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Adjective
/brōk/,
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Having completely run out of money,
  1. Having completely run out of money
    • - many farmers went broke

  1. lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term"
  2. (broken) physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split; "a broken mirror"; "a broken tooth"; "a broken leg"; "his neck is broken"
  3. (broken) (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded; "broken (or unkept) promises"; "broken contracts"
  4. (broken) topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged ground"
  5. (broken) imperfectly spoken or written; "broken English"
  6. (broken) thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; "troops fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset"
  7. Broke is the second studio album by American punk rock band Hed PE. Released on August 22, 2000, the album incorporated more classic rock and world music influences, and featured guest appearances by Dead Kennedys guitarist East Bay Ray, System of a Down vocalist Serj Tankian and Kittie vocalist ...
  8. "Broke" is the first single release by indie rock band Modest Mouse, on March 26, 1996. Copies of the songs on the single were later released on Interstate 8, although both were different recordings. The same recordings later appeared on the Building Nothing Out of Something compilation.
  9. "Broke" is the 25th episode of the fifth season of the television series The Office, and the 97th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on NBC in the United States on April 23, 2009. ...
  10. (Broken/) In computer-based text processing and digital typesetting, a non-breaking space or no-break space (NBSP) is a variant of the space character that prevents an automatic line break (line wrap) at its position. ...
  11. (Broken (12 Stones song)) 12 Stones is the eponymous debut album from the American rock band 12 Stones. It was released on April 23, 2002 by Wind-up Records.
  12. (Broken (2007 film)) Broken is a 2007 film by director Alan White, starring Heather Graham and Jeremy Sisto. The film had a poor run in theatres and was released to DVD less than two months after its theatrical release.
  13. Simple past of break; The sentence of a court martial which deprived an officer of his commission'; Lacking money; bankrupt; Broken
  14. (broken) Fragmented, in separate pieces; Having the bone in pieces, fractured; Split or ruptured; Not working properly; Completely defeated and dispirited; Grammatically non-standard, especially as a result of being a non-native speaker; Having no money, bankrupt, broke; Disconnected, no ...
  15. (break) An instance of breaking something into two pieces; A physical space that opens up in something or between two things; A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue; A rest or pause, usually from work; a breaktime; A temporary split ( ...
  16. (Broken) The amount of sky cover for a cloud layer between 5/8ths and 7/8ths, based on the summation layer amount for that layer.
  17. (Broken) demoted in rank; ”knocked down.”
  18. (Broken) a white rabbit with patches of color.  A broken black has black patches, a broken tort has tort patches, etc.
  19. (BROKEN) without a feudal chief, outlawed
  20. (Broken) 1. adj. the state of a wicket in which one or both bails have fallen off the stumps.
  21. (Broken) A card that is overpowered. Often modified for emphasis, i.e.- bah-roken, bah-ROH-ken, br. o. k. en.
  22. (Broken) A way in which to indicate shrimp bits. Shrimp is usually a very expensive product. When peeling shrimp, it is very usual that the tail meat breaks in two. It would not be realistic to chuck this product away, which, incidentally, is still in a perfect state, because of the cost price. ...
  23. (Broken) Any color combined with a larger part of white
  24. (Broken) Cracked coffee beans.
  25. (Broken) Describes the smaller pieces of tea leaves resulting from cut or crushed whole tea leaves.