A tool used for breaking flax or hemp. / A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.) / A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after ploughing; a drag.

(transitive) To bruise and crush; to knead / (transitive) To pulverise with a harrow

(obsolete) A cage. / (now historical) A type of torture instrument.

(archaic) simple past tense of break

The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing. / Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.

(intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree. / (intransitive) To produce branches. / (transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.

The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.

(transitive) To dash out the brains of; to kill by smashing the skull. / (transitive, slang) To strike (someone) on the head. / (transitive, figuratively) To destroy; to put an end to.

The migration of educated or talented people from less economically advanced areas to more economically advanced areas, especially to large cities or richer countries.

A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.