While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Fail to keep crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on October 11 2024 Wall Street Journal Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Fail to keep has a total of 5 letters.

Rank	Answer	Clue	Publisher
99%	BREAK	Fail to keep	Wall Street Journal
20%	NOSHOWS	Ones who fail to keep up appearances?	LA Times
20%	SNEER	Fail to keep a stiff upper lip?	Wall Street Journal
20%	SPILLTHEBEANS	Fail to keep a secret	USA Today
20%	LAG	Fail to keep up	Wall Street Journal

Definition

•	To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or coal; to break a lock.
•	To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods.
•	To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
•	To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise.
•	To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate; as, to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey.
•	To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set.
•	To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares.
•	To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments.
•	To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill.
•	To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax.
•	To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind.
•	To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow.
•	To impart, as news or information; to broach; -- with to, and often with a modified word implying some reserve; as, to break the news gently to the widow; to break a purpose cautiously to a friend.
•	To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle.
•	To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin.
•	To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
•	To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence; to part; to burst asunder.
•	To open spontaneously, or by pressure from within, as a bubble, a tumor, a seed vessel, a bag.
•	To burst forth; to make its way; to come to view; to appear; to dawn.
•	To burst forth violently, as a storm.
•	To open up; to be scattered; to be dissipated; as, the clouds are breaking.
•	To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
•	To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking.
•	To fall in business; to become bankrupt.
•	To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait; as, to break into a run or gallop.
•	To fail in musical quality; as, a singer's voice breaks when it is strained beyond its compass and a tone or note is not completed, but degenerates into an unmusical sound instead. Also, to change in tone, as a boy's voice at puberty.
•	To fall out; to terminate friendship.
•	An opening made by fracture or disruption.
•	An interruption of continuity; change of direction; as, a break in a wall; a break in the deck of a ship.
•	A projection or recess from the face of a building.
•	An opening or displacement in the circuit, interrupting the electrical current.
•	An interruption; a pause; as, a break in friendship; a break in the conversation.
•	An interruption in continuity in writing or printing, as where there is an omission, an unfilled line, etc.
•	The first appearing, as of light in the morning; the dawn; as, the break of day; the break of dawn.
•	A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.
•	A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10.
•	See Commutator.

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