broken


Meanings

  • terminate;
  • become separated into pieces or fragments;
  • render inoperable or ineffective;
  • ruin completely;
  • destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments;
  • act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises;
  • move away or escape suddenly;
  • scatter or part;
  • 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;
  • make submissive, obedient, or useful;
  • 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;
  • come into being;
  • stop operating or functioning;
  • 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;
  • curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves;
  • lessen in force or effect;
  • be broken in;
  • come to an end;
  • vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity;
    • "The flat plain was broken by tall mesas"
  • cause to give up a habit;
  • give up;
  • come forth or begin from a state of latency;
  • happen or take place;
  • cause the failure or ruin of;
  • invalidate by judicial action;
    • "The will was broken"
  • discontinue an association or relation; go different ways;
  • 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;
  • break down, literally or metaphorically;
  • 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;
  • go to pieces;
  • break a piece from a whole;
  • become punctured or penetrated;
  • pierce or penetrate;
  • be released or become known; of news;
  • cease an action temporarily;
  • interrupt the flow of current in;
  • undergo breaking;
  • find a flaw in;
  • find the solution or key to;
  • change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another;
  • happen;
  • become fractured; break or crack on the surface only;
  • crack; of the male voice in puberty;
  • fall sharply;
  • fracture a bone of;
  • diminish or discontinue abruptly;
  • weaken or destroy in spirit or body;
    • "His resistance was broken"
    • "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"
  • physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split;
    • "a broken mirror"
    • "a broken tooth"
    • "a broken leg"
    • "his neck is broken"
  • 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"
  • subdued or brought low in condition or status;
    • "a broken man"
    • "his broken spirit"
  • (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded;
    • "broken (or unkept) promises"
    • "broken contracts"
  • tamed or trained to obey;
    • "a horse broken to the saddle"
    • "this old nag is well broken in"
  • topographically very uneven;
    • "broken terrain"
  • imperfectly spoken or written;
    • "broken English"
  • thrown into a state of disarray or confusion;
    • "troops fleeing in broken ranks"
  • weakened and infirm;
    • "broken health resulting from alcoholism"
  • destroyed financially;
    • "the broken fortunes of the family"
  • out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken');
    • "a broken washing machine"
    • "the coke machine is broken"
  • discontinuous;
    • "broken clouds"
    • "broken sunshine"
  • lacking a part or parts;
    • "a broken set of encyclopedia"
  • BROKEN adj shattered BROKENLY adv


Scrabble Score: 12

broken is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

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

broken is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 14

broken is a valid Words With Friends word