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Definition of Broken |
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Broken
of Break Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish. Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface. Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship. Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships. Subdued; humbled; contrite. Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse. Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted. Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law. Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman. Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting. Related Definitions: Account, Adhered, Age, Also, And, Apart, As, At, Bank, Blighted, Break, Broken, By, Carried, Chain, Continuous, Contract, Contrite, Cracked, Crushed, Disconnected, Disease, Dish, Disunited, Divided, Effect, Emotion, English, Few, Financially, For, Foreigner, Fractured, Friendship, Hope, Horse, Humbled, Incapable, Incurred, Infirm, Into, Law, Made, Not, Of, On, Or, Parting, Paying, Promise, Redeeming, Reed, Rope, Rough, Ruined, Say, Separated, Something, Spoken, Strained, Subdued, Subjugated, Sundered, Surface, That, To, Tradesman, Trained, Uneven, Use, Violence, Vow, Weak |
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Broken Quotations
We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions. Ronald Reagan Better a broken promise than none at all. Mark Twain Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation. Martin Luther King, Jr. Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken. Warren Buffett I always thought that record would stand until it was broken. Yogi Berra Congratulations. I knew the record would stand until it was broken. Yogi Berra It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head. Mohandas Gandhi Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom. John F. Kennedy The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself. Ralph Waldo Emerson The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. Ernest Hemingway |
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Broken Translations
broken in Afrikaans is stukkend broken in Dutch is defect, stuk, kapot broken in German is kaputt, kaputt, geknickt, gebrochene, gebrochen broken in Latin is concisus, infractus broken in Portuguese is quebrado broken in Spanish is defectuoso, estropeado, roto |
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