viso [fr]. It stars
Breaking_Walls
Point of balance at which neither a profit nor a loss is made
Break-even (or break even), often abbreviated as B/E in finance (sometimes called point of equilibrium), is the point of balance making neither a profit
Break-even
2019 American film by Vince Gilligan
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (or simply El Camino) is a 2019 American neo-Western and crime thriller film. Part of the Breaking Bad franchise, it serves
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
El_Camino:_A_Breaking_Bad_Movie
2018 American film
Dennis (August 17, 2018). "Film Review: 'Breaking and Exiting'". Variety. Retrieved October 26, 2020. "Breaking & Exiting". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved
Breaking_&_Exiting
American actor (born 1947)
member of the main cast in the Breaking Bad spinoff Better Call Saul. Set several years before the events of Breaking Bad, the show greatly expanded Ehrmantraut's
Jonathan_Banks
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Look up breaking the ice in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Breaking the Ice may refer to: Breaking the Ice (film), 1938 American film by Edward F. Cline
Breaking_the_Ice
Lionsgate media franchise
The fourth installment, Breaking Dawn – Part 1, was released on November 18, 2011, while the fifth and final installment, Breaking Dawn – Part 2, was released
The Twilight Saga (film series)
The_Twilight_Saga_(film_series)
Portuguese footballer (born 1985)
and the Ballon d'Or Dream Team in 2020. In recognition of his record-breaking goalscoring success, he received special awards for Outstanding Career
Cristiano_Ronaldo
2011 film by Bill Condon
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 is a 2011 American vampire romantic fantasy film directed by Bill Condon from a screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1
The_Twilight_Saga:_Breaking_Dawn_–_Part_1
Unstable wave
The most generally familiar sort of breaking wave is the breaking of water surface waves on a coastline. Wave breaking generally occurs where the amplitude
Breaking_wave
Baseball pitch that does not travel straight
screwball. A pitcher who primarily uses breaking ball pitches is often referred to as a junkballer. A breaking ball is more difficult than a straight pitch
Breaking_ball
Fictional character in the Breaking Bad franchise
and portrayed by Bob Odenkirk in the Breaking Bad television franchise. He appears as a major character in Breaking Bad (2008–2013) and as the titular protagonist
Saul_Goodman
2010 promotional single by Michael Jackson (disputed)
instrumental snippet of "Breaking News" was unveiled in a promotional video which features a montage of various TV journalists reporting breaking news about Jackson
Breaking_News_(song)
2021 British documentary film
Owen (11 May 2021). Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet. DK. ISBN 978-0-7440-2813-3. Marsh, Calum (4 June 2021). "'Breaking Boundaries: The Science
Breaking_Boundaries
Fictional character in the Breaking Bad franchise
to continue as Tuco Salamanca in Breaking Bad season 2 due to his commitment to appear in The Closer, the Breaking Bad writers wrote Tuco out of the
Gus_Fring
16th episode of the 5th season of Breaking Bad
"Felina" is the series finale of the American crime drama television series Breaking Bad. It is the sixteenth episode of the fifth season and the 62nd overall
Felina_(Breaking_Bad)
Breaking Bad character
performance. Cranston reprised the role in a flashback for Breaking Bad's sequel film, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, and again in the sixth and final season
Walter_White_(Breaking_Bad)
Topics referred to by the same term
Breaking Out may refer to: Breaking Out (album), 1980 album by Buddy Guy Breaking Out (film), 1999 Swedish film "Breaking Out", song from Riff Raff by
Breaking_Out
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Breaking glass is the action of damaging or destroying a glass object. It may also refer to: Breaking Glass, a 1980 musical film starring Hazel O'Connor
Breaking_glass
American criminal (born 1971)
1971) is an American criminal known for his modus operandi activity of breaking and entering into McDonald's locations by drilling through their roofs
Jeffrey_Manchester
American actor (born 1979)
Jesse Pinkman in the Netflix Film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, a sequel to the television series Breaking Bad. Paul starred in the sci-fi thriller Dual
Aaron_Paul
American actress (born 1989)
Music of Nashville: Season 1 Volume 2 "Nothing in This World Will Ever Break My Heart Again" 41 32 — US: 15,000 2014 "Don't Put Dirt on My Grave Just
Hayden_Panettiere
2020 Swedish film
2021). "Breaking Surface". Film Threat. Retrieved October 19, 2023. Miska, Brad (February 21, 2020). "First Look at Diving Survival Drama 'Breaking Surface'
Breaking_Surface
14th episode of the 5th season of Breaking Bad
fourteenth episode of the fifth season of the American television drama series Breaking Bad, and the 60th episode of the series overall. Written by Moira Walley-Beckett
Ozymandias_(Breaking_Bad)
2005 studio album by Thousand Foot Krutch
of Breaking". The Queen's Journal. Archived from the original on December 19, 2025. Retrieved December 19, 2025. Hage, Erik. The Art of Breaking - Thousand
The_Art_of_Breaking
"Give Me A Sign — Breaking Benjamin" (select "details" tab). Retrieved August 26, 2016. BreakingBenjaminVEVO (2010-03-10). Breaking Benjamin - Give Me
Breaking_Benjamin_discography
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Look up breaking up in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Breaking up may refer to a breakup, as in a relationship breakup. Breaking Up may also refer to:
Breaking_Up
1980 single by Judas Priest
– drums "Music Week" (PDF). p. 26. "Judas Priest: Breaking the Law". IMDb. "Judas Priest – Breaking the Law". "Judas Priest's 'British Steel' Track-By-Track"
Breaking_the_Law
American legal crime drama television series (2015–2022)
and Peter Gould for AMC. Part of the Breaking Bad franchise, it is a spin-off of Gilligan's previous series, Breaking Bad (2008–2013), to which it serves
Better_Call_Saul
Unlawful entering of a building
by itself. There must be a breaking and an entering for common-law burglary. Breaking without entry or entry without breaking is not sufficient for common-law
Burglary
Process by which monophthongs become diphthongs and triphthongs
linguistics, vowel breaking, vowel fracture, or diphthongization is the sound change of a monophthong into a diphthong or triphthong. Vowel breaking may be unconditioned
Vowel_breaking
2026 film
Midwinter Break is a 2026 drama film directed by Polly Findlay. The film is based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Bernard MacLaverty and follows
Midwinter_Break
10th episode of the 3rd season of Breaking Bad
episode of the third season of the American television crime drama series Breaking Bad, and the 30th overall episode of the series. Written by Sam Catlin
Fly_(Breaking_Bad)
Separation of performers and audience
character's fictive nature. Breaking the fourth wall in literature is not always metafiction. Modern examples of breaking the fourth wall include Ada
Fourth_wall
Topics referred to by the same term
titles containing Breakdown Broken Down (disambiguation) Breaking Down (disambiguation) Breaking Dawn (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles
Breakdown
Breaking Bad character
series Breaking Bad and its spin-off film El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie. He is portrayed by the American actor Jesse Plemons. Introduced in Breaking Bad
Todd_Alquist
Major American newspaper, founded 1847
Retrieved January 4, 2016. "U. of I. leaders urged to resign". Chicago Breaking News. June 7, 2009. Archived from the original on June 22, 2009. Retrieved
Chicago_Tribune
Awards for American journalism and arts
three finalists named for each: Audio Reporting Biography Breaking News Reporting Breaking News Photography Commentary Criticism Drama Editorial Writing
Pulitzer_Prize
Worker rights advocates in the 1810s
harvests and war produced periodic outbreaks of violence. The machine-breaking of the Luddites followed from previous outbreaks of sabotage in the English
Luddite
Woodblock print by Hokusai (1831)
in them, glimpsed in the most famous from the through of a great wave breaking into spray like dragon-claws over fragile boats". "HOKUSAI: BEYOND THE
The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa
2024 Thai political documentary film
Breaking the Cycle is a 2024 Thai political documentary directed by Aekaphong Saransate and Thankrit Duangmaneeporn. The film chronicles the establishment
Breaking_the_Cycle
1991 studio album by Main Source
Sultan" (May 1991). "Main Source: Breaking Atoms". The Source (20): 56. Considine, J. D. (Apr 19, 1991). "Breaking Atoms Main Source". Features. The Baltimore
Breaking_Atoms
American actress (born 1968)
She is known for portraying Skyler White on the AMC crime drama series Breaking Bad (2008–2013), for which she won two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Screen
Anna_Gunn
Topics referred to by the same term
Breaking Through may refer to: Breaking Through (1990 film), an Australian docudrama TV film Breaking Through (2015 film), an American-English dance drama
Breaking_Through
Team sport played with a ball
Denmark (bronze in 1948 and silver in 1960) and Japan (bronze in 1968) breaking their dominance. For the 1984 Los Angeles Games, the IOC allowed professional
Association_football
2012 American film
Review: 'Breaking the Girls'". Variety. Archived from the original on May 6, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2017. DeFore, John (July 26, 2013). "Breaking the Girls:
Breaking_the_Girls
Punctuation mark used to join words
a line break at the hyphen in Irish an t‑athair or Romanian s‑a would be undesirable). The non-breaking hyphen, nonbreaking hyphen, or no-break hyphen
Hyphen
1984 studio album by Elton John
"Dutchcharts.nl – Elton John – Breaking Hearts" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 July 2024. "Offiziellecharts.de – Elton John – Breaking Hearts" (in German)
Breaking_Hearts
News website (2022–2024)
2024, Fanning launched legal action against BNN Breaking for defamation. On 9 February 2024, BNN Breaking published an article that claimed that the Hampton
BNN_Breaking
Rupture of the amniotic sac in pregnancy
known colloquially as "breaking (one's) water," especially when induced rather than spontaneous, or as one's "water breaking". A premature rupture of
Rupture_of_membranes
2nd episode of the 2nd season of Loki
titled "Breaking Brad", was written by Martin, and was released on Disney+ on October 12, 2023. The title alludes to the television series Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
Breaking_Brad
2018 American film
Breaking In is a 2018 American action thriller film directed by James McTeigue and starring Gabrielle Union, who also produced the film alongside Will
Breaking_In_(2018_film)
Egyptian footballer (born 1992)
Club World Cup. In the 2024–25 season, he won a second league title while breaking the record for the most goal contributions in a 38 game Premier League
Mohamed_Salah
Third season of the AMC crime drama television series
The third season of the American television drama series Breaking Bad premiered on March 21, 2010, and concluded on June 13, 2010. It consisted of 13 episodes
Breaking_Bad_season_3
Special character in text processing
reference ​. The zero-width space marks a potential line break without hyphenation. Its semantics and HTML implementation are similar to
Zero-width_space
American post-punk band
Terminal Beach, Breaking Circus was his next project, originally with bassist Bruce Lange and a Roland TR-606 drum machine. Breaking Circus signed to
Breaking_Circus
1992 single by Red Hot Chili Peppers
"Breaking the Girl" (edit) "Fela's Cock" (previously unreleased) "Suck My Kiss" (live) "I Could Have Lied" (live) CD single version 2 (1992) "Breaking
Breaking_the_Girl
Electrical apparatus
not exceed the rated breaking capacity of the apparatus, otherwise breaking of the current cannot be guaranteed. The current breaking capacity corresponds
Breaking_capacity
2022 book by Jared Kushner
Kushner's 'Breaking History' Is a Soulless and Very Selective Memoir". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Green, Lloyd (August 14, 2022). "Breaking History
Breaking_History
Symmetry breaking through the vacuum state
Spontaneous symmetry breaking (SSB) is a spontaneous process of symmetry breaking, by which a physical system in a symmetric state spontaneously ends up
Spontaneous_symmetry_breaking
1970s political scandal in the U.S.
of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate were, in effect, breaking into the home of every citizen of the United States. And if these allegations
Watergate_scandal
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up breaking news in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Breaking news interrupts scheduled programming to report the latest details of a current event
Breaking news (disambiguation)
Breaking_news_(disambiguation)
Winning more than a gambling house has
gambling, breaking the bank refers to a player winning a large sum of money from a casino. The literal, extremely rare, situation of breaking the bank
Breaking_the_bank
British racing driver (born 1985)
titles in 2017 and 2018. Hamilton won his sixth title in 2019, before breaking several records across his 2020 campaign—including the all-time win record
Lewis_Hamilton
Character in text processing
() is a Unicode format character which is used to indicate that line breaking should not occur at its position. It does not affect the formation of ligatures
Word_joiner
American TV series
consensus stating: "Prison Break's (first) series finale will bring closure to the diehard fans, but the season's ludicrous, plot-breaking twists betray the feeling
Prison_Break
Topics referred to by the same term
Bone breaking may refer to: A bone fracture A type of street dance, also called flexing This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title
Bone_breaking
First season of the AMC crime drama television series
can be gruesome, Breaking Bad is darkly gripping and features a strong sympathetic lead in Bryan Cranston." The first season of Breaking Bad also received
Breaking_Bad_season_1
2023 Chinese film
'The Breaking Ice,' His Cinematic Love Letter to China's Youth". www.hollywoodreporter.com. 20 May 2023. Retrieved 14 September 2023. "The Breaking Ice
The_Breaking_Ice
BREAKING
BREAKING
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Biblical
Breaking, bruising small, gold, coloring.
Biblical
breaking the law
Boy/Male
Biblical
Breaking, hope.
Male
Greek
(ΠάνδαÏος) Variant form of Greek Pantheras, PANDAROS means "all-hunter," i.e. "panther." In mythology, this is the name of the betrayer of the Greeks who hurled a lance at Menelaos, breaking a solemn oath.
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Breaking of Day
Girl/Female
Biblical
Breakings, hopes.
Biblical
breakings; hopes
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a hill with a sharp point, from Old English pīc ‘point’, ‘hill’, which was a relatively common place name element.English : metonymic occupational name for a pike fisherman or nickname for a predatory individual, from Middle English pike.English : metonymic occupational name for a user of a pointed tool for breaking up the earth, Middle English pike. Compare Pick.English : metonymic occupational name for a medieval foot soldier who used a pike, a weapon consisting of a sharp pointed metal end on a long pole, Middle English pic (Old French pique, of Germanic origin).English : nickname for a tall, thin person, from a transferred sense of one of the above.English : from a Germanic personal name (derived from the root ‘sharp’, ‘pointed’), found in Middle English and Old French as Pic.English : nickname from Old French pic ‘woodpecker’, Latin picus. Compare Pye and Speight.Irish : in the south, of English origin; in Ulster a variant Anglicization of Gaelic Mac Péice (see McPeake).Americanized spelling of German Peik, from Middle Low German pēk ‘sharp, pointed tool or weapon’. Compare 4 above or from a Germanic personal name (see 6 above).John Pike brought his family to Boston from England in 1635 and settled in Newbury, MA. His son Robert was a leading citizen and a vigorous defender of civil and religious liberty in colonial MA.
Boy/Male
Biblical
Breaking the law.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Kettles, breaking asunder.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Breaking down a fig-tree.
Girl/Female
Biblical
Wiping away, breaking, fearing, smiting.
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
Splitting; Breaking
Biblical
breaking down a fig-tree
Girl/Female
American, Arabic, Australian, British, Christian, English, French, Indian, Jamaican
A Small Fresh Water Stream; A Brook; A Stream; Breaking Forth; Dweller by the Brook; Lover
Girl/Female
Biblical
Wiping away, breaking, fearing, smiting.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Breaking; Splitting
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Hain 1–3.Isaac Hayne (1745–81) was an American revolutionary militia officer, executed by the British for breaking parole. He owned an ironworks and was manufacturing ammunition for the American forces when he was caught. His grandfather had emigrated from England to SC in about 1700.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of various places in northern France, so called from the Gallo-Roman personal name Persius + the locative suffix -acum. The suggestion has also been made that it is a nickname from Old French perce(r) ‘to pierce or breach’ + haie ‘hedge’, ‘enclosure’, referring either to a soldier remembered for his breach of a fortification, or in jest to a poacher who was in the habit of breaking into a private park.Percy is the name of a leading Northumbrian family, who were instrumental in holding the English border against the Scots from their stronghold at Alnwick. Their founder was a Norman, William de Percy (?1030–96), 1st Baron Percy, who accompanied William the Conqueror. Sir Henry Percy (1342–1408), 1st Earl of Northumberland, and his son Sir Henry Percy (1364–1403), known as Harry Hotspur, helped place Henry IV on the throne. The earldom, created in 1377, has continued, on two occasions through female members, in the same family to the present day. George Percy (1508–1632), son of the 8th Earl of Northumberland, was in VA from 1606 to 1612, serving briefly as governor.
Biblical
breaking; hope
BREAKING
BREAKING
Biblical
roof; covering
Girl/Female
Greek
Ardent.
Girl/Female
Indian
Love; Buetiful; And Sweet
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Truelove.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Luminous
Girl/Female
Muslim
Boy/Male
German
Ruling raven.
Girl/Female
Indian
From yemen
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained.German : patronymic from a personal name formed with Ban- ‘decree’, ‘command’ or Band- ‘band’, ‘tie’.
Boy/Male
Australian, Finnish
Who is Like God
BREAKING
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n.
The flow, swash, or breaking of a body of water, as a wave; also, the sound of it.
n.
The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves.
v. i.
To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
n.
Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote. See Rote.
n.
The state of being disorganized and thrown into confusion; -- said especially of an army defeated, broken in pieces, and put to flight in disorder or panic; also, the act of defeating and breaking up an army; as, the rout of the enemy was complete.
superl.
Having the quality of flexibility without brittleness; yielding to force without breaking; capable of resisting great strain; as, the ligaments of animals are remarkably tough.
n.
A breaking upward or bursting forth; an upburst.
n.
The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.
n.
The act of breaking apart, or separating; the state of being broken asunder; as, the rupture of the skin; the rupture of a vessel or fiber; the rupture of a lutestring.
n.
A breaking or bursting open; breach; rupture.
n.
The act of bursting upwards; a breaking through to the surface; an upbreak or uprush; as, an upburst of molten matter.
n.
A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
n.
An igneous rock, usually light gray in color and breaking with a rough surface. It consists chiefly of orthoclase feldspar with sometimes hornblende and mica.
v. i.
To rise in blisters, breaking in white froth, as cane juice in the clarifiers in sugar works.
n.
A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.
n.
The current that sets seaward near the bottom when waves are breaking upon the shore.
n.
A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard.
superl.
Breaking or crumbling readily in the mouth; crisp; as, short pastry.
n.
A thin piece or fragment; specifically, one of the scales or pieces of the woody part of flax removed by the operation of breaking.
a.
Breaking or destroying stones; saxifragous.