transitive verb, intransitive verb

Etymology: ME < OE brocen, pp. of brecan, break

adjective

1. split or cracked into pieces; splintered, fractured, burst, etc.
2. not in working condition; out of order a broken watch
3. not kept or observed; violated a broken promise
4. disrupted, as by divorce a broken home
5. sick, weakened, or beaten broken health, a broken spirit
6. bankrupt
7. not even or continuous; interrupted broken terrain, broken tones
8. not complete a broken set of Shakespeare's works
9. imperfectly spoken, esp. with reference to grammar and syntax broken English
10. subdued and trained; tamed
11. Informal demoted in rank