Definitions
of broken
1. [adj] - tamed or trained to obey 2. [adj] - topographically very uneven 3. [adj] - subdued or brought low in condition or status 4. [adj] - imperfectly spoken or written 5. [adj] - thrown into a state of disarray or confusion 6. [adj] - weakened and infirm 7. [adj] - destroyed financially 8. [adj] - out of working order 9. [adj] - (meteorology) discontinuous 10. [adj] - lacking a part or parts 11. [adj] - not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly 12. [adj] - (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded 13. [adj] - physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
Quotes
- Example use of the word broken1. or legally or emotionally destroyed 2. a broken mirror 3. a broken tooth 4. a broken leg 5. his neck is broken 6. children from broken homes 7. a broken marriage 8. a broken heart 9. broken (or unkept) promises 10. broken contracts 11. broken lines of defense 12. a broken cable transmission 13. broken sleep 14. tear off the stub above the broken line 15. a broken note 16. broken sobs 17. a broken set of encyclopedia 18. broken clouds 19. broken sunshine 20. a broken washing machine 21. the coke machine is broken 22. (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken' as inthe coke machine is busted) 23. the broken fortunes of the family 24. broken health resulting from alcoholism 25. troops fleeing in broken ranks 26. a confused mass of papers on the desk 27. the small disordered room 28. with everything so upset 29. broken English 30. brought low 31. a broken man 32. his broken spirit 33. broken terrain 34. rugged ground 35. a horse broken to the saddle 36. this old nag is well broken in
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