Broke

/ˈbɹəʊ̯k/ · verb

Meaning

simple past of break.

Definitions by Sense

1. simple past of break
2. (archaic, nonstandard or poetic) past participle of break
3. (informal) Financially ruined, bankrupt.
4. (informal) Without any money, penniless.
5. (archaic, now informal) Broken.
6. (naval and military) Demoted, deprived of a commission.
7. (papermaking) Paper or board that is discarded and repulped during the manufacturing process.
8. (obsolete) A fragment, remains, a piece broken off.

Example Sentences

1999 October 3, J. Stewart Burns, "Mars University", Futurama, season 2, episode 2, Fox Broadcasting Company Guenther: I guess the hat must have broke my fall.

Accordingly, he came with a mob the next day; and after they had broke all the windows...

The horse was the grey stallion he aye rode, the very beast he had ridden for many a wager with the wild lads of the Cross Keys. No man but himself durst back it, and it had lamed many a hostler lad and broke two necks in its day.

He was broke after spending all his money into video games.

It seems some of his Creditors have taken notice of it, and he was like to be broke yesterday in his absence.

dead broke; flat broke

If it ain’t broke, don't fix it.

If the farmer is seriously injured by the depressed state of the markets, his spirit is broke, and there must ensue a very general discredit with regard to the farming business;

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Word Forms

• broker
• more broke
• brokest
• most broke
• brokes
• broking
• broked

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