Broken word meaning and definition

[adjective] 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"
[adjective] (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded; "broken (or unkept) promises"; "broken contracts"
[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"
[adjective] lacking a part or parts; "a broken set of encyclopedia"
[adjective] (meteorology) discontinuous; "broken clouds"; "broken sunshine"
[adjective] 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")
[adjective] destroyed financially; "the broken fortunes of the family"
[adjective] weakened and infirm; "broken health resulting from alcoholism"
[adjective] 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"
[adjective] imperfectly spoken or written; "broken English"
[adjective] subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit"
[adjective] topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged ground"
[adjective] tamed or trained to obey; "a horse broken to the saddle"; "this old nag is well broken in"

\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.

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