BROKEN, verb. Past participle of break

BROKEN, adjective. Fragmented, in separate pieces.

BROKEN, adjective. (of a bone or body part) Fractured; having the bone in pieces.

BROKEN, adjective. (of skin) Split or ruptured.

BROKEN, adjective. (of a line) Dashed, made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.

BROKEN, adjective. (of sleep) Interrupted; not continuous.

BROKEN, adjective. (meteorology) (of the sky) Five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds.

BROKEN, adjective. (of a promise, etc) Breeched; violated; not kept.

BROKEN, adjective. Non-functional; not functioning properly.

BROKEN, adjective. (of an electronic connection) Disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic.

BROKEN, adjective. (software) (informal) Badly designed or implemented.

BROKEN, adjective. (pejorative) (of language) Grammatically non-standard, especially as a result of being a non-native speaker.

BROKEN, adjective. (colloquial) (US) (of a situation) Not having gone in the way intended; saddening.

BROKEN, adjective. (of a person) Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed.

BROKEN, adjective. Having no money; bankrupt, broke.

BROKEN, adjective. (of land) Uneven.

BROKEN, adjective. (sports and gaming) (of a tactic or option) Overpowered; overly powerful; too powerful.

BROKEN, proper noun. (derogatory) (slang) Torres Strait Creole.

BROKEN ARROW, noun. (US) (euphemistic) (military) An accidental event that involves nuclear weapons or nuclear components but does not create the risk of nuclear war.

BROKEN ARROW, noun. (US) (military) a code phrase that a ground unit is facing imminent destruction from enemy attack and all available air forces within range are to provide air support immediately.

BROKEN ARROW, noun. (US) (euphemistic) Alternative spelling of broken arrow, a nuclear accident.

BROKEN ARROWS, noun. Plural of Broken Arrow

BROKEN ARROWS, noun. Plural of broken arrow

BROKEN BAD, verb. Past participle of break bad

BROKEN BIRD, noun. A bird that is unable to fly due to one or both of its wings being broken.

BROKEN BIRD, noun. (aviation) An unflyable aircraft, particularly one that has been grounded or downed.

BROKEN BIRD, noun. (figuratively) A troubled or emotionally fragile person, especially one suffering the aftereffects of a personal trauma.

BROKEN BIRDS, noun. Plural of broken bird

BROKEN BREAST, noun. Abscess of the mammary gland

BROKEN BRITAIN, proper noun. (informal) (derogatory) Britain (viewed as a crime-ridden state where society and common sense have failed)

BROKEN BRITAIN, proper noun. Alternative letter-case form of Broken Britain

BROKEN CHORD, noun. (music) A chord whose notes are played in sequential descending or ascending order

BROKEN CHORDS, noun. Plural of broken chord

BROKEN CONSORT, noun. (music) an instrumental ensemble (also called Morley consort or English consort) that developed in Europe during the Renaissance.

BROKEN CONSORTS, noun. Plural of broken consort

BROKEN DOWN, verb. Past participle of break down

BROKEN EVEN, verb. Past participle of break even

BROKEN GLASS REPUBLICAN, noun. (US) (uncommon) A Republican who invariably votes for Republican candidates.

BROKEN HEART, noun. A feeling of grief or loss, especially after a failed romantic relationship.

BROKEN HEART SYNDROME, noun. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy triggered by emotional stress, such as the death of a loved one

BROKEN HEARTS, noun. Plural of broken heart

BROKEN HOME, noun. A home in which the parents have separated or divorced.

BROKEN IN, verb. Past participle of break in

BROKEN INTO, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of break into

BROKEN LOOSE, verb. Past participle of break loose

BROKEN NUMBER, noun. (math) (obsolete) A fraction.

BROKEN NUMBERS, noun. Plural of broken number

BROKEN OFF, verb. Past participle of break off

BROKEN OUT, verb. Past participle of break out

BROKEN PLURAL, noun. Irregular plural formed by changing the pattern of consonants and vowels inside the singular form, found in the Semitic languages and other Afroasiatic languages such as Berber. An example in Arabic is مَكْتَب, plural مَكَاتِب.

BROKEN RECORD, noun. (idiomatic) Someone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance.

BROKEN RECORDS, noun. Plural of broken record

BROKEN REED, noun. Something very fragile or unreliable.

BROKEN REEDS, noun. Plural of broken reed

BROKEN RHYME, noun. The splitting of the final word in a line of poetry (onto the next line) such that a rhyme is formed from a syllable other than the last

BROKEN RHYMES, noun. Plural of broken rhyme

BROKEN SOURCE, noun. (software) (derogatory) A subset of open source computer software that is considered buggy, unstable and incomplete.

BROKEN THE BANK, verb. Past participle of break the bank

BROKEN THE FOURTH WALL, verb. Past participle of break the fourth wall

BROKEN THE ICE, verb. Past participle of break the ice

BROKEN TIME, noun. (fencing) A sudden change in the tempo of one fencer's actions, used to fool the opponent into responding at the wrong time.

BROKEN UP, verb. Past participle of break up

BROKEN VESSEL, noun. (idiomatic) (biblical) A person who is destroyed or forgotten, or who feels flawed or broken.

BROKEN VESSELS, noun. Plural of broken vessel

BROKEN WIND, noun. A respiratory disease or chronic condition of horses involving an allergic bronchitis characterised by wheezing, coughing and laboured breathing.

BROKEN WIND, verb. Past participle of break wind

BROKEN WINDOWS THEORY, proper noun. (criminology) A criminological theory stating that signs of urban decay (e.g. broken windows, graffiti) signal that an area is not monitored, encouraging more destructive criminal behavior.

BROKEN, adjective. Physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split; "a broken mirror"; "a broken tooth"; "a broken leg"; "his neck is broken".

BROKEN, adjective. Not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly; "broken lines of defense"; "a broken cable transmission"; "broken sleep"; "tear off the stub above the broken line"; "a broken note"; "broken sobs".

BROKEN, adjective. Subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low"; "a broken man"; "his broken spirit".

BROKEN, adjective. (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded; "broken (or unkept) promises"; "broken contracts".

BROKEN, adjective. Tamed or trained to obey; "a horse broken to the saddle"; "this old nag is well broken in".

BROKEN, adjective. Topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged ground".

BROKEN, adjective. Imperfectly spoken or written; "broken English".

BROKEN, adjective. Thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; "troops fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset".

BROKEN, adjective. Weakened and infirm; "broken health resulting from alcoholism".

BROKEN, adjective. Destroyed financially; "the broken fortunes of the family".

BROKEN, adjective. Out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken'); "a broken washing machine"; "the coke machine is broken"; "the coke machine is busted".

BROKEN, adjective. Discontinuous; "broken clouds"; "broken sunshine".

BROKEN, adjective. Lacking a part or parts; "a broken set of encyclopedia".