broken weather

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broken weather - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Broken \Bro"ken\ (br[=o]"k'n), a. [From Break, v. t.]
     1. Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into
        fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish.
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     2. Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a
        broken surface.
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     3. Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart;
        as, a broken reed; broken friendship.
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     4. Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships.
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              The one being who remembered him as he been before
              his mind was broken.                  --G. Eliot.
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              The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay,
              Sat by his fire, and talked the night away.
                                                    --Goldsmith.
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     5. Subdued; humbled; contrite.
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              The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. --Ps. li.
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     6. Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse.
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     7. Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope;
        blighted. "Her broken love and life." --G. Eliot.
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     8. Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a
        broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law.
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     9. Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made,
        or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken
        tradesman.
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     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.
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               Amidst the broken words and loud weeping of those
               grave senators.                      --Macaulay.
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     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.
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