Толковый словарь английского языка - broken
Broken
broken
adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English brocen, from past participle of brecan to break Date: 13th century violently separated into parts ; shattered, damaged or altered by breaking: as, having undergone or been subjected to fracture , being irregular, interrupted, or full of obstacles, violated by transgression , discontinuous , interrupted, disrupted by change, having an irregular, streaked, or blotched pattern especially from virus infection, 3. made weak or infirm, subdued completely ; crushed, sorrowful , bankrupt , reduced in rank, 4. cut off ; disconnected , imperfectly spoken or written , not complete or full , disunited by divorce, separation, or desertion of one parent , ~ly adverb ~ness noun
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past part. of BREAK(1). --adj. 1 that has been broken; out of order. 2 (of a person) reduced to despair; beaten. 3 (of a language or of speech) spoken falteringly and with many mistakes, as by a foreigner (broken English). 4 disturbed, interrupted (broken time). 5 uneven (broken ground). Phrases and idioms broken chord Mus. a chord in which the notes are played successively. broken-down 1 worn out by age, use, or ill-treatment. 2 out of order. broken-hearted overwhelmed with sorrow or grief. broken-heartedness grief. broken home a family in which the parents are divorced or separated. broken reed a person who has become unreliable or ineffective. broken wind heaves (see HEAVE n. 3). broken-winded (of a horse) disabled by ruptured air-cells in the lungs. Derivatives brokenly adv. brokenness n. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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