BREAKS vs SOFTEN: NOUN
- Plural form of break.
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
- A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
- A personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)
- A pause from doing something (as work)
- Breaking of hard tissue such as bone
- Some abrupt occurrence that interrupts
- The act of breaking something
- Any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare
- The occurrence of breaking
- An unexpected piece of good luck
- The opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving
- An act of delaying or interrupting the continuity
- A sudden dash
- An escape from jail
- N/A
BREAKS vs SOFTEN: ADJECTIVE
- (of waves) curling over and crashing into surf or spray
- N/A
BREAKS vs SOFTEN: VERB
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of break.
- Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
- Stop operating or functioning
- Act in disregard of laws and rules
- Break down, literally or metaphorically
- Lessen in force or effect
- Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways
- Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
- Do a break dance
- Cease an action temporarily
- Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only
- Fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns
- Reduce to bankruptcy
- Make submissive, obedient, or useful
- Fracture a bone of
- Surpass in excellence
- Terminate
- Enter someone's property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act
- Make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing
- Scatter or part
- Emerge from the surface of a body of water
- Curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
- Be broken in
- Force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up
- Exchange for smaller units of money
- Destroy the completeness of a set of related items
- Make the opening shot that scatters the balls
- Separate from a clinch, in boxing
- Fall sharply
- Ruin completely
- Go to pieces
- Break a piece from a whole
- Become punctured or penetrated
- Pierce or penetrate
- Diminish or discontinue abruptly
- Be released or become known; of news
- Interrupt the flow of current in
- Undergo breaking
- Find a flaw in
- Find the solution or key to
- Come into being
- Change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another
- Prevent completion
- Weaken or destroy in spirit or body
- Happen
- Destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments
- Become separated into pieces or fragments
- Come to an end
- Vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity
- Cause to give up a habit
- Give up
- Come forth or begin from a state of latency
- Happen or take place
- Cause the failure or ruin of
- Interrupt a continued activity
- Render inoperable or ineffective
- Of the male voice in puberty
- Invalidate by judicial action
- Change directions suddenly
- Move away or escape suddenly
- To make less harsh
- To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up).
- To make something soft or softer.
- Protect from impact
- Lessen in force or effect
- Give in, as to influence or pressure
- Make less severe or harsh
- Make soft or softer
- Become soft or softer
- Make (images or sounds) soft or softer
BREAKS vs SOFTEN: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate.
- To become soft or softer.
- To make less harsh, strident, or critical.
- To undermine or reduce the strength, morale, or resistance of.
- To make soft or softer.
BREAKS vs SOFTEN: TRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the opposite.
- To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate.
- To make less glaring; to tone down.
- To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less violent, or to render of an opposite quality.
- To compose; to mitigate; to assuage.
- To palliate; to represent as less enormous.
- To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.
- To render less hard; -- said of matter.
BREAKS vs SOFTEN: OTHER WORD TYPES
- N/A
- To make less strong or intense in sound; make less loud; make smooth to the ear: as, to soften the voice.
- To make less glaring; tone down; make less sharp or harsh: as, to soften the coloring of a picture; to soften the outline of something.
- To make less harsh or severe, less rude, less offensive or violent; mitigate: as, to soften an expression.
- To make tender; make effeminate; enervate: as, troops softened by luxury.
- To mollify; make less fierce or intractable; make more susceptible of humane or fine feelings: as, to soften a hard heart; to soften savage natures.
- To make soft, or more soft.
- To pass by soft, imperceptible degrees; melt; blend.
- To become less rude, harsh, severe, or cruel; grow less obstinate or obdurate; become more susceptible of humane feelings and tenderness; relent.
- To become soft or less hard.
- To remove from (natural water) the hardness due to the presence of salts of calcium or magnesium in solution. In the case of temporary hardness, boiling the water or adding to it a carefully determined proportion of calcium hydroxid is used to produce softening; in the case of permanent hardness, sodium carbonate, not in too large excess, may be added. See hardness, 2.
BREAKS vs SOFTEN: RELATED WORDS
- Bump, Breach, Soften, Intermission, Stop, Go, Dampen, Split, Ruin, Weaken, Respite, Interrupt, Recess, Burst, Crack
- Diminish, Lighten, Soothe, Loosen, Lessen, Yield, Mince, Buffer, Damp, Break, Cushion, Moderate, Relent, Dampen, Weaken
BREAKS vs SOFTEN: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Bust, Pause, Bump, Breach, Soften, Intermission, Stop, Dampen, Split, Ruin, Weaken, Respite, Interrupt, Burst, Crack
- Assuage, Sweeten, Diminish, Soothe, Loosen, Lessen, Yield, Mince, Buffer, Damp, Break, Cushion, Moderate, Dampen, Weaken
BREAKS vs SOFTEN: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Rest Breaks The State of Nebraska does not require any specific meal or rest breaks.
- Dollar Tree says that their workers are treated fairly when it comes to rest breaks and meal breaks.
- Rest breaks may be provided for students with disabilities that necessitate regular breaks when completing assessment tasks.
- How can you emphasize its motion through the use of line breaks and stanza breaks?
- Mleaourl Breaks aa the rivar Breaks a national monument winds aerou eannl Montana.
- Does your Minnesota employer give you meal breaks or rest breaks?
- Unlike meal breaks, rest breaks can NOT be waived, either.
- These breaks can run concurrently with regular rest breaks.
- Missing your meal breaks or rest breaks at work?
- Iowa does not require meal breaks or rest breaks.
- May your memories help to soften her passing.
- We used a router to soften the edge.
- Moisten your brush so its bristles soften up.
- Ragu soften and mellow into the sauce Ingredients.
- It does not soften appreciablywhen immersed in water.
- How to soften duck canvas: One of the tips you need to use to soften duck cloth is to do a test run first.
- Once it starts to soften, I dot it on my face and allow it to soften even more.
- As the fire will soften iron, so Makaya will soften the heart.
- Personal use that allows you to find the meaning and all words formed with soften, anagrams soften.
- My tears are meant to soften you, like waves soften rocks and, eventually, turn them into water.
BREAKS vs SOFTEN: QUESTIONS
- What happens if your speedometer breaks while driving?
- What breaks disaccharide into glucose and galactose?
- What enzyme breaks down disaccharides into monosaccharides?
- What happens if a therapist breaks confidentiality?
- What chemical reaction breaks bonds between monomers?
- What enzyme breaks down acetylcholine into acetate?
- What enzyme breaks down carbohydrates into glucose?
- What breaks the particle-hole conjugation symmetry?
- Are there any places where lunch breaks are actually breaks?
- What are single strand breaks and double strand breaks in DNA?
- Does opening of adherens junctions by diastolic transistors soften cells?
- How do you soften sheets with baking soda and vinegar?
- How do you soften rice paper for Vietnamese spring rolls?
- How do you soften dried rice noodles before frying?
- Should the tour soften its stance on Dustin Johnson?
- How do you soften carrots and cucumbers without cooking?
- How do you soften cooked dumplings with buttermilk?
- Can sperm help soften your cervix during pregnancy?
- Does apple cider vinegar soften gallbladder stones?
- Is it correct to say soften listen or soften listen?