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Broken word meaning and definition

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[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"
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\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 for broken

broken-field, broken in, busted, confused, crushed, destroyed, disordered, disorganised, disorganized, dissolved, distributed, dotted, fitful, fractured, fragmented, ground, halting, humble, humiliated, impaired, impoverished, incomplete, low, off-and-on(a), rugged, shattered, smashed, uncomplete, unkept, upset

Antonyms: kept, unbroken

See also: damaged | discontinuous | imperfect | injured | noncontinuous | unsound |

Related terms: crushed, demoralized, disobeyed, dovelike, embittered, felled, fragmented, housebroke, in bits, incoherent, inconsistent, injured, mangled, on the blink, out of condition, rough-grained, scorched, scrappy, slit, spastic, spoiled, tenuous, transgressed, uncohesive, unmethodical, unmetrical, unregular, unsmooth, violated, worse

The fun area, different aproach to word »broken«

Let's analyse "broken" as pure text. This string has Six letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 33.3% of vowels is 5.3% less then average English word. Written in backwards: NEKORB. Average typing speed for these characters is 1590 milliseconds. [info]

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Morse code: -... .-. --- -.- . -.

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: broken: 6 + 5 = 11, reduced: 11 . and the final result is Eleven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: broken: 2 + 9 + 6 + 2 + 5 + 5 = 29, reduced: 11, and the final result is Eleven.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
B (1) 2 High Priestess Compassionate, Caring, Knowing
E (1) 5 Hierophant Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
K (1) 11 Justice Charismatic, Quick, Leader, Bold
N (1) 14 Temperance Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
O (1) 15 Devil Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
R (1) 18 Moon Patient, Determined, Strong

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