ALL meanings of broken
bro·ken
B b - noun broken Broken is the past participle of break. 3
- adjective broken A broken line is not continuous but has gaps or spaces in it. 3
- adjective broken You can use broken to describe a marriage that has ended in divorce, or a home in which the parents of the family are divorced, when you think this is a sad or bad thing. 3
- adjective broken If someone talks in broken English, for example, or in broken French, they speak slowly and make a lot of mistakes because they do not know the language very well. 3
- adjective broken fractured, smashed, or splintered 3
- adjective broken imperfect or incomplete; fragmentary 3
- adjective broken interrupted; disturbed; disconnected 3
- adjective broken intermittent or discontinuous 3
- adjective broken varying in direction or intensity, as of pitch 3
- adjective broken not functioning 3
- adjective broken spoilt or ruined by divorce (esp in the phrases broken home, broken marriage) 3
- adjective broken (of a trust, promise, contract, etc) violated; infringed 3
- adjective broken overcome with grief or disappointment 3
- adjective broken (of the speech of a foreigner) imperfect in grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation 3
- adjective broken made tame or disciplined by training 3
- adjective broken exhausted or weakened as through ill-health or misfortune 3
- adjective broken confused or disorganized 3
- adjective broken breached or opened 3
- adjective broken irregular or rough; uneven 3
- adjective broken bankrupt or out of money 3
- adjective broken (of colour) having a multicoloured decorative effect, as by stippling paint onto a surface 3
- adjective broken drunk 3
- abbreviation BROKEN break 3
- adjective broken split or cracked into pieces; splintered, fractured, burst, etc. 3
- adjective broken not in working condition; out of order 3
- adjective broken not kept or observed; violated 3
- adjective broken disrupted, as by divorce 3
- adjective broken sick, weakened, or beaten 3
- abbreviation BROKEN bankrupt 3
- adjective broken not even or continuous; interrupted 3
- adjective broken not complete 3
- adjective broken imperfectly spoken, esp. with reference to grammar and syntax 3
- adjective broken subdued and trained; tamed 3
- adjective broken demoted in rank 3
- adjective broken not working 1
- adjective broken fragmented 1
- adjective broken severed 1
- adjective broken promise, vow: not kept 1
- adjective broken badly spoken 1
- adjective broken health 1
- adjective broken incomplete 1
- adjective broken line: not continuous 1
- adjective broken uneven 1
- adjective broken heart 1
- verb broken past participle of break. 1
- adjective broken reduced to fragments; fragmented. 1
- adjective broken ruptured; torn; fractured. 1
- adjective broken not functioning properly; out of working order. 1
- adjective broken Meteorology. (of sky cover) being more than half, but not totally, covered by clouds. Compare scattered (def 4). 1
- adjective broken changing direction abruptly: The fox ran in a broken line. 1