v 1: interrupt before its natural or planned end; "We had to cut
short our vacation" [syn: cut short, break short]
2: prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break the silence"
[syn: break, discontinue, stop]
3: break off; of a piece from a whole; "Her tooth chipped"
[syn: chip, chip off, come off, break away]
4: break a piece from a whole; "break a branch from a tree"
[syn: break, snap off]
5: break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a
tooth" [syn: chip, knap, cut off]