water breakn.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtə breɪk/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdər ˌbreɪk/,

/ˈwɑdər ˌbreɪk/

Forms: see water n. and break n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., break n.¹

Etymology: < water n. + break n.¹ In sense 3b probably as an alteration of breakwater n. 1.

1. An overflowing or irruption of water. Cf. water breach n. (b) at water n. Compounds 7.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [noun] > river

land-flood1390

spatec1425

water break1513

flowa1616

overfloat1619

land-watera1631

freshet1638

surflux1660

spring-flood1714

shute1839

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. vi. 15 Quhen the burne on spait hurlis doun the bank, Othir throw a water brek, or spait of fluide.

1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties ii. f. 68^v The other causes gathered togither, as of water-breakes, of pestilence, of destruction..by whose violence he showeth, how certein kindes of men wer consumed.

1955 Washington Post 14 Sept. 20/1 Still unsettled last night was whether the water-break caused the cave-in or vice versa.

2014 Blairsville (Pa.) Disp. (Nexis) 14 Mar. Council President Matt Black praised borough crew members... ‘They did a fantastic job with this snow storm and these water breaks, containing everything and keeping the roads clear’, he said.

2. Chiefly poetic. An area of water which is broken up or foaming, esp. in a stream or brook; (also) water broken up in this way. Cf. broken adj. 4. Now rare.

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the world > the earth > water > body of water > moving water > [noun] > broken water

water break1680

1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified 299 A prodigious Spring Tide happens, roaring extreamly in its ascent, beyond the loud murmur of Cataracts or Water-breaks.

1793 W. Wordsworth Evening Walk 54 I wandered where the huddling rill Brightens with water-breaks the hollow ghyll.

1835 W. Wordsworth To May 75 Streams..Gurgling in foamy water-break, Loitering in glassy pool.

1855 Ld. Tennyson Brook in Maud & Other Poems 104 And here and there a foamy flake Upon me, as I travel With many a silvery waterbreak Above the golden gravel.

a1861 A. H. Clough Dipsychus ii. iv, in Lett. & Remains (1865) 184 The dashing stream Stays not to pick his steps among the rocks, Or let his water-breaks be chronicled.

1899 S. A. Brooke in L. P. Jacks Life & Lett. S. Brooke (1917) II. v. xxv. 512 The gay stream, which..runs from one foaming water-break to another.

1905 A. C. Benson Thread of Gold xviii. 114 The words should flow like a transparent stream, following as simply as possible the shape and outline of the thought within, like a waterbreak over a boulder in a stream's bed.

1989 F. S. Colwell Rivermen iv. 88 The German notebooks..are rich in descriptions of caves, cataracts, and the waterbreaks which Coleridge skittishly dubbed ‘kittenracts’.

a. U.S. A low ridge made slantwise across a sloping road or track to divert surface water to one side; = water bar n. 5.

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1846 Docs 44th Gen. Assembly State of Ohio X. ii. 47 The Resident Engineer required bidders for putting on stone to take into consideration..the removal of all the water-breaks.

1848 Indiana Gen. Assoc. Doc. 2 297 The country through which it passes is hilly, and the water following the wheel tracts does more injury than..the travel. To remedy this evil, I was compelled to make water brakes on the slopes at considerable expense.

1863 Country Gentleman 21 May 137/2 Sometimes in going over a water-break or dusinberry in the road, with a long sled, if the dog is not properly shaped the lower end of it will strike the road.

1911 Munsey's Mag. Apr. 92/1 The Rayon bounded over the water-breaks in the hilly road, and Mr. Fawcett bounded sympathetically in the rumble.

1922 Amer. Mag. Sept. 160/2 On the way down the hill road Piercey held the car at a water-break to view the fire.

2013 Wisconsin State Jrnl. (Nexis) 22 Dec. h3 There was a town road in front of the school that was seldom used. Very steep and not kept up. It had water breaks to divert water from the rain.

b. = breakwater n. 1. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > structures protecting from water or flooding > [noun] > breakwater

countermure1610

breaker1661

water-breakera1689

breakwater1769

floating harbour1841

water break1875

crib-breakwater1879

wave screen1883

stockade1891

Stabit1962

1875 L. F. Tasistro tr. Comte de Paris Hist. Civil War Amer. I. 448 This island..stretches in front of the entrance of Pensacola Bay; and at the extremity of this natural waterbreak stands Fort Pickens.

1911 Jrnl. Race Devel. 2 180 A waterbreak to cost millions of dollars is in course of construction. This when completed will make Kelung harbor commodious as well as a place of safe anchorage.

2002 Times 27 June 10/2 Britons use 50 million tyres a year. They could be..used as a drainage layer in landscape engineering or used as coastal water breaks.

4. A pause for a drink of water between periods of exercise, activity, etc.

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1955 Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News 5 June 11 c/1 (caption) These FHA girls paused in their round of various camp activities for a ‘water’ break.

1973 Field & Stream Aug. 131/1 Once they have taken that early-morning water break, the deer will move back up onto the hillsides.

2001 Independent 27 Feb. (Tuesday Review section) 7/1 When allowed a water break on a long march, someone's already-opened water bottle appeared at my lips before I reached for my own.

2008 A. G. Klein Hiking 19 Don't wait until you feel thirsty to stop for a water break.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	water break
释义	water breakn. Brit. /ˈwɔːtə breɪk/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌbreɪk/, /ˈwɑdər ˌbreɪk/ Forms: see water n. and break n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., break n.¹ Etymology: < water n. + break n.¹ In sense 3b probably as an alteration of breakwater n. 1. 1. An overflowing or irruption of water. Cf. water breach n. (b) at water n. Compounds 7. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [noun] > river land-flood1390 spatec1425 water break1513 flowa1616 overfloat1619 land-watera1631 freshet1638 surflux1660 spring-flood1714 shute1839 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ii. vi. 15 Quhen the burne on spait hurlis doun the bank, Othir throw a water brek, or spait of fluide. 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties ii. f. 68^v The other causes gathered togither, as of water-breakes, of pestilence, of destruction..by whose violence he showeth, how certein kindes of men wer consumed. 1955 Washington Post 14 Sept. 20/1 Still unsettled last night was whether the water-break caused the cave-in or vice versa. 2014 Blairsville (Pa.) Disp. (Nexis) 14 Mar. Council President Matt Black praised borough crew members... ‘They did a fantastic job with this snow storm and these water breaks, containing everything and keeping the roads clear’, he said. 2. Chiefly poetic. An area of water which is broken up or foaming, esp. in a stream or brook; (also) water broken up in this way. Cf. broken adj. 4. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > body of water > moving water > [noun] > broken water water break1680 1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified 299 A prodigious Spring Tide happens, roaring extreamly in its ascent, beyond the loud murmur of Cataracts or Water-breaks. 1793 W. Wordsworth Evening Walk 54 I wandered where the huddling rill Brightens with water-breaks the hollow ghyll. 1835 W. Wordsworth To May 75 Streams..Gurgling in foamy water-break, Loitering in glassy pool. 1855 Ld. Tennyson Brook in Maud & Other Poems 104 And here and there a foamy flake Upon me, as I travel With many a silvery waterbreak Above the golden gravel. a1861 A. H. Clough Dipsychus ii. iv, in Lett. & Remains (1865) 184 The dashing stream Stays not to pick his steps among the rocks, Or let his water-breaks be chronicled. 1899 S. A. Brooke in L. P. Jacks Life & Lett. S. Brooke (1917) II. v. xxv. 512 The gay stream, which..runs from one foaming water-break to another. 1905 A. C. Benson Thread of Gold xviii. 114 The words should flow like a transparent stream, following as simply as possible the shape and outline of the thought within, like a waterbreak over a boulder in a stream's bed. 1989 F. S. Colwell Rivermen iv. 88 The German notebooks..are rich in descriptions of caves, cataracts, and the waterbreaks which Coleridge skittishly dubbed ‘kittenracts’. 3. a. U.S. A low ridge made slantwise across a sloping road or track to divert surface water to one side; = water bar n. 5. ΚΠ 1846 Docs 44th Gen. Assembly State of Ohio X. ii. 47 The Resident Engineer required bidders for putting on stone to take into consideration..the removal of all the water-breaks. 1848 Indiana Gen. Assoc. Doc. 2 297 The country through which it passes is hilly, and the water following the wheel tracts does more injury than..the travel. To remedy this evil, I was compelled to make water brakes on the slopes at considerable expense. 1863 Country Gentleman 21 May 137/2 Sometimes in going over a water-break or dusinberry in the road, with a long sled, if the dog is not properly shaped the lower end of it will strike the road. 1911 Munsey's Mag. Apr. 92/1 The Rayon bounded over the water-breaks in the hilly road, and Mr. Fawcett bounded sympathetically in the rumble. 1922 Amer. Mag. Sept. 160/2 On the way down the hill road Piercey held the car at a water-break to view the fire. 2013 Wisconsin State Jrnl. (Nexis) 22 Dec. h3 There was a town road in front of the school that was seldom used. Very steep and not kept up. It had water breaks to divert water from the rain. b. = breakwater n. 1. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > structures protecting from water or flooding > [noun] > breakwater countermure1610 breaker1661 water-breakera1689 breakwater1769 floating harbour1841 water break1875 crib-breakwater1879 wave screen1883 stockade1891 Stabit1962 1875 L. F. Tasistro tr. Comte de Paris Hist. Civil War Amer. I. 448 This island..stretches in front of the entrance of Pensacola Bay; and at the extremity of this natural waterbreak stands Fort Pickens. 1911 Jrnl. Race Devel. 2 180 A waterbreak to cost millions of dollars is in course of construction. This when completed will make Kelung harbor commodious as well as a place of safe anchorage. 2002 Times 27 June 10/2 Britons use 50 million tyres a year. They could be..used as a drainage layer in landscape engineering or used as coastal water breaks. 4. A pause for a drink of water between periods of exercise, activity, etc. ΚΠ 1955 Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News 5 June 11 c/1 (caption) These FHA girls paused in their round of various camp activities for a ‘water’ break. 1973 Field & Stream Aug. 131/1 Once they have taken that early-morning water break, the deer will move back up onto the hillsides. 2001 Independent 27 Feb. (Tuesday Review section) 7/1 When allowed a water break on a long march, someone's already-opened water bottle appeared at my lips before I reached for my own. 2008 A. G. Klein Hiking 19 Don't wait until you feel thirsty to stop for a water break. 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