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Word Meanings - WIND-BREAK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To break the wind of; to cause to lose breath; to exhaust. 'T would wind-break a mule to vie burdens with her. Ford.

Related words: (words related to WIND-BREAK)

  • CAUSEFUL
    Having a cause.
  • BREAKMAN
    See BRAKEMAN
  • BREAKABLE
    Capable of being broken.
  • CAUSEWAYED; CAUSEYED
    Having a raised way ; paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté.
  • EXHAUSTION
    An ancient geometrical method in which an exhaustive process was employed. It was nearly equivalent to the modern method of limits. Note: The method of exhaustions was applied to great variety of propositions, pertaining to rectifications
  • BREATHLESS
    1. Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath. 2. Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention. But breathless, as we grow
  • EXHAUSTIVE
    Serving or tending to exhaust; exhibiting all the facts or arguments; as, an exhaustive method. Ex*haust"ive*ly, adv.
  • EXHAUSTURE
    Exhaustion. Wraxall.
  • BREAKAWAY
    A wild rush of sheep, cattle, horses, or camels (especially at the smell or the sight of water); a stampede. 2. An animal that breaks away from a herd.
  • BREATHABLE
    Such as can be breathed.
  • WOULDINGNESS
    Willingness; desire.
  • EXHAUST
    1. Drained; exhausted; having expended or lost its energy. 2. Pertaining to steam, air, gas, etc., that is released from the cylinder of an engine after having preformed its work. Exhaust draught, a forced draught produced by drawing air through
  • BREATHER
    1. One who breathes. Hence: One who lives. One who utters. One who animates or inspires. 2. That which puts one out of breath, as violent exercise.
  • BREATHING
    1. Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air. Subject to a difficulty of breathing. Melmoth. 2. Air in gentle motion. 3. Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit. 4. Aspiration; secret prayer.
  • BREAKDOWN
    1. The act or result of breaking down, as of a carriage; downfall. A noisy, rapid, shuffling dance engaged in competitively by a number of persons or pairs in succession, as among the colored people of the Southern United States, and so called,
  • EXHAUSTLESS
    Not be exhausted; inexhaustible; as, an exhaustless fund or store.
  • WOULD-BE
    ' (as, a would-be poet.
  • BREAK-CIRCUIT
    A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit.
  • BREATHLESSLY
    In a breathless manner.
  • BREAKER
    A small water cask. Totten. 4. A wave breaking into foam against the shore, or against a sand bank, or a rock or reef near the surface. The breakers were right beneath her bows. Longfellow. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, breaks. I'll be
  • BREATHE
    Etym: 1. To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Sir W. Scott. 2. To take breath; to rest from action. Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! Shak. 3.
  • MAKE AND BREAK
    Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
  • LAWBREAKER
    One who disobeys the law; a criminal. -- Law"break`ing, n. & a.
  • OATHBREAKING
    The violation of an oath; perjury. Shak
  • PEACEBREAKER
    One who disturbs the public peace. -- Peace"break`ing, n.
  • UNEXHAUSTIBLE
    Inexhaustible.
  • INEXHAUSTED
    Not exhausted; not emptied; not spent; not having lost all strength or resources; unexhausted. Dryden.
  • UPBREAK
    To break upwards; to force away or passage to the surface.
  • PERBREAK
    See PARBREAK
  • OUTBREAK
    A bursting forth; eruption; insurrection. "Mobs and outbreaks." J. H. Newman. The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind. Shak.
  • UPBREATHE
    To breathe up or out; to exhale. Marston.
  • INEXHAUSTIVE
    Inexhaustible. Thomson.

 

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