Break+short
1break short — verb interrupt before its natural or planned end We had to cut short our vacation • Syn: ↑cut short, ↑break off • Hypernyms: ↑interrupt, ↑break • Hyponyms: ↑hang up …
2break off — verb 1. interrupt before its natural or planned end (Freq. 2) We had to cut short our vacation • Syn: ↑cut short, ↑break short • Hypernyms: ↑interrupt, ↑break …
3break — ► VERB (past broke; past part. broken) 1) separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain. 2) make or become inoperative; stop working. 3) interrupt (a continuity, sequence, or course). 4) fail to observe (a law, regulation, or… …
4Break key — Break/Pause key on PC keyboard The origins of the break key on a computer keyboard go back to telegraph practices. A standard telegraph key has a built in knife switch that can be used to short the key s contacts. When the key was not in use,… …
5break — vb Break, crack, burst, bust, snap, shatter, shiver are comparable as general terms meaning fundamentally to come apart or cause to come apart. Break basically implies the operation of a stress or strain that will cause a rupture, a fracture, a… …
6short — [shôrt] adj. [ME < OE scort, akin to ON skort, short piece of clothing, OHG scurz, short < IE * (s)kerd < base * (s)ker , to cut, SHEAR < CURT] 1. not extending far from end to end; not long or not long enough 2. not great in span,… …
7short-live break(down)s — short live break(down)s. См. короткоживущие разрывы. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …
8break your journey — british phrase to stop somewhere for a short time during a journey Thesaurus: booking on and travelling by transporthyponym to get on and off of tranportsynonym Main entry: break …
9short-circuit — [shôrtsʉr′kit] vt. 1. Elec. to make a short circuit in 2. to bypass (an obstruction, custom, etc.) 3. to cause a sudden break in; impede; thwart vi. to develop a short circuit …
10Short.fast.loud — is a radio show on Triple J in Australia. It is hosted by Stuart Harvey and features punk, hardcore, emo and similar music. The name for the show was taken from the Kid Dynamite album: Shorter, Faster, Louder (Jade Tree, 2000). The show runs on a …
