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  • English Word Broken Definition of Break
  • English Word Broken Definition Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish.
  • English Word Broken Definition Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface.
  • English Word Broken Definition Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship.
  • English Word Broken Definition Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships.
  • English Word Broken Definition Subdued; humbled; contrite.
  • English Word Broken Definition Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse.
  • English Word Broken Definition Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted.
  • English Word Broken Definition Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law.
  • English Word Broken Definition Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman.
  • English Word Broken Definition Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting.
  • English Word Broken wind Definition The heaves.
  • English Word Broken-backed Definition Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair.
  • English Word Broken-backed Definition Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; -- said of a ship.
  • English Word Broken-bellied Definition Having a ruptured belly.
  • English Word Broken-hearted Definition Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair.
  • English Word Broken-winded Definition Having short breath or disordered respiration, as a horse.
  • English Word Brokenly Definition In a broken, interrupted manner; in a broken state; in broken language.
  • English Word Brokenness Definition The state or quality of being broken; unevenness.
  • English Word Brokenness Definition Contrition; as, brokenness of heart.
  • English Word Broker Definition One who transacts business for another; an agent.
  • English Word Broker Definition An agent employed to effect bargains and contracts, as a middleman or negotiator, between other persons, for a compensation commonly called brokerage. He takes no possession, as broker, of the subject matter of the negotiation. He generally contracts in the names of those who employ him, and not in his own.
  • English Word Broker Definition A dealer in money, notes, bills of exchange, etc.
  • English Word Broker Definition A dealer in secondhand goods.
  • English Word Broker Definition A pimp or procurer.
  • English Word Brokerage Definition The business or employment of a broker.
  • English Word Brokerage Definition The fee, reward, or commission, given or changed for transacting business as a broker.
  • English Word Brokerly Definition Mean; servile.
  • English Word Brokery Definition The business of a broker.
  • English Word Broking Definition Of or pertaining to a broker or brokers, or to brokerage.