See Also: broken 2, adjective(dictionary)
Broken up(money)
Broken hip(health)
broken(dictionary)
Broken up(finance)
Broken(medicine)
broken-down(dictionary)
broken-hearted(dictionary)
broken-hearted(dictionary)
broken 1, verb(dictionary)

broken 2, adjective (oh)



2 W3S3 adj

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1 ?piece of equipment?
2 ?object?
3 ?bone?
4 ?not continuous?
5 ?person?
6 broken English/French etc
7 broken home
8 broken marriage
9 a broken heart
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?PIECE OF EQUIPMENT?
not working properly
::The CD player's broken again.
::Do you know how the phone got broken (=became broken) ?
?OBJECT?
in small pieces because it has been hit, dropped etc
::Mind the broken glass.
::Wrap it up well so it doesn't get broken (=become broken) in the mail.
?BONE?
cracked because you have had an accident
::a badly broken leg
::Gibbs had an X-ray which revealed no broken bones.
?NOT CONTINUOUS?
interrupted and not continuous
::a broken white line
::a long noisy night of broken sleep
?PERSON?
extremely weak mentally or physically because you have suffered a lot
::He returned from the war a broken man.
broken English/French etc
if you speak in broken English, French etc, you speak slowly and make a lot of mistakes because you only know a little of the language
broken home
a family that no longer lives together because the parents have divorced
::The majority of offenders do not come from broken homes.
broken marriage
a marriage that has ended because the husband and wife do not live together any more
a broken heart
a feeling of extreme sadness, especially because someone you love has died or left you
::I reckon she died of a broken heart.