Definitions for: Broken


[adj] physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split; or legally or emotionally destroyed; "a broken mirror"; "a broken tooth"; "a broken leg"; "his neck is broken"; "children from broken homes"; "a broken marriage"; "a broken heart"
[adj] (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded; "broken (or unkept) promises"; "broken contracts"
[adj] not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly; "broken lines of defense"; "a broken cable transmission"; "broken sleep"; "tear off the stub above the broken line"; "a broken note"; "broken sobs"
[adj] lacking a part or parts; "a broken set of encyclopedia"
[adj] (meteorology) discontinuous; "broken clouds"; "broken sunshine"
[adj] out of working order; "a broken washing machine"; "the coke machine is broken"; (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken' as in"the coke machine is busted")
[adj] destroyed financially; "the broken fortunes of the family"
[adj] weakened and infirm; "broken health resulting from alcoholism"
[adj] thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; "troops fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset"
[adj] imperfectly spoken or written; "broken English"
[adj] subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit"
[adj] topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged ground"
[adj] tamed or trained to obey; "a horse broken to the saddle"; "this old nag is well broken in"



Webster (1913) Definition: Bro"ken (br[=o]"k'n), a. [From Break, v. t.]
1. Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into
fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish.

2. Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a
broken surface.

3. Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart;
as, a broken reed; broken friendship.

4. Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships.

The one being who remembered him as he been before
his mind was broken. --G. Eliot.

The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his
fire, and talked the night away. --Goldsmith.

5. Subdued; humbled; contrite.

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. --Ps. li.
17.

6. Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse.

7. Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope;
blighted. ``Her broken love and life.'' --G. Eliot.

8. Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a
broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law.

9. Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made,
or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken
tradesman.

10. Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken
English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to
say a few broken words at parting.

Amidst the broken words and loud weeping of those
grave senators. --Macaulay.

Broken ground.
(a) (Mil.) Rough or uneven ground; as, the troops were
retarded in their advance by broken ground.
(b) Ground recently opened with the plow.

Broken line (Geom.), the straight lines which join a number
of given points taken in some specified order.

Broken meat, fragments of meat or other food.

Broken number, a fraction.

Broken weather, unsettled weather.

Synonyms: breached, broken in, broken-field, busted, chipped, confused, cracked, crumbled, crushed, dashed, destroyed, disordered, disorganised, disorganized, dissolved, distributed, dotted, fitful, fractured, fragmented, ground, halting, humble, humbled, humiliated, impaired, impoverished, incomplete, interrupted, low, off-and-on(a), rough, rugged, shattered, smashed, splintered, split, tame, tamed, uncomplete, unkept, unsmooth, upset, wiped out(p)

Antonyms: kept, unbroken

See Also: damaged, discontinuous, imperfect, injured, noncontinuous, unsound

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