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 Definitions of broken  [ˈbroʊ kən]  

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Definition of 'broken' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.) broken
pp. of break .

2. (adj.) broken
reduced to fragments; fragmented.

3.  broken
ruptured; torn; fractured.

4.  broken
not functioning properly; out of working order.

5.  broken
infringed or violated:
a broken promise.

6.  broken
interrupted, disrupted, or disconnected:
a broken line.

7.  broken
changing direction abruptly.

8.  broken
fragmentary or incomplete.

9.  broken
weakened in strength, spirit, etc.:
broken health.

10.  broken
tamed, trained, or reduced to submission:
broken to the saddle.

11.  broken
(of language) imperfectly spoken:
broken English.

12.  broken
spoken in a halting manner, as under emotional strain.

13.  broken
disunited or divided; disrupted, as by divorce:
broken families.

14.  broken
not smooth; rough or irregular:
broken ground.

15.  broken
overwhelmed with sorrow or disappointment:
a broken heart.

16.  broken
ruined; bankrupt:
broken fortunes.


Definition of 'broken' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) broken
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
"a broken mirror"; "a broken tooth"; "a broken leg"; "his neck is broken"

2. (adj) broken
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"

3. (adj) broken, crushed, humbled, humiliated, low
subdued or brought low in condition or status
"brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit"

4. (adj) broken, unkept
(especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded
"broken (or unkept) promises"; "broken contracts"

5. (adj) broken, broken in
tamed or trained to obey
"a horse broken to the saddle"; "this old nag is well broken in"

6. (adj) broken, rugged
topographically very uneven
"broken terrain"; "rugged ground"

7. (adj) broken
imperfectly spoken or written
"broken English"

8. (adj) broken, confused, disordered, upset
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"

9. (adj) broken
weakened and infirm
"broken health resulting from alcoholism"

10. (adj) broken, wiped out(p), impoverished
destroyed financially
"the broken fortunes of the family"

11. (adj) broken, busted
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"

12. (adj) broken
discontinuous
"broken clouds"; "broken sunshine"

13. (adj) broken
lacking a part or parts
"a broken set of encyclopedia"


Definition of 'broken' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1.  broken
the past participle of "break"

2. (adjective) broken
damaged and in separate pieces
My favorite vase is broken.; a broken leg/arm/toe

3.  broken
not working; = out of order
a broken washing machine

4.  broken
feeling defeated and without hope
a broken man

5.  broken
(of a promise) not kept
a childhood full of broken promises

6.  broken
(of a relationship) not successful; = failed
a broken marriage

7.  broken
a broken home
a family in which the parents' relationship has failed

8.  broken
(of language) spoken slowly and incorrectly
broken English/Spanish


Definition of 'broken' Webster Dictionary 

1.  broken
of Break

2. (verb) broken
separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish

3. (verb) broken
disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface

4. (verb) broken
fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship

5. (verb) broken
made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships

6. (verb) broken
subdued; humbled; contrite

7. (verb) broken
subjugated; trained for use, as a horse

8. (verb) broken
crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted

9. (verb) broken
not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law

10. (verb) broken
ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman

11. (verb) broken
imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting


Definitions of 'broken' The New Hacker's Dictionary 

1.  broken
1. Not working according to design (of programs). This is the mainstream sense.

2. Improperly designed, This sense carries a more or less disparaging implication that the designer should have known better, while sense 1 doesn't necessarily assign blame. Which of senses 1 or 2 is intended is conveyed by context and nonverbal cues.

3. Behaving strangely; especially (when used of people) exhibiting extreme depression.


Translation of 'broken' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: seebreak
a broken window; My watch is broken.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: gebreek, stukkend Arabic flag Arabic: مَكْسور Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: счупен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: quebrado Czech flag Czech: rozbitý German flag German: zerbrochen
Danish flag Danish: knust; i stykker Greek flag Greek: σπασμένος, χαλασμένος Estonian flag Estonian: katkine
Farsi flag Farsi: شکسته Finnish flag Finnish: rikkoutunut French flag French: cassé
Hebrew flag Hebrew: שָבוּר Hindi flag Hindi: टूटा, खंडित Croatian flag Croatian: razbijen
Hungarian flag Hungarian: törött Indonesian flag Indonesian: rusak Japanese flag Japanese: こわれた
Korean flag Korean: 고장난 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: sudužęs, sugedęs Latvian flag Latvian: salauzts
Malay flag Malay: pecah Dutch flag Dutch: kapot Norwegian flag Norwegian: knust, i stykker, brukket
Polish flag Polish: rozbity, zepsuty Persian flag Persian: شکسته Pashto flag Pashto: مات
Portuguese flag Portuguese: quebrado Romanian flag Romanian: spart Russian flag Russian: разбитый; сломанный
Slovak flag Slovak: rozbitý Slovenian flag Slovenian: razbit; pokvarjen Serbian flag Serbian: pokvaren
Swedish flag Swedish: trasig, sönder Thai flag Thai: แตก Turkish flag Turkish: kırık, kırılmış; bozulmuş
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 破掉,壞了 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: розбитий, зламаний Urdu flag Urdu: شکستہ ، ٹوٹی ہوئی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: bị vỡ Chinese flag Chinese: 破碎的,弄坏的

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