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broken-backed (gcide) | damaged \damaged\ (d[a^]m"[asl]jd), adj.
1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other
desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite
of undamaged. [Narrower terms: {battered, beat-up,
beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated,
ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound}; {bent, crumpled,
dented}; blasted, rent, ripped, torn; broken-backed;
{burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate),
burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate)}; {burst,
ruptured}; corroded; cracked, crackled, crazed;
defaced, marred; hurt, weakened;
knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out; {mangled,
mutilated}; peeling; scraped, scratched;
storm-beaten] Also See blemished, broken, damaged,
destroyed, impaired, injured, unsound.
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2. Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some
part, or by breaking. Opposite of unbroken. [Narrower
terms: busted; chipped; cracked; {crumbled,
fragmented}; crushed, ground; dissolved; fractured;
shattered, smashed, splintered; split; {unkept,
violated}] Also See: damaged, imperfect, injured,
unsound.
Syn: broken.
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3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged
reputation.
Syn: discredited.
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4. made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as,
the senator's seriously damaged reputation.
Syn: besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied,
tainted, tarnished.
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Broken-backed (gcide) | Broken-backed \Bro"ken-backed`\, a.
1. Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair.
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2. (Naut.) Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at
each end; -- said of a ship. --Totten.
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broken-backed (wn) | broken-backed
adj 1: having the spine damaged; "a broken-backed book"; "a
broken-backed old horse"
2: (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth
3: (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end [syn: {broken-
backed}, hogged] |
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Broken-backed (gcide) | damaged \damaged\ (d[a^]m"[asl]jd), adj.
1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other
desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite
of undamaged. [Narrower terms: {battered, beat-up,
beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated,
ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound}; {bent, crumpled,
dented}; blasted, rent, ripped, torn; broken-backed;
{burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate),
burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate)}; {burst,
ruptured}; corroded; cracked, crackled, crazed;
defaced, marred; hurt, weakened;
knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out; {mangled,
mutilated}; peeling; scraped, scratched;
storm-beaten] Also See blemished, broken, damaged,
destroyed, impaired, injured, unsound.
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2. Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some
part, or by breaking. Opposite of unbroken. [Narrower
terms: busted; chipped; cracked; {crumbled,
fragmented}; crushed, ground; dissolved; fractured;
shattered, smashed, splintered; split; {unkept,
violated}] Also See: damaged, imperfect, injured,
unsound.
Syn: broken.
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3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged
reputation.
Syn: discredited.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as,
the senator's seriously damaged reputation.
Syn: besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied,
tainted, tarnished.
[WordNet 1.5]Broken-backed \Bro"ken-backed`\, a.
1. Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Naut.) Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at
each end; -- said of a ship. --Totten.
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broken-backed hogged (gcide) | bulging \bulging\ adj.
1. curving or bulging outward. Opposite of concave.
[Narrower terms: {biconvex, convexo-convex, lenticular,
lentiform}; broken-backed, hogged; convexo-concave;
gibbous, gibbose; planoconvex] Also See: protrusive.
Syn: convex.
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2. curving outward.
Syn: bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulgy, protuberant.
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