Definition of broken

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Broken (v. t.) Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface..

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Rack :: Rack (n.) Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky..
Breakable :: Breakable (a.) Capable of being broken.
Shiver :: Shiver (n.) One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally used in the plural..
Mend :: Mend (v. t.) To repair, as anything that is torn, broken, defaced, decayed, or the like; to restore from partial decay, injury, or defacement; to patch up; to put in shape or order again; to re-create; as, to mend a garment or a machine..
Cullet :: Cullet (v. t.) Broken glass for remelting.
Tow :: Tow (n.) The coarse and broken part of flax or hemp, separated from the finer part by the hatchel or swingle..
Broken :: Broken (v. t.) Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship..
Inversion :: Inversion (n.) The act or process by which cane sugar (sucrose), under the action of heat and acids or ferments (as diastase), is broken or split up into grape sugar (dextrose), and fruit sugar (levulose); also, less properly, the process by which starch is converted into grape sugar (dextrose)..
Cracked :: Cracked (a.) Coarsely ground or broken; as, cracked wheat..
Scragged :: Scragged (a.) Rough with irregular points, or a broken surface; scraggy; as, a scragged backbone..
Discontinuee :: Discontinuee (n.) One whose possession of an estate is broken off, or discontinued; one whose estate is subject to discontinuance..
Glitter :: Glitter (v. i.) To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword..
Macadamize :: Macadamize (v. t.) To cover, as a road, or street, with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface..
Bonesetter :: Bonesetter (n.) One who sets broken or dislocated bones; -- commonly applied to one, not a regular surgeon, who makes an occupation of setting bones..
Caddis :: Caddis (n.) The larva of a caddice fly. These larvae generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with pieces of broken shells, gravel, bits of wood, etc. They are a favorite bait with anglers. Called also caddice worm, or caddis worm..
Frush :: Frush (a.) Easily broken; brittle; crisp.
Waister :: Waister (n.) A seaman, usually a green hand or a broken-down man, stationed in the waist of a vessel of war..
Groats :: Groats (n. pl.) Dried grain, as oats or wheat, hulled and broken or crushed; in high milling, cracked fragments of wheat larger than grits..
Broken :: Broken (v. t.) Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted.
Breakage :: Breakage (n.) The act of breaking; a break; a breaking; also, articles broken..
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