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- past participle of break
adjectivebroken (adjective)- having been fractured or damaged and no longer in one piece or in working order:"he had a broken arm"
- (of a marriage or other long-term relationship) having ended.
- denoting a family in which the parents are divorced or separated:"he grew up poor in a broken family" · "unable to survive in this broken household, Michael moved around foster homes"
- (of an agreement or promise) not observed by one of the parties involved.
- (of a person) having given up all hope; despairing:"he went to his grave a broken man"
- having breaks or gaps in continuity:"a broken white line across the road"
- computing(of a link) pointing or connected to a destination that has been deleted or moved, or is no longer functioning:"you'll see that there are a number of broken internal links, so some of the site has been lost to time"
- (of speech or a language) spoken falteringly, as if overcome by emotion, or with many mistakes, as by a foreigner:"a young man talking in broken Italian"
- having an uneven and rough surface:"broken ground"
verbbroken (past participle)- separate or cause to separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain:"the branch broke with a loud snap" · "windows in the street were broken by the blast" · "the slate fell from my hand and broke in two on the hard floor" · "break the chocolate into pieces"
- sustain an injury involving the fracture of a bone or bones in a part of the body:"she had broken her leg in two places" · "what if his leg had broken?"
- cause a cut or graze in (the skin):"the bite had scarcely broken the skin"
- make or become inoperative:"the machine has broken and they can't fix it until next week" · "I think I've broken the mechanism in my watch"
- (of the amniotic fluid surrounding a fetus) be or cause to be discharged when the sac is ruptured in the first stages of labor:"she realized her water had broken"
- informalopen (a safe) forcibly.
- use (a piece of paper currency) to pay for something and receive change out of the transaction:"she had to break a ten"
- (of two boxers or wrestlers) come out of a clinch, especially at the referee's command:"I was acting as referee and telling them to break"
- unfurl (a flag or sail).
- succeed in deciphering (a code):"ciphers are easily broken by the new wonder machines"
- open (a shotgun or rifle) at the breech.
- disprove (an alibi).
- invalidate (a will) through legal process.
- interrupt (a sequence, course, or continuous state):"this broke the pattern of generations remaining in the place where they were born" · "his concentration was broken by a sound"
- put an end to (a silence) by speaking or making contact:"it was some time before he broke the silence"
- BRITISH ENGLISHmake a pause in (a journey):"we will break our journey in Venice"
- stop proceedings in order to have a pause or vacation:"at mid-morning they broke for coffee"
- lessen the impact of (a fall):"she put out an arm to break her fall"
- put an end to (a tie in a game) by making a score.
- disconnect or interrupt (an electrical circuit):"a multimeter able to measure current without having to break the circuit under test"
- stop oneself from engaging in (a habitual practice):"try to break the habit of adding salt at the table"
- surpass (a record):"the movie broke box-office records"
- fail to observe (a law, regulation, or agreement):"the district attorney says she will prosecute retailers who break the law" · "the legally binding contract can only be broken by mutual consent" · "if I don't go, I'll be breaking my promise"
- fail to continue with (a self-imposed discipline):"diets started without preparation are broken all the time"
- crush the emotional strength, spirit, or resistance of:"the idea was to better the prisoners, not to break them"
- (of a person's emotional strength) give way:"her self-control finally broke"
- destroy the power of (a movement or organization):"the management are out to break the union"
- destroy the effectiveness of (a strike), typically by bringing in other people to replace the striking workers:"the company has attempted to break the strike using non-union labor"
- tame or train (a horse).
- (of the weather) change suddenly:"the weather broke and thunder rumbled through a leaden sky"
- (of a storm) begin violently:"when all were aboard, the storm broke"
- (of dawn or day) begin with the sun rising:"dawn was just breaking"
- (of clouds) move apart and begin to disperse:"on the seventh of September the clouds broke for the first time"
- (of waves) curl over and dissolve into foam:"the Caribbean sea breaking gently on the shore"
- (of the voice) falter and change tone, due to emotion:"her voice broke as she relived the experience"
- (of a boy's voice) change in tone and register at puberty:"after his voice broke, he left the choir"
- phonetics(of a vowel) develop into a diphthong, under the influence of an adjacent sound.
- (of prices on the stock exchange) fall sharply.
- make the first stroke at the beginning of a game of billiards, pool, or snooker.
- (of news or a scandal) suddenly become public:"since the news broke I've received thousands of wonderful letters"
- (break something to)make bad news known to (someone):"he was trying to break the terrible news gently to his father"
- (chiefly of an attacking player or team, or of a military force) make a rush or dash in a particular direction:"the flight broke to the right and formed a defensive circle"
- (of a pitched baseball) curve or drop on its way toward the batter.
- (of a bowled cricket ball) change direction on bouncing, due to spin.
- (of a ball) rebound unpredictably:"the ball broke to Craig but his shot rebounded from the post"
OriginOld English brecan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch breken and German brechen, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin frangere ‘to break’.Similar and Opposite Wordsadjective- having been fractured or damaged and no longer in one piece or in working order:
- (of a person) having given up all hope; despairing:
- having breaks or gaps in continuity:
- (of speech or a language) spoken falteringly, as if overcome by emotion, or with many mistakes, as by a foreigner:
- having an uneven and rough surface:
verb- separate or cause to separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain:
- interrupt (a sequence, course, or continuous state):
- stop proceedings in order to have a pause or vacation:
- lessen the impact of (a fall):
- stop oneself from engaging in (a habitual practice):
- surpass (a record):
- fail to observe (a law, regulation, or agreement):
- (of the weather) change suddenly:
- (of news or a scandal) suddenly become public:
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