·noun A bruise; a wound.
II. Breach ·noun A hernia; a rupture.
III. Breach ·noun The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.
IV. Breach ·noun A breaking up of amicable relations; rupture.
V. Breach ·noun A breaking out upon; an Assault.
VI. Breach ·vi To break the water, as by leaping out;
— said of a whale.
VII. Breach ·vt To make a breach or opening in; as, to breach the walls of a city.
VIII. Breach ·noun A breaking of waters, as over a vessel; the waters themselves; surge; surf.
IX. Breach ·noun Specifically: A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment; as, a breach of contract; a breach of promise.
X. Breach ·noun A gap or opening made made by breaking or battering, as in a wall or fortification; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence; a break; a rupture.