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broken
bro·ken B0497500 (brō′kən)v.Past participle of break.adj.1. Forcibly separated into two or more pieces; fractured: a broken arm; broken glass.2. Sundered by divorce, separation, or desertion of a parent or parents: children from broken homes; a broken marriage.3. Having been violated: a broken promise.4. a. Incomplete: a broken set of books.b. Being in a state of disarray; disordered: troops fleeing in broken ranks.5. a. Intermittently stopping and starting; discontinuous: a broken cable transmission.b. Varying abruptly, as in pitch: broken sobs.c. Spoken with gaps and errors: broken English.6. Topographically rough; uneven: broken terrain.7. a. Subdued totally; humbled: a broken spirit.b. Weakened and infirm: broken health.8. Crushed by grief: died of a broken heart.9. Financially ruined; bankrupt.10. Not functioning; out of order: a broken washing machine.
bro′ken·ly adv.bro′ken·ness n.broken (ˈbrəʊkən) vb the past participle of breakadj1. fractured, smashed, or splintered: a broken vase. 2. imperfect or incomplete; fragmentary: a broken set of books. 3. interrupted; disturbed; disconnected: broken sleep. 4. intermittent or discontinuous: broken sunshine. 5. (Music, other) varying in direction or intensity, as of pitch: a broken note; a broken run. 6. not functioning: a broken radio. 7. spoilt or ruined by divorce (esp in the phrases broken home, broken marriage)8. (of a trust, promise, contract, etc) violated; infringed9. overcome with grief or disappointment: a broken heart. 10. (Grammar) (of the speech of a foreigner) imperfect in grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation: broken English. 11. Also: broken-in made tame or disciplined by training: a broken horse; a broken recruit. 12. exhausted or weakened as through ill-health or misfortune13. confused or disorganized: broken ranks of soldiers. 14. breached or opened: broken defensive lines. 15. irregular or rough; uneven: broken ground. 16. bankrupt or out of money: a broken industry. 17. (Colours) (of colour) having a multicoloured decorative effect, as by stippling paint onto a surface18. informal South African drunk ˈbrokenly advbro•ken (ˈbroʊ kən)
v. 1. pp. of break. adj. 2. reduced to fragments; fragmented. 3. ruptured; torn; fractured. 4. not functioning properly; out of working order. 5. infringed or violated: a broken promise. 6. interrupted, disrupted, or disconnected: a broken line. 7. changing direction abruptly. 8. fragmentary or incomplete. 9. weakened in strength, spirit, etc.: broken health. 10. tamed, trained, or reduced to submission: broken to the saddle. 11. (of language) imperfectly spoken: broken English. 12. spoken in a halting manner, as under emotional strain. 13. disunited or divided; disrupted, as by divorce: broken families. 14. not smooth; rough or irregular: broken ground. 15. overwhelmed with sorrow or disappointment: a broken heart. 16. ruined; bankrupt: broken fortunes. bro′ken•ly, adv. brokenBroken is the past participle of the verb break. He has broken a window with a ball.Broken is also an adjective. A broken object has split into pieces or has cracked, for example because it has been hit or dropped. He sweeps away the broken glass under the window....a long table covered in broken crockery.He glanced at the broken lock he was still holding in his free hand.If a machine or device is not functioning because there is something wrong with it, you do not usually say that it 'is broken'. You say that it does not work or is not working. One of the lamps didn't work.Chris sits beside him with sweaters on because the heater doesn't work.The traffic lights weren't working properly.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | broken - physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split; "a broken mirror"; "a broken tooth"; "a broken leg"; "his neck is broken"damaged - harmed or injured or spoiled; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings"injured - harmed; "injured soldiers"; "injured feelings"imperfect - not perfect; defective or inadequate; "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect"unsound - not sound financially; "unsound banking practices"unbroken - not broken; whole and intact; in one piece; "fortunately the other lens is unbroken" | | 2. | 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"noncontinuous, discontinuous - not continuing without interruption in time or space; "discontinuous applause"; "the landscape was a discontinuous mosaic of fields and forest areas"; "he received a somewhat haphazard and discontinuous schooling"unbroken - marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence; "cars in an unbroken procession"; "the unbroken quiet of the afternoon" | | 3. | broken - subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit"humbled, humiliated, crushed, lowhumble - marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B.K.Malinowski | | 4. |  broken - (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded; "broken (or unkept) promises"; "broken contracts"unkeptcontract - a binding agreement between two or more persons that is enforceable by lawkept, unbroken - (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded; "unbroken promises"; "promises kept" | | 5. | broken - tamed or trained to obey; "a horse broken to the saddle"; "this old nag is well broken in"broken intamed, tame - brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries" | | 6. | broken - topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged ground"ruggedrough, unsmooth - having or caused by an irregular surface; "trees with rough bark"; "rough ground"; "rough skin"; "rough blankets"; "his unsmooth face" | | 7. | broken - imperfectly spoken or written; "broken English"imperfect - not perfect; defective or inadequate; "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect" | | 8. |  broken - 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"disordered, upset, confuseddisorganised, disorganized - lacking order or methodical arrangement or function; "a disorganized enterprise"; "a thousand pages of muddy and disorganized prose"; "she was too disorganized to be an agreeable roommate" | | 9. | broken - weakened and infirm; "broken health resulting from alcoholism"impaired - diminished in strength, quality, or utility; "impaired eyesight" | | 10. | broken - destroyed financially; "the broken fortunes of the family"impoverished, wiped outdestroyed - spoiled or ruined or demolished; "war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind" | | 11. | broken - 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"bustedcolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechdamaged - harmed or injured or spoiled; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings" | | 12. | broken - discontinuous; "broken clouds"; "broken sunshine"meteorology - the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere (especially weather)distributed - spread out or scattered about or divided up | | 13. | broken - lacking a part or parts; "a broken set of encyclopedia"incomplete, uncomplete - not complete or total; not completed; "an incomplete account of his life"; "political consequences of incomplete military success"; "an incomplete forward pass" |
brokenadjective1. interrupted, disturbed, incomplete, erratic, disconnected, intermittent, fragmentary, spasmodic, discontinuous nights of broken sleep2. failed, ruined, wrecked, unsuccessful, abortive, ending in divorce the traumas of a broken marriage3. imperfect, halting, hesitating, stammering, disjointed Eric could only respond in broken English.4. smashed, destroyed, burst, shattered, fragmented, fractured, demolished, severed, ruptured, rent, separated, shivered Damp air came through the broken window.5. defective, not working, ruined, imperfect, out of order, not functioning, on the blink (slang), on its last legs, kaput (informal) a broken guitar and a rusty snare drum6. violated, forgotten, ignored, disregarded, not kept, infringed, retracted, disobeyed, dishonoured, transgressed, traduced History is made up of broken promises.7. defeated, beaten, crushed, humbled, crippled, tamed, subdued, oppressed, overpowered, vanquished, demoralized, browbeaten He looked a broken man.8. fractured, cracked, splintered He escaped with a broken leg.9. cut, wounded, pierced, punctured, perforated, ruptured The broken skin became infected.10. uneven, rough, bumpy, rutted, not flat, not level, not smooth, pitty the rough broken ground in front of the flatsTranslationsbroken (ˈbrəukən) adjective1. see break . a broken window; My watch is broken. 破掉，壞了 破碎的，弄坏的 2. interrupted. broken sleep. 斷續的 断续的3. uneven. broken ground. 起伏不平的 起伏不平的4. (of language) not fluent. He speaks broken English. 不流利的 蹩脚的5. ruined. The children come from a broken home (= their parents are no longer living together). 破裂的 被破坏的ˌbroken-ˈhearted adjective overcome by grief. 心碎的 心碎的- The meter is broken → 表坏了
- The parking meter is broken → 售票机坏了
- My car has broken down → 我的车坏了
- The exhaust is broken → 排气管坏了
- The transmission is broken (US)
The gearbox is broken (UK) → 变速箱坏了 - The windshield is broken (US)
The windscreen is broken (UK) → 挡风玻璃坏了 - This is broken → 这个坏了
- The lock is broken → 锁坏了
- My car has been broken into → 我的车锁被人撬了
- I've broken the window → 我打破了窗户
- I've broken a tooth → 我打碎了一颗牙
broken
See:- a broken reed
- break (one's) silence
- break (one's) word
- break (someone's) serve
- break (something) to pieces
- break a/the code
- break a/the habit
- break a/the law
- break a/the spell
- break away
- break down
- break free
- break ground
- break in
- break in(to) tears
- break into
- break loose
- break loose from (something)
- break new ground
- break new paths
- break off
- break open
- break out
- break out in a cold sweat
- break out in a rash
- break out in(to) tears
- break out with (something)
- break over (something)
- break ranks
- break ship
- break silence
- break someone's heart
- break the back of (something)
- break the bank
- break the ice
- break the mold
- break the news
- break the silence
- break the/a record
- break through
- break up
- break wind
- break with tradition
- broken dreams
- broken record
- broken reed
- broken vessel
- broken wind
- broken-hearted
- die of a broken heart
- jailbreak
- jailbroken
- like a broken record
- promises are like pie crust(s): (easily made,) easily broken
- promises are like pie crust(s): (they are) made to be broken
- Promises are like piecrust, made to be broken
- rules are made to be broken
- sound like a broken record
broken
broken1. varying in direction or intensity, as of pitch 2. (of colour) having a multicoloured decorative effect, as by stippling paint onto a surface What does it mean when you dream about something broken?The state of brokenness can be used to symbolize everything from poverty (“broke”) to forcible entry (a “break-in”) to fundamental damage (“broken down”) to emotional abandonment (as in having one’s heart “broken”). Breaking may also have positive connotations, as when one breaks open the seal on a letter or the packaging of a gift or a new purchase. Any one of these connotations might be indicated, and thus brokenness must be interpreted in the larger context of the dream. broken[′brō·kən] (meteorology) Descriptive of a sky cover of from 0.6 to 0.9 (expressed to the nearest tenth). broken (BKN) As it relates to the cloud amount, it means 5 to 7 octas of clouds. Five or 7 octas means 5/8 or 7/8 of the sky is covered with clouds.
Typical symbols for broken clouds on a weather map.brokenNot working properly (of programs).brokenNot working properly. The term applies to software as well as hardware. If software is "broken," it means there is a bug in it. It may mean that people are having difficulty using it, because of poor design or cryptic error messages, in which case some parts of all software are "broken." See bug.FinancialSeebreakSee BRKN
See BRKbroken
Synonyms for brokenadj interruptedSynonyms- interrupted
- disturbed
- incomplete
- erratic
- disconnected
- intermittent
- fragmentary
- spasmodic
- discontinuous
adj failedSynonyms- failed
- ruined
- wrecked
- unsuccessful
- abortive
- ending in divorce
adj imperfectSynonyms- imperfect
- halting
- hesitating
- stammering
- disjointed
adj smashedSynonyms- smashed
- destroyed
- burst
- shattered
- fragmented
- fractured
- demolished
- severed
- ruptured
- rent
- separated
- shivered
adj defectiveSynonyms- defective
- not working
- ruined
- imperfect
- out of order
- not functioning
- on the blink
- on its last legs
- kaput
adj violatedSynonyms- violated
- forgotten
- ignored
- disregarded
- not kept
- infringed
- retracted
- disobeyed
- dishonoured
- transgressed
- traduced
adj defeatedSynonyms- defeated
- beaten
- crushed
- humbled
- crippled
- tamed
- subdued
- oppressed
- overpowered
- vanquished
- demoralized
- browbeaten
adj fracturedSynonyms- fractured
- cracked
- splintered
adj cutSynonyms- cut
- wounded
- pierced
- punctured
- perforated
- ruptured
adj unevenSynonyms- uneven
- rough
- bumpy
- rutted
- not flat
- not level
- not smooth
- pitty
Synonyms for brokenadj physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or splitRelated Words- damaged
- injured
- imperfect
- unsound
Antonymsadj not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptlyRelated Words- noncontinuous
- discontinuous
Antonymsadj subdued or brought low in condition or statusSynonyms- humbled
- humiliated
- crushed
- low
Related Wordsadj (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregardedSynonymsRelated WordsAntonymsadj tamed or trained to obeySynonymsRelated Wordsadj topographically very unevenSynonymsRelated Wordsadj imperfectly spoken or writtenRelated Wordsadj thrown into a state of disarray or confusionSynonymsRelated Wordsadj weakened and infirmRelated Wordsadj destroyed financiallySynonymsRelated Wordsadj out of working order ('busted' is an informal substitute for 'broken')SynonymsRelated Wordsadj discontinuousRelated Wordsadj lacking a part or partsRelated Words |