Sunday, June 3, 2007

does the word "broken" mean anything?

3 comments:

Venusberg said...

1 split or cracked into pieces; splintered, fractured, burst, etc.
2 not in working condition; out of order !a broken watch"
3 not kept or observed; violated !a broken promise"
4 disrupted, as by divorce !a broken home"
5 sick, weakened, or beaten !broken health, a broken spirit"
6 bankrupt
7 not even or continuous; interrupted !broken terrain, broken tones"
8 not complete !a broken set of Shakespeare‘s works"
9 imperfectly spoken, esp. with reference to grammar and syntax !broken English"
10 subdued and trained; tamed
11 [Colloq.] demoted in rank

For me, I can just associated broken with 'heart' or 'limbs'. Sorry I know yours must be an entire diff chain of thoughts :D

Rupin said...

* physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
* not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly
* topographically very uneven
* imperfectly spoken or written
* destroyed financially
* out of working order
* discontinuous
* lacking a part or parts
All these were from Princeton dictionary ok now my very own
* Broken: toota hua :):):)
P.S: are you only purple or purple perspectives...??

Purple said...

thanks, my metaphorically challenged friends! :P