1. past participle of break.
2. forcibly separated into two or more pieces; fractured: a broken arm; broken glass.
3. sundered by divorce, separation, or desertion of a parent or parents: children from broken homes; a broken marriage.
4. having been violated: a broken promise.
5. incomplete: a broken set of books.
6. being in a state of disarray; disordered: troops fleeing in broken ranks.
7. intermittently stopping and starting; discontinuous: a broken cable transmission.
8. varying abruptly, as in pitch: broken sobs.
9. spoken with gaps and errors: broken english.
10. topographically rough; uneven: broken terrain.
11. subdued totally; humbled: a broken spirit.
12. weakened and infirm: broken health.
13. crushed by grief: died of a broken heart.
14. financially ruined; bankrupt.
15. not functioning; out of order: a broken washing machine.

1. past participle of break
2. fragmented, in separate pieces.
3. having the bone in pieces, fractured.
4. dashed, made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.
5. split or ruptured.
6. not working properly.
7. completely defeated and dispirited.
8. grammatically non-standard, especially as a result of being a non-native speaker.
9. having no money, bankrupt, broke.
10. disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic.
11. badly designed or implemented.
12. five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds.
13. overpowered
14. not having gone in the way intended; saddening.

1. separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments.
2. disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven.
3. fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart.
4. made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships.
5. subdued; humbled; contrite.
6. subjugated; trained for use, as a horse.
7. crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted.
8. not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated.
9. ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred.
10. imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; ; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion.

1. not integral or entire; fractional: opposed to round, as applied to numbers.
2. rough; intersected with hills and valleys or ravines: applied to the surface of a country or district.
3. bankrupt.
4. imperfect; ungrammatical; wanting in fluency or correctness of pronunciation: as, broken french.
5. in heraldry, depicted as having been forcibly torn off, leaving the end shivered or splintered.
6. in entomology, abruptly bent at an angle; geniculate: said specifically of antennæ in which the terminal portion forms an angle with the long basal joint.—
7. an unprofitable voyage, or a losing voyage.

1. thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
2. tamed or trained to obey
3. weakened and infirm
4. out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken')
5. destroyed financially
6. discontinuous
7. topographically very uneven
8. not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly
9. imperfectly spoken or written
10. (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded
11. lacking a part or parts
12. subdued or brought low in condition or status
13. physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split