| break off | | |
| v. (change) | 1. break off, break short, cut short | interrupt before its natural or planned end.; "We had to cut short our vacation" |
| ~ hang up | interrupt a telephone conversation. |
| ~ break, interrupt | terminate.; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty" |
| v. (change) | 2. break, break off, discontinue, stop | prevent completion.; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations" |
| ~ fracture | become fractured.; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe" |
| ~ terminate, end | bring to an end or halt.; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I" |
| ~ bog down, bog | get stuck while doing something.; "She bogged down many times while she wrote her dissertation" |
| ~ cut off, disrupt, interrupt, break up | make a break in.; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" |
| v. (contact) | 3. break away, break off, chip, chip off, come off | break off (a piece from a whole).; "Her tooth chipped" |
| ~ flake off, peel, flake, peel off | come off in flakes or thin small pieces.; "The paint in my house is peeling off" |
| ~ exfoliate | come off in a very thin piece. |
| ~ divide, part, separate | come apart.; "The two pieces that we had glued separated" |
| v. (contact) | 4. break, break off, snap off | break a piece from a whole.; "break a branch from a tree" |
| ~ detach | cause to become detached or separated; take off.; "detach the skin from the chicken before you eat it" |
| v. (contact) | 5. break off, chip, cut off, knap | break a small piece off from.; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth" |
| ~ cut | separate with or as if with an instrument.; "Cut the rope" |
| howl | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. howl, howling, ululation | a long loud emotional utterance.; "he gave a howl of pain"; "howls of laughter"; "their howling had no effect" |
| ~ utterance, vocalization | the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication. |
| n. (event) | 2. howl | the long plaintive cry of a hound or a wolf. |
| ~ cry | the characteristic utterance of an animal.; "animal cries filled the night" |
| n. (event) | 3. howl | a loud sustained noise resembling the cry of a hound.; "the howl of the wind made him restless" |
| ~ noise | sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound).; "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels" |
| ~ squeal | a high-pitched howl. |
| v. (communication) | 4. howl, roar, ululate, wail, yaup, yawl | emit long loud cries.; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow" |
| ~ cry, scream, shout out, yell, holler, shout, squall, hollo, call | utter a sudden loud cry.; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me" |
| ~ squall, waul, wawl | make high-pitched, whiney noises. |
| v. (communication) | 5. howl, wrawl, yammer, yowl | cry loudly, as of animals.; "The coyotes were howling in the desert" |
| ~ let loose, let out, utter, emit | express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words).; "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" |
| v. (communication) | 6. howl, roar | make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles.; "The wind was howling in the trees"; "The water roared down the chute" |
| ~ vroom | make a loud, roaring sound, as of a car engine, while moving. |
| ~ yawp, bawl | make a raucous noise. |
| ~ thunder | to make or produce a loud noise.; "The river thundered below"; "The engine roared as the driver pushed the car to full throttle" |
| ~ make noise, noise, resound | emit a noise. |
| v. (body) | 7. howl, roar | laugh unrestrainedly and heartily. |
| ~ express joy, express mirth, laugh | produce laughter. |
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