单词 | to break with |
释义 | > as lemmasto break with e. To destroy the completeness of; to take away a part from; to divide, part (a set of things). spec. to change (a banknote or the like). to break with: to divide and share with. Cf. to break bulk at Phrases 1. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > separate into constituents [verb (transitive)] > split up the components of a set break1740 the mind > possession > giving > distributing or dealing out > distribute or deal out [verb (transitive)] > divide into shares > and give to others and oneself divide1526 compart1575 to break with1821 divvy1877 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xvii. 39 You should give them [sc. 4 guineas] back again to your Master; and yet I have broke them. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) To Break a Bottle: to open a full bottle; especially when it is meant only to take out part of its contents. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 67 My last-earn'd sixpence will I break with thee. 1844 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit xliii. 494 It was the same note; he hadn't broken it. 1855 M. M. Thompson Doesticks vi. 44 ‘I had no further change,’ so was necessitated to get a bill broke. 1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down 12 Can you break that pound note for me? a1888 Mod. The shopkeeper would not break the set. 1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 81 He stretched himself out,..thinking..of the thrill of breaking a five-dollar bill. < as lemmas |
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