Unbroken
[ʌn'brəʊk(ə)n] or [ʌn'brokən]
Definition
(adj.) not broken; whole and intact; in one piece; 'fortunately the other lens is unbroken' .
(adj.) (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded; 'unbroken promises'; 'promises kept' .
(adj.) marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence; 'cars in an unbroken procession'; 'the unbroken quiet of the afternoon' .
(adj.) not subdued or trained for service or use; 'unbroken colts' .
Checker: Polly--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not broken; continuous; unsubdued; as, an unbroken colt.
Typist: Lucas
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Round, full, complete, entire.[2]. Sound, profound, undisturbed, fast.
Checker: Tanya
Definition
adj. entire: unsubdued: undisturbed—also Unbroke′ (Shak.).—adv. Unbrō′kenly.—n. Unbrō′kenness.
Editor: Nettie
Examples
- She dared not turn round to him--and there he stood motionless, unbroken. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She had let go the outer world, but within herself she was unbroken and unimpaired. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The monotony was unbroken. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The air was warm with a vaporous warmth, and the stillness was unbroken. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Out at the center is clear, transparent, unbroken, unflawed, purest blue-white ice, such as you delight to see in your glass on a hot day. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There is no unbroken stratum of illiterates. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But we preserved an unbroken silence. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Light falling vertically on a diamond is reflected back in straight, unbroken rays. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The dots are of various sizes, ranging from a minute stipple to a solid black, and they present to the eye the same effect as the unbroken tones of a photograph. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The animals sold to the government were all young and unbroken, even to the saddle, and were quite as wild as the wild horses of the prairie. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Unbroken always is this blank; alike entire and unexplained. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Silence composes the nerves; and as an unbroken hush now reigned again through the whole house, I began to feel the return of slumber. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- To her astonishment Clym lay precisely as Wildeve and herself had left him, his sleep apparently unbroken. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- When the push button is free, as in Figure 216, the cell terminals are not connected in an unbroken path, and hence the current does not flow. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Still the silence was unbroken--still far and near no sign of a living creature appeared anywhere. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Yet his will was unbroken, he was integral, complete. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- His will held his outer life, his outer mind, his outer being unbroken and unchanged. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The brakes of furze and fern terminated abruptly round the margin, and the grass was unbroken. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- We trace our lineage, unbroken, direct to the Tree of Life which flourished in the centre of the Valley Dor twenty-three million years ago. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I opened the glass-door in the breakfast-room: the shrubbery was quite still: the black frost reigned, unbroken by sun or breeze, through the grounds. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But her mind remained unbroken, her will was still perfect. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- It should be noted that the layers of flake nickel extend practically unbroken across the tube and make contact with the metal wall at both sides. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- What he did was accomplished with the ease and grace of all-sufficing strength; with the bountiful cheerfulness of high and unbroken energies. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Finally they took from the mould an unbroken thread, but as they tried to fasten it to the conducting wire it broke into pieces. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- GENERAL:--Our line is now unbroken from the Appomattox to Dinwiddie. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He looked to where the sound came from; but nothing appeared there save the verge of the hillock stretching against the sky in an unbroken line. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- They slept the chilly night through under the hood of the car, a night of unbroken sleep. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I suppose five minutes might have elapsed, and the hush remained unbroken; ten--and there was no sound. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- They had seen no one, near or distant, for a long time; and the solitude remained unbroken. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- So, when they stopped to bait the horse, and ate and drank and enjoyed themselves, I could touch nothing that they touched, but kept my fast unbroken. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Editor: Nettie