Broke
[brəʊk] or [brok]
Definition
(imp.) of Break
(-) of Break
(v. i.) To transact business for another.
(v. i.) To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp.
(-) imp. & p. p. of Break.
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Definition
pa.t. and old pa.p. of Break.—p.adj. Brok′en rent asunder: infirm: humbled or crushed: dispersed routed: altered in direction: shattered in estate or position: incomplete fragmentary: uncertain.—adjs. Brok′en-backed having the back broken applied to a ship so loosened in her frame as to droop at both ends; Brok′en-down decayed ruined in character or strength; Brok′en-heart′ed crushed with grief: greatly depressed in spirit.—adv. Brok′enly.—ns. Brok′en-man one under outlawry esp. in the Highlands and Border country; Brok′en-meat the leavings of a banquet; Brok′enness.—adj. Brok′en-wind′ed having short breath or disordered respiration as a horse.
Typist: Ludwig
Unserious Contents or Definition
A word expressing the ultimate condition of one who is too much bent on speculating.
Editor: Olaf
Examples
- He was father's partner, and father broke with him, and now he revenges himself. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- No, guardian, I returned, fearful of the light that dimly broke upon me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She knows I'm a going to tell,' here his delight broke out again, 'and has made off. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- When Mrs. Sykes is afraid of the house being attacked and broke open--as she is every night--I get quite excited. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- This work proved too hard, his health broke down, and he was compelled to give up the position. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Bloody insurrections repeatedly broke out, always traceable ultimately to the pressure of taxation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Here the peerless Saladin met the Christian host some seven hundred years ago, and broke their power in Palestine for all time to come. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- As she said it, Miss Wren suddenly broke off, screwed up her eyes and her chin, and looked prodigiously knowing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I likewise broke my right shin against the shell of a snail, which I happened to stumble over, as I was walking alone and thinking on poor England. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- And he was hoisted, first by the mechanism which was used to hoist the arc light but this broke-- Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- In 1801 he built his first steam carriage, adapted to carry seven or eight passengers, which was said to have gone off like a bird, but broke down, and was taken to the home of Capt. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Then suddenly realising the exposure, he broke into a scream and threw himself down with his face to the pillow. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Here Sam sat down with a pleasant smile, and his speech having been vociferously applauded, the company broke up. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But it was a truism, a phantom, and broke down under the weight of her regret. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- And any one could see that he shook with fear, and that there broke out upon his lips curious white flakes, like thin snow. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
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