broke (Adjective) — Without or very short of money. ex. "not so long ago that he was so broke his debit card was declined"
broke (Verb) — Terminate. ex. "break a lucky streak" ex. "break the cycle of poverty"
broke (Verb) — Become separated into pieces or fragments. ex. "The figurine broke"
broke (Verb) — Render inoperable or ineffective. ex. "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!"
broke (Verb) — Ruin completely.
broke (Verb) — Destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments. ex. "He broke the glass plate" ex. "She broke the match"
broke (Verb) — Act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises. ex. "break a law"
broke (Verb) — Move away or escape suddenly. ex. "The horses broke from the stable" ex. "Three inmates broke jail" ex. "Nobody can break out--this prison is high security" ex. "The horses broke away from the stable"
broke (Verb) — Scatter or part. ex. "The clouds broke after the heavy downpour"
broke (Verb) — Force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up. ex. "break into tears"
broke (Verb) — Prevent completion. ex. "break off the negotiations"
broke (Verb) — Enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act. ex. "Someone broke in while I was on vacation" ex. "They broke into my car and stole my radio!" ex. "who broke into my account last night?"
broke (Verb) — Make submissive, obedient, or useful. ex. "The horse was tough to break" ex. "I broke in the new intern"
broke (Verb) — Fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns. ex. "This sentence breaks the rules of syntax"
broke (Verb) — Surpass in excellence. ex. "break a record"
broke (Verb) — Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret. ex. "he broke the news to her"
broke (Verb) — Come into being. ex. "light broke over the horizon" ex. "Voices broke in the air"
broke (Verb) — Stop operating or functioning. ex. "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town" ex. "The coffee maker broke"
broke (Verb) — Interrupt a continued activity.
broke (Verb) — (military) make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing. ex. "The ranks broke"
broke (Verb) — Curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves. ex. "The surf broke"
broke (Verb) — Lessen in force or effect. ex. "break a fall"
broke (Verb) — Be broken in. ex. "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress"
broke (Verb) — Come to an end. ex. "The heat wave finally broke yesterday"
broke (Verb) — Vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity.
broke (Verb) — Cause to give up a habit. ex. "She finally broke herself of smoking cigarettes"
broke (Verb) — Give up. ex. "break cigarette smoking"
broke (Verb) — Come forth or begin from a state of latency. ex. "The first winter storm broke over New York"
broke (Verb) — Happen or take place. ex. "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months"
broke (Verb) — Cause the failure or ruin of. ex. "His peccadilloes finally broke his marriage" ex. "This play will either make or break the playwright"
broke (Verb) — Invalidate by judicial action.
broke (Verb) — Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways. ex. "The business partners broke over a tax question" ex. "The couple broke up after 25 years of marriage"
broke (Verb) — Assign to a lower position; reduce in rank.
broke (Verb) — Reduce to bankruptcy. ex. "My daughter's fancy wedding is going to break me!"
broke (Verb) — Change directions suddenly.
broke (Verb) — Emerge from the surface of a body of water. ex. "The whales broke"
broke (Verb) — Break down, literally or metaphorically. ex. "The dam broke"
broke (Verb) — Do a break dance. ex. "Kids were break-dancing at the street corner"
broke (Verb) — Exchange for smaller units of money. ex. "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy"
broke (Verb) — Destroy the completeness of a set of related items. ex. "The book dealer would not break the set"
broke (Verb) — (billiards) make the opening shot that scatters the balls.
broke (Verb) — Separate from a clinch, in boxing. ex. "The referee broke the boxers"
broke (Verb) — Go to pieces. ex. "The lawn mower finally broke"
broke (Verb) — Break a piece from a whole. ex. "break a branch from a tree"
broke (Verb) — Become punctured or penetrated. ex. "The skin broke"
broke (Verb) — Pierce or penetrate. ex. "The blade broke her skin"
broke (Verb) — Be released or become known; of news. ex. "News of her death broke in the morning"
broke (Verb) — Cease an action temporarily. ex. "let's break for lunch"
broke (Verb) — Interrupt the flow of current in. ex. "break a circuit"
broke (Verb) — Undergo breaking. ex. "The simple vowels broke in many Germanic languages"
broke (Verb) — Find a flaw in. ex. "break an alibi" ex. "break down a proof"
broke (Verb) — Find the solution or key to. ex. "break the code"
broke (Verb) — Change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another. ex. "Her voice broke to a whisper when she started to talk about her children"
broke (Verb) — Happen. ex. "These political movements break from time to time"
broke (Verb) — Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only. ex. "The glass broke when it was heated"
broke (Verb) — Crack; of the male voice in puberty. ex. "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir"
broke (Verb) — Fall sharply. ex. "stock prices broke"
broke (Verb) — Fracture a bone of. ex. "I broke my foot while playing hockey"
broke (Verb) — Diminish or discontinue abruptly. ex. "The patient's fever broke last night"
broke (Verb) — Weaken or destroy in spirit or body.
broke (Verb) — Yield information under interrogation or torture. ex. "They managed to break him on the third day"
broke (Verb) — Successfully decipher a code.