broken
broken is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 9 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface.
- 2.Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship.
- 3.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.
- 4.Subdued; humbled; contrite. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. Ps. li.
- 5.6. Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse.
- 6.Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted. "Her broken love and life." G. Eliot.
- 7.Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law.
- 8.Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman.
- 9.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- absence
- abuse
- accent
- ambiguity
- anagram
- and
- antiphrasis
- aphonia
- aphonous
- aphony
- archaic
- archaism
- argot
- babu
- barbarism
- bated
- black
- breath
- breathless
- brogue
- byword
- call
- cant
- childish
- clinch
- coin
- coiner
- colloquial
- colloquialism
- confusion
- corruption
- cracked
- cut
- deaf
- dialect
- dog
- double
- drown
- dry
- dumb
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is broken.
- What is disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface called?
- What is fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship called?
- What is subdued; humbled; contrite. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. Ps. li called?
- What is 6. Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse called?
- What is crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted. "Her broken love and life." G. Eliot called?
- What is not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law called?
- What is ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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