'Broken' definitions:

Definition of 'broken'

From: WordNet
adjective
Physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split; "a broken mirror"; "a broken tooth"; "a broken leg"; "his neck is broken" [ant: unbroken]
adjective
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" [ant: unbroken]
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Subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit" [syn: broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low]
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(especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded; "broken (or unkept) promises"; "broken contracts" [syn: broken, unkept] [ant: kept, unbroken]
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Tamed or trained to obey; "a horse broken to the saddle"; "this old nag is well broken in" [syn: broken, broken in]
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Topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged ground" [syn: broken, rugged]
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Imperfectly spoken or written; "broken English"
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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" [syn: broken, confused, disordered, upset]
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Weakened and infirm; "broken health resulting from alcoholism"
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Destroyed financially; "the broken fortunes of the family" [syn: broken, wiped out(p), impoverished]
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Out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken'); "a broken washing machine"; "the coke machine is broken"; "the coke machine is busted" [syn: broken, busted]
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Discontinuous; "broken clouds"; "broken sunshine"
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Lacking a part or parts; "a broken set of encyclopedia"

Definition of 'Broken'

From: GCIDE
  • Break \Break\ (br[=a]k), v. t. [imp. broke (br[=o]k), (Obs. Brake); p. p. Broken (br[=o]"k'n), (Obs. Broke); p. pr. & vb. n. Breaking.] [OE. breken, AS. brecan; akin to OS. brekan, D. breken, OHG. brehhan, G. brechen, Icel. braka to creak, Sw. braka, br[aum]kka to crack, Dan. br[ae]kke to break, Goth. brikan to break, L. frangere. Cf. Bray to pound, Breach, Fragile.]
  • 1. 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. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate. [1913 Webster]
  • Katharine, break thy mind to me. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise. [1913 Webster]
  • Out, out, hyena! these are thy wonted arts . . . To break all faith, all vows, deceive, betray. --Milton [1913 Webster]
  • 5. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Go, release them, Ariel; My charms I'll break, their senses I'll restore. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To destroy the completeness of; to remove a part from; as, to break a set. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. To shatter to pieces; to reduce to fragments. [1913 Webster]
  • The victim broke in pieces the musical instruments with which he had solaced the hours of captivity. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination; as, to break a five dollar bill. [1913 Webster]
  • 10. To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of; as, to break flax. [1913 Webster]
  • 11. To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind. [1913 Webster]
  • An old man, broken with the storms of state. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 12. To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow. [1913 Webster]
  • I'll rather leap down first, and break your fall. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 13. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 14. To tame; to reduce to subjection; to make tractable; to discipline; as, to break a horse to the harness or saddle. "To break a colt." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • Why, then thou canst not break her to the lute? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 15. To destroy the financial credit of; to make bankrupt; to ruin. [1913 Webster]
  • With arts like these rich Matho, when he speaks, Attracts all fees, and little lawyers breaks. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 16. To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss. [1913 Webster]
  • I see a great officer broken. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: With prepositions or adverbs: [1913 Webster]
  • To break down. (a) To crush; to overwhelm; as, to break down one's strength; to break down opposition. (b) To remove, or open a way through, by breaking; as, to break down a door or wall.
  • To break in. (a) To force in; as, to break in a door. (b) To train; to discipline; as, a horse well broken in.
  • To break of, to rid of; to cause to abandon; as, to break one of a habit.
  • To break off. (a) To separate by breaking; as, to break off a twig. (b) To stop suddenly; to abandon. "Break off thy sins by righteousness." --Dan. iv. 27.
  • To break open, to open by breaking. "Open the door, or I will break it open." --Shak.
  • To break out, to take or force out by breaking; as, to break out a pane of glass.
  • To break out a cargo, to unstow a cargo, so as to unload it easily.
  • To break through. (a) To make an opening through, as, as by violence or the force of gravity; to pass violently through; as, to break through the enemy's lines; to break through the ice. (b) To disregard; as, to break through the ceremony.
  • To break up. (a) To separate into parts; to plow (new or fallow ground). "Break up this capon." --Shak. "Break up your fallow ground." --Jer. iv. 3. (b) To dissolve; to put an end to. "Break up the court." --Shak.
  • To break (one) all up, to unsettle or disconcert completely; to upset. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • Note: With an immediate object: [1913 Webster]
  • To break the back. (a) To dislocate the backbone; hence, to disable totally. (b) To get through the worst part of; as, to break the back of a difficult undertaking.
  • To break bulk, to destroy the entirety of a load by removing a portion of it; to begin to unload; also, to transfer in detail, as from boats to cars.
  • To break a code to discover a method to convert coded messages into the original understandable text.
  • To break cover, to burst forth from a protecting concealment, as game when hunted.
  • To break a deer or To break a stag, to cut it up and apportion the parts among those entitled to a share.
  • To break fast, to partake of food after abstinence. See Breakfast.
  • To break ground. (a) To open the earth as for planting; to commence excavation, as for building, siege operations, and the like; as, to break ground for a foundation, a canal, or a railroad. (b) Fig.: To begin to execute any plan. (c) (Naut.) To release the anchor from the bottom.
  • To break the heart, to crush or overwhelm (one) with grief.
  • To break a house (Law), to remove or set aside with violence and a felonious intent any part of a house or of the fastenings provided to secure it.
  • To break the ice, to get through first difficulties; to overcome obstacles and make a beginning; to introduce a subject.
  • To break jail, to escape from confinement in jail, usually by forcible means.
  • To break a jest, to utter a jest. "Patroclus . . . the livelong day breaks scurril jests." --Shak.
  • To break joints, to lay or arrange bricks, shingles, etc., so that the joints in one course shall not coincide with those in the preceding course.
  • To break a lance, to engage in a tilt or contest.
  • To break the neck, to dislocate the joints of the neck.
  • To break no squares, to create no trouble. [Obs.]
  • To break a path, road, etc., to open a way through obstacles by force or labor.
  • To break upon a wheel, to execute or torture, as a criminal by stretching him upon a wheel, and breaking his limbs with an iron bar; -- a mode of punishment formerly employed in some countries.
  • To break wind, to give vent to wind from the anus. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To dispart; rend; tear; shatter; batter; violate; infringe; demolish; destroy; burst; dislocate. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Broken'

From: GCIDE
  • Broken \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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships. [1913 Webster]
  • The one being who remembered him as he been before his mind was broken. --G. Eliot. [1913 Webster]
  • The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire, and talked the night away. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Subdued; humbled; contrite. [1913 Webster]
  • The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. --Ps. li. 17. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted. "Her broken love and life." --G. Eliot. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law. [1913 Webster]
  • 9. Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Amidst the broken words and loud weeping of those grave senators. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'broken'

From: Moby Thesaurus