Meaning of broken In English

• 0 past participle of break

• 1 damaged, no longer able to work:

  • He attacked the man with a broken bottle.

  • My watch is broken.

  • Careful - there's broken glass on the floor.

  • He was a broken man after his wife died.

• 2 interrupted or not continuous:

  • He tried to explain what had happened in broken English (= not spoken easily and stopping a lot) .

• 3 destroyed or ended:

  • a broken engagement

  • She comes from a broken home (= one where the parents have separated).

• 4 (of a law, rule, or promise) not obeyed or not kept:

  • a broken promise

• 5 past participle of break

• 6 damaged, or no longer able to work:

  • My camera is broken.

• 7 interrupted or not continuous:

  • a broken line

  • He spoke very broken English.

• 8 extremely discouraged or sad:

  • After his wife's death, he seemed to be a broken man.

  • My mom said my uncle had a broken heart (= was sad because a romance had ended).

• 9 destroyed or ended:

  • He overcame a string of broken dreams to become a success.

  • She comes from a broken home (= the parents no longer live together).

• 10 (of a law, rule, or promise) disobeyed or not kept:

  • a broken promise

• 11 damaged, and no longer able to work:

  • We can send the broken monitors for repair.

  • Everywhere you look there are broken pipes and crumbling masonry.

• 12 interrupted or not continuous:

  • On the chart, income is indicated by a solid line and expenses by a broken line.

• 13 used to describe a law, rule, or promise that is not obeyed or not kept:

  • a broken promise

  • a broken contract