Meaning of the word broken

: damaged or altered by or as if by breaking (see break entry 1): such as

: having undergone or been subjected to fracture

of land surfaces

: being irregular, interrupted, or full of obstacles

of a tulip flower

: having an irregular, streaked, or blotched pattern especially from virus infection

: reduced in rank

was broken from sergeant to private

: imperfectly spoken or written

: disunited by divorce, separation, or desertion of one parent

children from broken homes

Synonyms

Example Sentences

The street was covered with broken glass.

a broken vase that could not be repaired

Recent Examples on the Web

Ali Fedotowky-Manno is comforting her daughter Molly Sullivan through a broken arm and surgery.

—Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2023

The eight-person jury received the case following closing arguments in which attorneys delivered dueling versions of who was at fault in a crash that left retired optometrist Terry Sanderson with four broken ribs.

—CBS News, 30 Mar. 2023

Sanderson, who sued Paltrow, accused the Goop founder of negligence and slamming into his back on the slopes of Utah’s Deer Valley Resort, leaving him with broken ribs and brain injuries.

—Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023

Sanderson is asking for more than $300,000, saying that Paltrow’s recklessness on the slope caused the crash, leaving him with four broken ribs and years of post-concussion symptoms including confusion, memory loss and irritability.

—Sam Metz, ajc, 30 Mar. 2023

Plaintiff Terry Sanderson has accused her of leaving him with a traumatic brain injury and several broken ribs and is seeking more than $3 million, while Paltrow is countersuing for $1 in damages as well as her legal fees, claiming that Sanderson was the one who actually caused the incident.

—Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 29 Mar. 2023

Read full article Terry Sanderson, the Utah man suing Paltrow, is asking for more than $300,000, saying that Paltrow’s recklessness on the slope caused the crash, leaving him with four broken ribs and years of post-concussion symptoms including confusion, memory loss and irritability.

—Sam Metz, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023

Sanderson, 76, claims that the Oscar-winning actor, 50, slammed into him from behind in a ski collision that left him with a concussion, a brain injury, and four broken ribs, as well an inability to enjoy wine tastings.

—Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2023

Last month in Houston, a woman named Nhung Truyong was reportedly followed for 24 miles after making a large cash withdrawal, then was brutally attacked by a 17-year-old who left her with broken ribs, a fractured spine and paralyzed from the waist down.

—Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English brocen, from past participle of brecan to break

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler

The first known use of broken was
in the 13th century

Dictionary Entries Near broken

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Источник

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English broken, from Old English brocen, ġebrocen, from Proto-Germanic *brukanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”). Cognate with Dutch gebroken (“broken”), German Low German broken (“broken”), German gebrochen (“broken”).

Morphologically broke +‎ -n.

Pronunciation[edit]

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹoʊ.kɪn/, /ˈbɹoʊ.kən/
(Received Pronunciation) enPR: brōk’ən, IPA^(key): /ˈbɹəʊ.kən/
Rhymes: -əʊkən

Verb[edit]

broken

past participle of break

Adjective[edit]

broken (comparative more broken, superlative most broken)

A broken mug.

Fragmented; in separate pieces.
- 2022 September 15, President Zelensky visits frontline as Ukraine reclaims more territory — BBC News‎^[1], BBC News, archived from the original on 15 September 2022, 2:33 from the start:
  
  Local people say there were Russian and Chechen forces here. […] Over here on the wall, one interesting detail- a single word, which someone has written in broken English: «Sori».
1. (of a bone or body part) Fractured; having the bone in pieces.
  
  My arm is broken!
  
  the ground was littered with broken bones
  
  One recent morning the team had to replace a broken weather research station.
2. (of skin) Split or ruptured.
  
  A dog bit my leg and now the skin is broken.
3. (of a line) Dashed; made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.
4. (of sleep) Interrupted; not continuous.
5. (meteorology, of the sky) Five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds.
  
  Tomorrow: broken skies.
6. (of a melody) Having periods of silence scattered throughout; not regularly continuous.
(of a promise, etc) Breached; violated; not kept.

broken promises of neutrality

broken vows

the broken covenant
Non-functional; not functioning properly.

I think my doorbell is broken.
1. (of an electronic connection) Disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic.
2. (software, informal) Badly designed or implemented.
  
  This is the most broken application I’ve seen in a long time.
4. (of language) Grammatically non-standard, especially as a result of being produced by a non-native speaker.
  - 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
    
    His conversation was in French with Mailey and Roxton, who both spoke the language well, but he had to fall back upon broken English with Malone, who could only utter still more broken French in reply.
  - 1979, “Broken English”, performed by Marianne Faithfull:
    
    Don’t say it in Russian / Don’t say it in German / Say it in broken English
5. (colloquial, US, of a situation) Not having gone in the way intended; saddening.
  
  Oh man! That is just broken!
(of a person) Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed.

The bankruptcy and divorce, together with the death of his son, left him completely broken.
- He said, «Son, when you grow up / Would you be the savior of the broken / The beaten, and the damned?»
- 2011, Dia Frampton (lyrics and music), “The Broken Ones”, in Red‎^[2], performed by Dia Frampton:
  
  And oh, maybe I see a part of me in them / The missing piece, always trying to fit in / The shattered heart, hungry for a home / No, you’re not alone / I love the broken ones / I love the broken ones
Having no money; bankrupt, broke.

(The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
(of land) Uneven.
- 2005, Will Cook, Until Darkness Disappears, page 54:
  
  All that day they rode into broken land. The prairie with its grass and rolling hills was behind them, and they entered a sparse, dry, rocky country, full of draws and short cañons and ominous buttresses.
(sports and gaming, of a tactic or option) Overpowered; overly powerful; too powerful.

Synonyms[edit]

(fragmented—bone, objects et al): burst, split; see also Thesaurus:broken
(fragmented—line, sleep et al): intermittent, spasmodic; see also Thesaurus:discontinuous
(not kept): violated
(non-functional): borked, malfunctioning; see also Thesaurus:out of order
(completely defeated): rekt
(having no money): destitute, skint; see also Thesaurus:impoverished
(uneven land):
(overpowered): OP, unbalanced

Hyponyms[edit]

heartbroken
housebroken
jailbroken

Derived terms[edit]

a broken clock is right twice a day
breach
break
broke
broke
broken arrow
broken bar
broken bird
Broken Bow
broken breast
broken Britain
broken by design
broken chord
broken clock is right twice a day
broken consort
broken down
broken English
broken field
broken heart
broken heart syndrome
Broken Hill
broken home
broken in
broken language
broken man
broken number
broken plural
broken record
broken reed
broken rhyme
broken skin
broken source
broken time
broken vessel
broken wind
broken window theory
broken windows policing
broken windows theory
broken-backed
broken-handed
broken-mouthed
broken-winded
brokenhearted, broken-hearted
brokenly
brokenness
half-broken
house-broken
if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it
Landolt broken ring
the pitcher goes so often to the well that it is broken at last
trans broken arm syndrome
unbroken

Collocations[edit]

with nouns (physical sense)

broken glass
broken vase
broken cup
broken mirror
broken window
broken bone
broken wing
broken leg
broken arm
broken hand
broken foot
broken egg
broken tool
broken sword
broken column
broken road
broken bridge
broken stick
broken device
broken machine
broken camera
broken TV
broken car
broken computer
broken land
broken circle

with nouns (abstract sense)

broken heart
broken promise
broken vow
broken law
broken trust
broken dream
broken relationship
broken friendship
broken love
broken family
broken marriage
broken bond
broken tie
broken silence
broken image
broken language
broken spirit
broken soul

Translations[edit]

fragmented

Arabic: مَكْسُور‎ (maksūr)

Hijazi Arabic: مَكسور‎ (maksūr)
Armenian: կոտրված (hy) (kotrvac), ջարդված (ǰardvac)
Aromanian: aruptu, frãmtu
Bulgarian: счупен (bg) (sčupen)
Catalan: trencat (ca)
Cebuano: guba
Cherokee: ᎤᏲᏨᎢ (uyotsvi)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 破碎 (zh) (pòsuì), 打破的 (dǎpò de), 壞／坏 (zh) (huài)
Danish: brækket, knust
Dutch: gebroken (nl), geknakt (nl)
Esperanto: disrompita
Faroese: brotin
Finnish: särkynyt (fi), rikkinäinen (fi)
French: cassé (fr), brisé (fr), rompu (fr)
Friulian: rot
Galician: crebado, quebrado
Georgian: გატეხილი (gaṭexili)
German: zerbrochen (de), zersplittert (de)
Greek: σπασμένος (el) (spasménos)
Hungarian: törött (hu)
Irish: briste
Italian: rotto (it)
Japanese: 壊れた (kowareta), 割れた (wareta)
Khmer: បែក (km) (baek)
Korean: 부서진 (buseojin), 깨진 (kkaejin)
Kyrgyz: сынган (ky) (sıngan), талкаланган (ky) (talkalangan), бузулган (ky) (buzulgan), иштебеген (ky) (iştebegen), жараланган (ky) (jaralangan), жарылган (ky) (jarılgan), шалдыраган (ky) (şaldıragan), чарчаган (ky) (çarçagan), алсыз (ky) (alsız), жеңилген (ky) (jeŋilgen), бузук (ky) (buzuk)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: ruptus, frāctus (la)
Limburgish: kepót
Macedonian: скршен (skršen)
Malay: pecah (ms)
Maori: pakaru, whati (of rigid objects), whakatorouka (of sleep), mawera (of cloud), potapota (Into fragments)
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Old English: brocen
Polish: połamany, powyłamywany (broken out), stłuczony, potłuczony
Portuguese: quebrado (pt)
Romagnol: rót
Romanian: rupt (ro), frânt (ro)
Russian: сло́манный (ru) (slómannyj)
Sanskrit: भग्न (sa) (bhagna)
Scottish Gaelic: briste
Serbo-Croatian:

Roman: razbijen (sh)
Sicilian: ruttu (scn)
Spanish: roto (es), quebrado (es)
Swedish: bruten (sv)
Tagalog: bali-bali, basag
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Tok Pisin: bruk
Turkish: kırık (tr)
Vietnamese: vỡ (vi), bể (vi)
Yiddish: צעבראָכן‎ (tsebrokhn)

having the bone in pieces, fractured

Bulgarian: счупен (bg) (sčupen)
Chamicuro: katsala’taka (fractured)
Danish: brækket
Dutch: gebroken (nl), verbijzeld
Finnish: murtunut (fi)
French: cassé (fr), fracturé (fr)
German: gebrochen (de)
Greek: σπασμένος (el) (spasménos)
Hungarian: törött (hu)
Irish: briste
Maori: whati
Persian: شکسته‎ (fa) (šekaste), ترک خورده‎ (tarak-xorde)
Polish: złamany (pl), połamany
Portuguese: quebrado (pt), fraturado
Serbo-Croatian:

Roman: slomljen (sh)
Spanish: roto (es), fracturado (es)
Swedish: bruten (sv)
Tok Pisin: bruk
Turkish: kırık (tr)

of skin: split or ruptured

Bulgarian: разкъсан (bg) (razkǎsan)
Dutch: gebroken (nl), opengereten (nl)
Finnish: rikki (fi)
German: aufgerissen (de)
Greek: σκισμένο (el) (skisméno)
Hungarian: felszakadt, felhasadt
Spanish: cortado (es)
Swedish: brusten (sv)
Tok Pisin: bruk

not working properly

Armenian: փչացած (hy) (pʿčʿacʿac), անսարք (hy) (ansarkʿ)
Bulgarian: разбит (bg) (razbit), повреден (bg) (povreden)
Catalan: espatllat (ca)
Czech: rozbitý (cs)
Danish: defekt (da)
Dutch: defect (nl), kapot (nl)
Esperanto: difektita, rompita
Finnish: rikkinäinen (fi), rikki (fi), epäkunnossa, sökö (fi) (colloquial), risa (fi) (colloquial), särki (fi), prakannut (slang), mäsä (fi) (slang), paskana (colloquial), tuusan nuuskana (fi)
French: cassé (fr), niqué (fr) (slang), pété (fr) (informal)
Georgian: გაფუჭებული (gapuč̣ebuli)
German: kaputt (de), defekt (de)
Greek: χαλασμένος (el) (chalasménos)
Hungarian: elromlott (hu), tönkrement, meghibásodott
Indonesian: rusak (id)
Irish: briste
Japanese: 故障した (ja) (koshō shita)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Limburgish: kepót
Malay: rosak (ms)
Persian: خراب‎ (fa) (xarâb)
Plautdietsch: kaputt (nds)
Polish: zepsuty (pl)
Portuguese: estragado (pt)
Romanian: stricat (ro)
Slovene: pokvarjen
Spanish: descompuesto (es), averiado (es), estropeado (es)
Sundanese: pateuh, rejét
Swedish: trasig (sv)
Tagalog: sira (tl)
Tok Pisin: bruk
Turkish: bozuk (tr)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Yiddish: צעבראָכן‎ (tsebrokhn)

completely defeated and dispirited

Bulgarian: съсипан (bg) (sǎsipan)
Catalan: please add this translation if you can
Danish: knust
Dutch: gebroken (nl), gekraakt (nl)
Finnish: murtunut (fi)
French: brisé (fr)
German: gebrochen (de), zerstört (de)
Greek: σπασμένος (el) (spasménos)
Persian: شکست داده شده‎ (šekast dâde-šode), نابود شده‎ (nâbud šode)
Portuguese: destruído (pt)
Slovene: zlomljen (sl)
Spanish: destrozado (es), derrotado (es), descorazonado (es)
Swedish: bruten (sv)

poorly spoken

Arabic:

Hijazi Arabic: مُكَسَّر‎ (mukassar)
Catalan: please add this translation if you can
Danish: gebrokken (language very poorly spoken)
Dutch: gebroken (nl)
Esperanto: proksimuma (eo)
Finnish: murrettu (fi), murteellinen (fi)
French: approximatif (fr), petit-nègre (fr)
German: gebrochen (de)
Greek: σπαστά (el) (spastá)
Hungarian: tört (hu), hibás (hu)
Irish: briste
Romanian: de baltă (ro) (colloquial)
Spanish: chapurreado (es), deslavazado (es), macarrónico (es)
Swedish: bruten (sv)

having no money

Arabic:

Hijazi Arabic: مُفَلِّس‎ (mufallis)
Bulgarian: разорен (bg) (razoren)
Catalan: please add this translation if you can
Danish: fallit, flad (da) (person, informal)
Dutch: gepluimd (nl), blut (nl)
Finnish: puhki (fi), rahaton (fi)
French: fauché (fr)
German: blank (de) (coll.)
Greek: άφραγκος (el) (áfragkos)
Maori: kore moni
Polish: spłukany (pl) (colloquial)
Portuguese: duro (pt)
Romanian: lefter (ro), falit (ro)
Spanish: quebrado (es), (Mexico) seco (es), bruja (es)
Swedish: pank (sv)

uneven of relief, cut by valleys

disconnected

Arabic:

Hijazi Arabic: مفصول‎ (mafṣūl)
Bulgarian: прекъснат (bg) (prekǎsnat)
Danish: afbrudt
Dutch: afgebroken (nl), verbroken (nl)
Finnish: katkennut (fi)
French: coupé (fr)
German: unterbrochen (de)
Greek: κομμένος (el) (komménos)
Spanish: cortado (es), desconectado (es), discontinuo (es)
Swedish: bruten (sv)

meteorology: five eighths to seven eighths obscured by clouds

sports and gaming: very powerful

Translations to be checked

Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} שבור‎ (he) (shavur) (1,2,4); ^{(please verify)} מקולקל‎ m (mequlqal)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} pecah (id), ^{(please verify)} patah (id), ^{(please verify)} retak (id), ^{(please verify)} rusak (id)
Italian: ^{(please verify)} in avaria
Latin: ^{(please verify)} fractus (la)
Slovene: ^{(please verify)} zlomljen (sl)
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} ముక్కలైన (mukkalaina), ^{(please verify)} బద్దలైన (baddalaina), ^{(please verify)} వ్రక్కలైన (vrakkalaina), ^{(please verify)} విరిగిన (te) (virigina) (1)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} kırık (tr), ^{(please verify)} bölünmüş (tr)
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} bị vỡ (1, 2), ^{(please verify)} bị bể (1)

Anagrams[edit]

Borken, bonker, borken

Источник

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broken

broken [ˊbrəυkǝn]

1) сло́манный, разби́тый;

2) разорённый, разори́вшийся

4) преры́вистый (о голосе, сне)

5) нару́шенный (о законе, обещании)

7) неусто́йчивый, переме́нчивый ( о погоде)

осла́бленный, подо́рванный ( о здоровье)

9) сло́мленный, сокрушённый;

а) пересечённая ме́стность;

б) вспа́ханная земля́;

Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > broken
2
broken

English-russian automobile dictionary > broken
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broken

Персональный Сократ > broken
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broken

1. a сломанный; разбитый

2. a подорванный, ослабленный

3. a сломленный, сокрушённый

4. a разорённый, разорившийся

5. a ломаный

6. a несвязный; прерывистый

7. a неровный; бугристый

8. a нарушенный

broken rank — нарушал строй; нарушенный строй

9. a не сплошной, фрагментарный

10. a с просветами

11. a выезженный

неустойчивый, переменный

12. a нечистый, с примесью

13. a воен. пониженный в чине

14. a муз. арпеджированный

15. a фон. дифтонгизированный

Синонимический ряд:

1. defective (adj.) busted; defective; gone haywire; haywire; inoperable; not of working order; on the blink; out of order; screwed up

2. flawed (adj.) flawed; imperfect; incoherent; mumbled; muttered; pidgin; ungrammatical; unintelligible

3. intermittent (adj.) disconnected; erratic; intermittent; interrupted; irregular; spasmodic

4. smashed (adj.) burst; collapsed; cracked; crushed; damaged; dismembered; shattered; smashed; split

5. violated (adj.) abandoned; betrayed; dishonored; dishonoured; disregarded; ignored; retracted; transgressed; violated

8. decoded (verb) deciphered; decoded; decrypted; puzzle out

9. degraded (verb) bumped; degraded; demoted; downgraded; put down; reduced

10. disproved (verb) confounded; confuted; controverted; disproved; everted; rebutted; refuted

11. divorced (verb) detached; disjoined; divided; divorced; separated; severed; split

12. emerged (verb) come out; emerged; get out; got out or gotten out; leaked; transpired

13. escaped (verb) absconded; decamped; escaped; fled; flown

16. given (verb) bent; caved; collapsed; crumpled; given; gone; yielded

17. happened (verb) befallen; betided; chanced; come; come off; developed; done; fallen out; happened; occurred; risen

21. ruined (verb) bankrupted; crushed; destroyed; folded up; impoverished; overwhelmed; pauperized; ruined; subdued

22. smashed (verb) cleave; disjointed; fractured; shattered; shivered; smashed; splintered; sundered

23. solved (verb) cleared up; dissolved; figured out; puzzled out; resolved; solved; unfolded; unraveled

25. told (verb) carried; communicated; conveyed; disclosed; get across; imparted; passed; passed on; reported; told; transmitted

27. violated (verb) breached; contravened; infringed; offended; transgressed; violated

English-Russian base dictionary > broken
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broken

[ˈbrəukən]

broken выезженный (о лошади) broken ломаный (о языке) broken нарушенный (о законе, обещании) broken неустойчивый, переменчивый (о погоде) broken ослабленный, подорванный (о здоровье) broken p. р. от break broken вчт. прерванный broken прерывистый (о голосе, сне) broken разоренный, разорившийся broken сломанный, разбитый; broken stone щебень broken сломанный broken сломленный, сокрушенный broken bread (или meat) остатки пищи; broken tea спитой чай broken ground вспаханная земля broken ground пересеченная местность broken money мелкие деньги; мелочь broken numbers дроби broken spirits уныние broken сломанный, разбитый; broken stone щебень broken bread (или meat) остатки пищи; broken tea спитой чай broken water неспокойное море

English-Russian short dictionary > broken
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broken

1. [ʹbrəʋkən]

1. сломанный; разбитый

2. 1) подорванный, ослабленный ()

2) сломленный, сокрушённый

3. разорённый, разорившийся

5. несвязный (); прерывистый ()

she told her story in broken tones — она рассказывала свою историю прерывающимся голосом

6. неровный; бугристый ()

broken ground — а) вспаханная земля; б) пересечённая местность; в) разрушенная порода

7. нарушенный ()

8. 1) не сплошной, фрагментарный

2) с просветами ()

10. неустойчивый, переменный ()

11. нечистый, с примесью ()

broken chord — ломаный /арпеджированный/ аккорд

14.

дифтонгизированный ()

broken marriage — расстроенный брак

broken money — мелкие деньги, мелочь

broken bread /meat(s), victuals/ — остатки пищи, объедки

broken ale [beer] — опивки эля [пива]

broken reed — а) непрочная вещь; б) слабый, ненадёжный человек

broken time — а) простой; payment for broken time — плата за простой; б) время, с трудом выкраиваемое для спорта

2. [ʹbrəʋkən]

от break¹ II

НБАРС > broken
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broken

ˈbrəukən
1. прил.
1) о нарушенной целостности а) разбитый, сломанный Three broken oars. ≈ Три сломанных весла. I become a broken vessel. ≈ Я как разбитое корыто. б) нарушенный( о законе, обещании) ;
оскверненный broken virgin в) разоренный, разорившийся, обанкротившийся broken man Syn: bankrupt г) ослабленный, подорванный (о здоровье) д) объезженный (о лошади) е) сломленный, сокрушенный broken spirits ж) рваный, надорванный His dirty shirt and broken silk stockings. ≈ Его грязная рубашка и рваные шелковые чулки.
2) об отсутствии целостности или единства, как естественном свойстве, присущем чему-л. а) прерывистый( о голосе, сне и др.) broken line б) неустойчивый, переменчивый( о погоде) в) ломаный (о языке, речи) broken English г) бурный( о реке, море) д) рассеянный, разбежавшийся ( о войске) е) неровный;
извилистый;
гнутый ж) дробный, нецелый broken number
3) раздробленный до определенного размера broken stone broken granite ∙ broken food broken ale
2. прич. прош. вр. от break
сломанный;
разбитый — * leg сломанная нога — * stone щебень подорванный, ослабленный (о здоровье) сломленный, сокрушенный — * spirit подавленное настроение — he is a * man он конченый человек разоренный, разорившийся ломаный (о языке) — he spoke * English он говорил на ломаном английском языке несвязный( о речи) ;
прерывистый (о голосе, сне, линии) — she told her story in * tones она рассказывала свою историю прерывающимся голосом неровный, бугристый (о земле) — * ground вспаханная земля;
пересеченная местность;
(геология) разрушенная порода нарушенный (о слове, покое и т. п.) — * oath нарушенная клятва — the * law нарушенный закон — * rest нарушенный покой не сплошной, фрагментарный — * masses of pine forest островки хвойного леса — he worked a * week он работал не всю неделю с просветами (о небе) выезженный (о лошади) неустойчивый, переменный( о погоде) нечистый, с примесью( о цвете) (военное) пониженный в чине — * from sergeant to private разжалованный в рядовые из сержантов (музыкальное) арпеджированный — * chord ломаный /арпеджированный/ аккорд (фонетика) дифтонгизированный (о гласном) > * marriage расстроенный брак > * money мелкие деньги, мелочь > * bread /meat(s), victuals/ остатки пищи, объедки > * ale опивки эля > * tea спитой чай > * reed непрочная вещь;
слабый, ненадежный человек > * time простой;
(американизм) время, с трудом выкраиваемое для спорта > payment for * time плата за простой > * water бурун p.p. от break
broken выезженный (о лошади) ~ ломаный (о языке) ~ нарушенный (о законе, обещании) ~ неустойчивый, переменчивый (о погоде) ~ ослабленный, подорванный (о здоровье) ~ p. р. от break ~ вчт. прерванный ~ прерывистый (о голосе, сне) ~ разоренный, разорившийся ~ сломанный, разбитый;
broken stone щебень ~ сломанный ~ сломленный, сокрушенный
~ bread (или meat) остатки пищи;
broken tea спитой чай
~ ground вспаханная земля ~ ground пересеченная местность
~ money мелкие деньги;
мелочь
~ numbers дроби
~ spirits уныние
~ сломанный, разбитый;
broken stone щебень
~ bread (или meat) остатки пищи;
broken tea спитой чай
~ water неспокойное море

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > broken
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broken

[‘brəuk(ə)n]
1.

прил.

1) разбитый, сломанный

I become a broken vessel. — Я как разбитое корыто.

2) нарушенный ; осквернённый

3) разорённый, разорившийся, обанкротившийся

Syn:

4) ослабленный, подорванный

6) сломленный, сокрушённый

7) рваный, надорванный

His dirty shirt and broken silk stockings. — Его грязная рубашка и рваные шёлковые чулки.

9) неустойчивый, переменчивый

broken English / French — ломаный английский / французский

11) бурный

broken sea— неспокойное море

12) рассеянный, разбежавшийся

13) неровный; извилистый; гнутый

14) нецелый, дробный,

broken bread, broken meat — остатки пищи

— broken granite

••

broken man — ; ист. объявленный вне закона

2.

прош. вр. от break I 1.

Англо-русский современный словарь > broken
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broken

Англо-русский синонимический словарь > broken
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broken

Англо-русский словарь по машиностроению > broken
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broken

Англо-русский технический словарь > broken
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broken

1.

past participle

of break I 2.

1) сломанный, разбитый; broken stone щебень

2) нарушенный (о законе, обещании)

3) разоренный, разорившийся

4) ломаный (о языке)

5) прерывистый (о голосе, сне)

6) выезженный (о лошади)

7) неустойчивый, переменчивый (о погоде)

ослабленный, подорванный (о здоровье)

9) сломленный, сокрушенный; broken spirits уныние

broken bread/meat остатки пищи

broken tea спитой чай

broken ground

а) пересеченная местность;

б) вспаханная земля

broken money мелкие деньги; мелочь

broken numbers дроби

broken water неспокойное море

* * *

(a) ломаный; поломанный; разбитый; разломанный; сломанный

* * *

разбитый, сломанный, нарушенный

* * *

[bro·ken || ‘brəʊkən]
сломанный, разбитый, подорванный, ослабленный; сломленный, сокрушенный; разоренный, разорившийся; ломаный, изломанный, прерывистый; выезженный; переменчивый, неустойчивый

* * *

выезженный

исковеркан

исковерканный

испорчен

испорченный

ломаный

нарушенный

неустойчивый

ослабленный

переменчивый

подорванный

порчен

порченый

прерывистый

разбит

разбитый

разоренный

разорившийся

сломанный

сломленный

* * *

1.
прил.
1) а) разбитый
б) нарушенный (о законе, обещании)
в) разоренный
г) ослабленный, подорванный (о здоровье)
д) объезженный (о лошади)
е) сломленный
ж) рваный
2) а) прерывистый (о голосе, сне и др.)
б) неустойчивый, переменчивый (о погоде)
в) ломаный (о языке, речи)
г) бурный (о реке, море)
д) рассеянный, разбежавшийся (о войске)
е) неровный
ж) дробный
3) раздробленный до определенного размера
2.
прич. прош. вр. от break

Новый англо-русский словарь > broken
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broken

I [‘brəʊkən]

adj

сломанный, разбитый

— broken box

— broken leg
— broken watch
— broken glass
— broken mirror
— broken sleep
— broken ground
II [‘brəʊkən]

;

P.P.

от break II

English-Russian combinatory dictionary > broken
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broken

сломался; сломал; сломанный; нарушал; нарушенный

English-Russian big polytechnic dictionary > broken
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broken in

прервал; прерванный; ворвался в

English-Russian big medical dictionary > broken in
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broken

1.

a

1) разби́тый; сло́манный

2) нару́шенный

2.

The Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary. > broken
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broken

сломал; сломанный; нарушил; нарушенный

broken rank — нарушал строй; нарушенный строй

English-Russian big medical dictionary > broken
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broken
1. рваный
2. пересеченный (о местности)
3. ломаный
4. испорченный
Англо-русский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > broken
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broken up

English-Russian big medical dictionary > broken up
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broken

breaking v

поломка, прерывание

break a contact

нарушать контакт

break a minimum ceiling

выходить из облачности

break down into steps

разбивать на этапы

(траекторию полета)
break glide

уходить с глиссады

break out a cloud base

пробивать облачность

break the journey

прерывать полет

break through clouds

пробивать облачность

broken circuit

разорванная цепь

broken clouds

разорванное облако

broken sky

облачность с разрывами

cloud breaking procedure

способ пробивания облачности

ultimate breaking load

предельная разрушающая нагрузка

English-Russian aviation dictionary > broken

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сломанный, разбитый, сломленный, ломаный, нарушенный, прерывистый, изломанный

прилагательное ↓

- сломанный; разбитый

broken leg — сломанная нога
broken stone — щебень

- подорванный, ослабленный (о здоровье)
- сломленный, сокрушённый

broken spirit — подавленное настроение
he is a broken man — он конченый человек

- разорённый, разорившийся
- ломаный (о языке)

he spoke broken English — он говорил на ломаном английском языке

- несвязный (о речи); прерывистый (о голосе, сне, линии)

she told her story in broken tones — она рассказывала свою историю прерывающимся голосом

- неровный; бугристый (о земле)

broken ground — а) вспаханная земля; б) пересечённая местность; в) геол. разрушенная порода

- нарушенный (о слове, покое и т. п.)

broken oath — нарушенная клятва
the broken law — нарушенный закон
broken rest — нарушенный покой

- не сплошной, фрагментарный

broken masses of pine forest — островки хвойного леса
he worked a broken week — он работал не всю неделю

- с просветами (о небе)
- выезженный (о лошади)
- неустойчивый, переменный (о погоде)
- нечистый, с примесью (о цвете)
- воен. пониженный в чине

broken from sergeant to private — разжалованный в рядовые из сержантов

- муз. арпеджированный

broken chord — ломаный /арпеджированный/ аккорд

- фон. дифтонгизированный (о гласном)

- p. p. от break

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a horse broken to the saddle — объезженная лошадь / лошадь, приученная к седлу
a chair with a broken leg — стул со сломанной ножкой
a lamp with a broken shade — лампа со сломанным абажуром
angle / broken brackets — угловые скобки
three broken oars — три сломанных весла
broken food — объедки, оставшиеся на столе
broken bread, broken meat — остатки пищи
broken-down car — сломанный автомобиль
broken / fractured English — ломаный английский
broken family — разбитая семья
broken / cracked filling — сломанная пломба
broken home — распавшаяся семья

Примеры с переводом

Her spirit was broken.

Её дух был сломлен.

I’ve broken my nail.

Я сломала ноготь.

Mind the broken glass.

Осторожно, битое стекло!

Dave has a broken arm.

У Дэйва сломана рука.

My broken leg is mending

Моя сломанная нога идёт на поправку.

I become a broken vessel.

Я как разбитое корыто.

Someone’s broken the TV.

Кто-то сломал телевизор.

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Примеры, ожидающие перевода

A broken rib had perforated her lung.

She was immobilized with a broken leg.

He returned from the war a broken man.

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Возможные однокоренные слова

brokenly — судорожно, отрывисто, урывками
unbroken — непрерывный, целый, необъезженный, неразбитый, непокоренный, сдержанный

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Word	BROKEN
Character	6
Hyphenation	bro ken
Pronunciations	/ˈbɹəʊkən/

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What do we mean by broken?

Forcibly separated into two or more pieces; fractured. adjective

Sundered by divorce, separation, or desertion of a parent or parents. adjective

Having been violated. adjective

Incomplete. adjective

Being in a state of disarray; disordered. adjective

Intermittently stopping and starting; discontinuous. adjective

Varying abruptly, as in pitch. adjective

Spoken with gaps and errors. adjective

Topographically rough; uneven. adjective

Subdued totally; humbled. adjective

Weakened and infirm. adjective

Crushed by grief. adjective

Financially ruined; bankrupt. adjective

Not functioning; out of order. adjective

Not integral or entire; fractional: opposed to round, as applied to numbers.

Rough; intersected with hills and valleys or ravines: applied to the surface of a country or district.

To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.

To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.

To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.

To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.

To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.

To ruin financially.

To violate, to not adhere to.

(of a fever) To pass the most dangerous part of the illness; to go down, in terms of temperature.

(of a spell of settled weather) To end.

(of a storm) To begin; to end.

(of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive.

To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.

To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.

To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.

To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.

(of a wave of water) To collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.

To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.

To interrupt or cease one’s work or occupation temporarily.

To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.

To disclose or make known an item of news, etc.

(of a sound) To become audible suddenly.

To change a steady state abruptly.

To suddenly become.

Of a male voice, to become deeper at puberty.

Of a voice, to alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men generally to go up, in women sometimes to go down; to crack.

To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (a record), setting a new record.

(most often in the passive tense) To demote, to reduce the military rank of.

To end (a connection), to disconnect.

(of an emulsion) To demulsify.

To counter-attack

To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.

To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.

To fail in business; to become bankrupt.

To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.

To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.

To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait.

To fall out; to terminate friendship.

To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.

To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.

1. (General) Something/Someone that is so good in a particular context that it eclipses saecond place.
2. (Games) A game object or facility that is too good to exist. It is so powerful that it is unbalancing and hence breaks the game. Every winning player has to use this to be competitive.
Entymology: The power cards from Magic The Gathering (Black Lotus, Time Walk, Ancestral Recall, all Moxen, etc) were so powerful and unbalancing that they were eventually banned from tournament play because they BROKE the game. Urban Dictionary

1. Not in full working order.
2. fucked rooted
3. Mentally unfit — Usually from emotional scars left by ex’s. Urban Dictionary

Originally used in card games to designate a card or mechanic which is overly powerful. May also be used to describe something as «too good» Urban Dictionary

When someone you thought loved you the way you loved them, leaves you hanging in the dark and makes you feel like a complete fool for trusting that person. And in the end, they just did it to make another person jealous. Urban Dictionary

1. unable to function
2. shattered into pieces
3. unauthorized entrance
4. a word that has become a cliche in music Urban Dictionary

In fighting games: Characters that are unbalanced to the point where anyone lower becomes unusuable. Urban Dictionary

When referring to a pet cat or dog that’s been «fixed», they’re actually broken. I mean, think about it…when a pet has its cunt cut out or has its nads chopped off, it is no longer capable of doing something that it was rather easily able to before — that is, make kittens or puppies! Urban Dictionary

Broken means when your at your lowest and you continue to give your best to everyone and you try to be there for them even when you can be there for yourself it hurt and you can solve it so you write everything down but it dont help you got to the counselor and you try too talk to her but she turns everything into your grades and you try to talk to your parent but they dont care and nothing you do helps so your just broken. Urban Dictionary

Term for a woman being her period. Urban Dictionary

A violent short film made by a master of music, Trent Reznor. Urban Dictionary

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