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broken line
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Broken line
(gcide) | Broken \Bro"ken\ (br[=o]"k'n), a. [From Break, v. t.]
1. Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into
fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish.
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2. Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a
broken surface.
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3. Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart;
as, a broken reed; broken friendship.
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4. Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships.
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The one being who remembered him as he been before
his mind was broken. --G. Eliot.
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The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay,
Sat by his fire, and talked the night away.
--Goldsmith.
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5. Subdued; humbled; contrite.
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The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. --Ps. li.
17.
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6. Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse.
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7. Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope;
blighted. "Her broken love and life." --G. Eliot.
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8. Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a
broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law.
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9. Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made,
or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken
tradesman.
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10. Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken
English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to
say a few broken words at parting.
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Amidst the broken words and loud weeping of those
grave senators. --Macaulay.
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Broken ground.
(a) (Mil.) Rough or uneven ground; as, the troops were
retarded in their advance by broken ground.
(b) Ground recently opened with the plow.
Broken line (Geom.), the straight lines which join a number
of given points taken in some specified order.
Broken meat, fragments of meat or other food.
Broken number, a fraction.
Broken weather, unsettled weather.
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