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1 ♦ broken
♦ broken /ˈbrəʊkən/A p. p.di to breakB a.1 rotto; spezzato; infranto; in pezzi: a broken chair, una sedia rotta; a broken leg, una gamba rotta; broken bones, ossa spezzate; DIALOGO → - Accident and Emergency- Is his ankle broken?, la caviglia è rotta?; si è rotto la caviglia?; broken glass, vetri infranti; frammenti di vetro2 non funzionante; rotto; guasto: a broken clock, un orologio rotto; a broken radio, una radio guasta3 infranto; violato; non mantenuto: broken pact, patto infranto; broken promise, promessa non mantenuta4 ( di relazione) rotto; finito; fallito: a broken engagement, un fidanzamento rotto; a broken marriage, un matrimonio finito5 interrotto; discontinuo; a tratti: broken line, linea tratteggiata; (autom.) riga discontinua; broken clouds, nuvolosità (sing.) irregolare; a broken journey, un viaggio interrotto più volte; broken sleep, sonno disturbato (o agitato)7 abbattuto; distrutto; spezzato: a broken man, un uomo distrutto; broken spirit, spirito spezzato; a broken heart, un cuore spezzato (o infranto); broken-hearted, dal cuore spezzato● broken-backed, con la schiena rotta □ (mus.) broken chord, accordo arpeggiato □ broken-down, (di edificio, ecc.) malridotto, malandato, fatiscente; (di macchina, ecc.) guasto, inservibile; ( di cavallo) sfiancato □ (fam.) broken English, inglese stentato, maccheronico □ broken health, salute malferma □ broken home, famiglia con genitori separati o divorziati: He comes from a broken home, è figlio di genitori divorziati □ (mat.) broken numbers, numeri fratti; frazioni □ broken reed, persona debole e inaffidabile □ (ind. costr.) broken stone, pietrisco □ (naut.) broken water, mare increspato; maretta □ (vet.) broken wind, bolsaggine □ ( di cavallo) broken-winded, bolsobrokenlyavv.1 a scatti; in modo irregolare; spasmodicamente; con interruzionibrokenessn. [u]1 irregolarità; configurazione accidentata2 spasmodicità; discontinuità.
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Broken-backed — Bro ken backed , a. 1. Having a broken back; as, a broken backed chair. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) Hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at each end; said of a ship. Totten. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
broken-backed — adjective 1. having the spine damaged (Freq. 1) a broken backed book a broken backed old horse • Similar to: ↑damaged 2. (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth • Similar to: ↑unfit … Useful english dictionary
broken-backed — damaged damaged (d[a^]m [asl]jd), adj. 1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other desirable trait; usually not used of persons. Opposite of {undamaged}. [Narrower terms: {battered, beat up, beaten up, bedraggled, broken down,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
broken-backed hogged — bulging ulging adj. 1. curving or bulging outward. Opposite of {concave}. [Narrower terms: {biconvex, convexo convex, lenticular, lentiform}; {broken backed, hogged}; {convexo concave}; {gibbous, gibbose}; {planoconvex}] Also See: {protrusive}.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
broken-backed — adjective a) Having a broken back b) Drooping at each end because of a damaged spine … Wiktionary
broken-backed line — ▪ literature in poetry, a line truncated in the middle. The term is used especially of John Lydgate (Lydgate, John) s poetry, many lines of which have nine syllables and appear to lack an unstressed syllable at the medial break or caesura.… … Universalium
broken-backed line — noun : a line truncated in the middle used especially of many lines in the verse of John Lydgate that have usually nine syllables and appear to lack an unstressed syllable at the medial break or caesura … Useful english dictionary
Broken Hearts — is a blank verse play by W. S. Gilbert in three acts styled An entirely original fairy play . It opened at the Royal Court Theatre in London on December 9 1875 and toured the provinces in 1876. [http://books.google.com/books?id=tjwOAAAAIAAJ… … Wikipedia
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bro|ken-backed — «BROH kuhn BAKT», adjective. 1. having a broken back. 2. hunchbacked. 3. Figurative. sagging; uneven; lopsided: »a broken backed building, a broken backed mountain … Useful english dictionary
battered beat-up beaten-up bedraggled broken-down dilapidated ramshackle tumble-down unsound — damaged damaged (d[a^]m [asl]jd), adj. 1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other desirable trait; usually not used of persons. Opposite of {undamaged}. [Narrower terms: {battered, beat up, beaten up, bedraggled, broken down,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English