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Definition of Broken
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.

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Broken Quotations

For each book, the time is also broken up.
George Stephen

Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
Langston Hughes

I have broken a lot of stories.
Robert Scheer

Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.
Albert Camus

The world breaks everyone and afterward many are stronger at the broken places.
Ernest Hemingway

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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