6. Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse.
7. Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted. "Her broken love and life." G. Eliot.
8. Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law.
9. Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman.
10. Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting. Amidst the broken words and loud weeping of those grave senators. Macaulay. Broken ground. (a) (Mil.) Rough or uneven ground; as, the troops were retarded in their advance by broken ground. (b) Ground recently opened with the plow. — Broken line (Geom.), the straight lines which join a number of given points taken in some specified order. — Broken meat, fragments of meat or other food. — Broken number, a fraction. — Broken weather, unsettled weather.
BROKEN-BACKED
Bro"ken-backed`, a.
1. Having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; — said of a ship. Totten.
BROKEN-BELLIED
Bro"ken-bel`lied, a.