(idiomatic) To cause a person to feel grief, disappointment or sadness.

(dated) To eat breakfast; to eat the first meal of the day after a night of not eating or to conclude any period of fasting by consuming food.

(computing) A variant of the space character that prevents text from wrapping onto the next line at that point.

plural of non-breaking space

present participle of break the fourth wall

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of break the fourth wall

(idiomatic, fiction) To apparently communicate with reality directly, such as when characters of literature comment on the existence of a reader.

present participle of break new ground

plural of break-even point

To provide alleviation to prevent someone from slamming into the ground at full speed.