Definition of broken

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Broken (v. t.) Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship..

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Strong :: Strong (superl.) Pertaining to, or designating, a verb which forms its preterit (imperfect) by a variation in the root vowel, and the past participle (usually) by the addition of -en (with or without a change of the root vowel); as in the verbs strive, strove, striven; break, broke, broken; drink, drank, drunk. Opposed to weak, or regular. See Weak..
Broken :: Broken (v. t.) Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface..
Cackle :: Cackle (n.) The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg.
Confract :: Confract (a.) Broken in pieces; severed.
Jag :: Jag (n.) A part broken off; a fragment.
Imping :: Imping (n.) The process of repairing broken feathers or a deficient wing.
Calx :: Calx (n.) Broken and refuse glass, returned to the post..
Falter :: Falter (v. & n.) To hesitate; to speak brokenly or weakly; to stammer; as, his tongue falters..
Heartbroken :: Heartbroken (a.) Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved.
Fast :: Fast (v.) Not easily disturbed or broken; deep; sound.
Tender :: Tender (superl.) Easily impressed, broken, bruised, or injured; not firm or hard; delicate; as, tender plants; tender flesh; tender fruit..
Continuate :: Continuate (a.) Uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; continued.
Metal :: Metal (n.) The broken stone used in macadamizing roads and ballasting railroads.
Hell :: Hell (v. t.) A place into which a tailor throws his shreds, or a printer his broken type..
Luddite :: Luddite (n.) One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames..
Hackly :: Hackly (a.) Rough or broken, as if hacked..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone..
Mend :: Mend (v. t.) To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine..
Decrepitude :: Decrepitude (n.) The broken state produced by decay and the infirmities of age; infirm old age.
Infrangible :: Infrangible (a.) Not capable of being broken or separated into parts; as, infrangible atoms..
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