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( business ) the name of a product that a particular company makes

Which brand of coffee do you buy?

bran • dish / ' brandij / ( bran • dish • es , bran • dish • ing , bran dished )

to wave something in the air in a violent or excited way He came out of the building brandishing a gun.

brand new / |brand ' nu / adjective

completely new a brand new car

bran • dy / ' brandi / noun [ count, noncount ] ( plural bran • dies )

a strong alcoholic drink made from wine a glass of brandy Two brandies, please.

brash / bra/ / adjective ( brash • er , brash est )

too confident and direct

He has a brash manner, which some people don't like.

brass / bras / noun [ noncount ]

a hard yellow metal brass buttons

the group of musical instruments that are made of brass music for piano, strings, and brass

Word building An orchestra is made up of four sections. The strings section includes violins and cellos. The woodwind section includes clarinets and flutes. The brass section includes trumpets and trombones. The percussion section includes drums and cymbals.

brat / brat / noun [ count ] a child who behaves badly Stop acting like a spoiled brat !

brave Ф / breiv / adjective ( brav er , brav • est )

ready to do dangerous or difficult things without fear brave soldiers Try to be brave.

brave • ly / ' breivli / adverb He fought bravely in the war.

brav • er • y / ' Ьгсгуэй / noun [ noncount ]

He won a medal for bravery.

bread Ф / bred / bread

noun [ noncount ]

a slice of bread and butter _r ^ ■

a loaf of bread

breadth / bred9 / noun [ count, noncount ]

how far it is from one side of something to the other We measured the length and breadth of the yard.

—SYNONYM width —The adjective is broad .

break 1 Ф / breik / verb

( breaks , break • ing , broke / brouk / has bro • ken

/ brouksn / )

to make something go into smaller pieces, for example by dropping it or hitting it

Did you break the window? She broke her arm.

to go into smaller pieces, for example by falling or hitting I dropped the cup and it broke.

to stop working; to damage a machine so that it stops working

You broke my phone!

to do something that is against the law or against what has been agreed or promised

People who break the law must be punished. I never break my promises .

to stop doing something for a short time

Let's break for lunch now and meet back here at 2 p.m. break down

If a machine or car breaks down , it stops working We were late because our car broke down.

If a person breaks down , they start to cry He broke down when he heard the news.

break in ; break into something to go into a place by breaking a door or window so that you can steal something

Thieves broke into the house. They broke in through a window.

break off to take away a piece of something by breaking it

He broke off another piece of chocolate for me.

break out

to start suddenly

A fire broke out last night.

to get free from a place like a prison Four prisoners broke out of jail last night. break up to end a relationship with someone Mia and Carl just broke up.

Susy broke up with her boyfriend last week. Thesaurus

break to go, or to make something go into smaller pieces: She dropped the cup and it broke into pieces . ♦ I'm sorry, I broke one of your dinner plates. ♦ He broke the chocolate in two and gave me half. ♦ She fell and broke her arm.