Broken |
of Break |
p. p. |
Broken |
Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish. |
v. t. |
Broken |
Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface. |
v. t. |
Broken |
Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship. |
v. t. |
Broken |
Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships. |
v. t. |
Broken |
Subdued; humbled; contrite. |
v. t. |
Broken |
Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse. |
v. t. |
Broken |
Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted. |
v. t. |
Broken |
Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law. |
v. t. |
Broken |
Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman. |
v. t. |
Broken |
Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting. |
v. t. |
Broken-backed |
Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair. |
a. |
Broken-backed |
Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; -- said of a ship. |
a. |
Broken-bellied |
Having a ruptured belly. |
a. |
Broken-hearted |
Having the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair. |
a. |
Broken wind |
The heaves. |
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Broken-winded |
Having short breath or disordered respiration, as a horse. |
a. |
Pock-broken |
Broken out, or marked, with smallpox; pock-fretten. |
a. |
Thick wind |
A defect of respiration in a horse, that is unassociated with noise in breathing or with the signs of emphysema. |
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Wind |
To turn completely, or with repeated turns; especially, to turn about something fixed; to cause to form convolutions about anything; to coil; to twine; to twist; to wreathe; as, to wind thread on a spool or into a ball. |
v. t. |