| broken | 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." 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. <geometry> 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. Origin: From Break. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| broken wind | <veterinary> The heaves. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| broken-hearted | Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair. "She left her husband almost broken-hearted." (Macaulay) Synonym: Disconsolable, heart-broken, inconsolable, comfortless, woe-begone, forlorn. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| broken-winded | <veterinary> Having short breath or disordered respiration, as a horse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| brokenness | 1. The state or quality of being broken; unevenness. 2. Contrition; as, brokenness of heart. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| wind-broken | Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air cells of the lungs, so that while the inspiration is by one effort, the expiration is by two; affected with pulmonary emphysema or with heaves; said of a horse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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