<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>past participle of break</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>reduced to fragments; fragmented.</li><li>ruptured; torn; fractured.</li><li>not functioning properly; out of working order.</li><li>(of sky cover) being more than half, but not totally, covered by clouds.</li><li>changing direction abruptly: The fox ran in a broken line.</li><li>fragmentary or incomplete: a broken ton of coal weighing 1,500 pounds.</li><li>infringed or violated: A broken promise is a betrayal of trust.</li><li>interrupted, disrupted, or disconnected: After the phone call he returned to his broken sleep.</li><li>weakened in strength, spirit, etc.: His broken health was due to alcoholism.</li><li>tamed, trained, or reduced to submission: The horse was broken to the saddle.</li><li>imperfectly spoken, as language: She still speaks broken English.</li><li>spoken in a halting or fragmentary manner, as under emotional strain: He uttered a few broken words of sorrow.</li><li>(of a relationship) split apart; not intact: a broken marriage.</li><li>(of a family) disunited or divided by the prolonged or permanent absence of a parent, usually due to divorce or desertion: broken families.</li><li>a child from a broken home; broken families.</li><li>not smooth; rough or irregular: We left the plains and rode through broken country.</li><li>ruined; bankrupt: the broken fortunes of his family.</li><li>(Papermaking, Printing) a quantity of paper of less than 500 or 1000 sheets.</li></ul>