broke


Meanings

  • terminate;
  • become separated into pieces or fragments;
    • "The figurine broke"
  • render inoperable or ineffective;
    • "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!"
  • ruin completely;
  • destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments;
    • "He broke the glass plate"
    • "She broke the match"
  • act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises;
  • move away or escape suddenly;
    • "The horses broke from the stable"
    • "Three inmates broke jail"
  • scatter or part;
    • "The clouds broke after the heavy downpour"
  • force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up;
  • prevent completion;
  • enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act;
    • "Someone broke in while I was on vacation"
    • "They broke into my car and stole my radio!"
    • "who broke into my account last night?"
  • make submissive, obedient, or useful;
    • "I broke in the new intern"
  • fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns;
  • surpass in excellence;
  • make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret;
    • "he broke the news to her"
  • come into being;
    • "light broke over the horizon"
    • "Voices broke in the air"
  • stop operating or functioning;
    • "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"
    • "The coffee maker broke"
  • interrupt a continued activity;
    • "She had broken with the traditional patterns"
  • make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing;
    • "The ranks broke"
  • curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves;
    • "The surf broke"
  • lessen in force or effect;
  • be broken in;
  • come to an end;
    • "The heat wave finally broke yesterday"
  • vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity;
    • "The flat plain was broken by tall mesas"
  • cause to give up a habit;
    • "She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes"
  • give up;
  • come forth or begin from a state of latency;
    • "The first winter storm broke over New York"
  • happen or take place;
  • cause the failure or ruin of;
    • "His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage"
  • invalidate by judicial action;
    • "The will was broken"
  • discontinue an association or relation; go different ways;
    • "The business partners broke over a tax question"
  • assign to a lower position; reduce in rank;
    • "He was broken down to Sergeant"
  • reduce to bankruptcy;
  • change directions suddenly
  • emerge from the surface of a body of water;
    • "The whales broke"
  • break down, literally or metaphorically;
    • "The dam broke"
  • do a break dance;
  • exchange for smaller units of money;
  • destroy the completeness of a set of related items;
  • make the opening shot that scatters the balls
  • separate from a clinch, in boxing;
    • "The referee broke the boxers"
  • go to pieces;
    • "The lawn mower finally broke"
  • break a piece from a whole;
  • become punctured or penetrated;
    • "The skin broke"
  • pierce or penetrate;
    • "The blade broke her skin"
  • be released or become known; of news;
    • "News of her death broke in the morning"
  • cease an action temporarily;
  • interrupt the flow of current in;
  • undergo breaking;
    • "The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages"
  • find a flaw in;
  • find the solution or key to;
  • change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another;
    • "Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children"
  • happen;
  • become fractured; break or crack on the surface only;
  • crack; of the male voice in puberty;
  • fall sharply;
    • "stock prices broke"
  • fracture a bone of;
    • "I broke my foot while playing hockey"
  • diminish or discontinue abruptly;
    • "The patient's fever broke last night"
  • weaken or destroy in spirit or body;
    • "His resistance was broken"
    • "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"
  • lacking funds;
  • BROKE past tense of break


Scrabble Score: 11

broke is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

broke is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

broke is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 12

broke is a valid Words With Friends word