broken: betekenis en definities

Past participle of break.

Forcibly separated into two or more pieces; fractured: a broken arm; broken glass.

Sundered by divorce, separation, or desertion of a parent or parents: children from broken homes; a broken marriage.

Having been violated: a broken promise.

Incomplete: a broken set of books.

Being in a state of disarray; disordered: troops fleeing in broken ranks.

Intermittently stopping and starting; discontinuous: a broken cable transmission.

Varying abruptly, as in pitch: broken sobs.

Spoken with gaps and errors: broken English.

Topographically rough; uneven: broken terrain.

Subdued totally; humbled: a broken spirit.

Weakened and infirm: broken health.

Crushed by grief: died of a broken heart.

Financially ruined; bankrupt.

Not functioning; out of order: a broken washing machine.