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broken
1. v. past participle of break
2. adj. Fragmented, in separate pieces.
3. adj. (of a bone or body part) Fractured; having the bone in pieces.
My arm is broken!
the ground was littered with broken bones
One recent morning the team had to replace a broken weather research station.
4. adj. (of skin) Split or ruptured.
A dog bit my leg and now the skin is broken.
5. adj. (of a line) Dashed, made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.
6. adj. (of sleep) Interrupted; not continuous.
7. adj. (meteorology, of the sky) Five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds.
Tomorrow: broken skies.
8. adj. (of a promise, etc) Breached; violated; not kept.
broken promises of neutrality
broken vows
the broken covenant
9. adj. Non-functional; not functioning properly.
I think my doorbell is broken.
10. adj. (of an, electronic connection) Disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic.
11. adj. (software, informal) Badly designed or implemented.
This is the most broken application I've seen in a long time.
12. adj. (pejorative, of language) Grammatically non-standard, especially as a result of being a non-native speaker.
13. adj. (colloquial, US, of a situation) Not having gone in the way intended; saddening.
Oh man! That is just broken!
14. adj. (of a person) Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed.
The bankruptcy and divorce, together with the death of his son, left him completely broken.
15. adj. Having no money; bankrupt, broke.
16. adj. (of land) Uneven.
17. adj. (sports) Overpowered; overly powerful; too powerful.
break
1. v. (transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.
In order to tend to the accident victim, he will break the window of the car.
2. v. (transitive, intransitive) To crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
His ribs broke under the weight of the rocks piled on his chest.
She broke her neck.
He slipped on the ice and broke his leg.
3. v. To divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
Can you break a hundred-dollar bill for me?
The wholesaler broke the container loads into palettes and boxes for local retailers.
4. v. To cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
Her child's death broke Angela.
Interrogators have used many forms of torture to break prisoners of war.
The interrogator hoped to break her to get her testimony against her accomplices.
5. v. To turn an animal into a beast of burden.
You have to break an elephant before you can use it as an animal of burden.
6. v. (intransitive) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
My heart is breaking.
7. v. To interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
I've got to break this habit I have of biting my nails.
to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one's journey
I had won four games in a row, but now you've broken my streak of luck.
8. v. To ruin financially.
The recession broke some small businesses.
9. v. To violate, to not adhere to.
When you go to Vancouver, promise me you won't break the law.
He broke his vows by cheating on his wife.
break one's word
Time travel would break the laws of physics.
10. v. (intransitive, of a fever) To pass the most dangerous part of the illness; to go down, in terms of temperature.
Susan's fever broke at about 3 AM, and the doctor said the worst was over.
11. v. (intransitive, of a spell of settled weather) To end.
The forecast says the hot weather will break by midweek.
12. v. (intransitive, of a storm) To begin; to end.
We ran to find shelter before the storm broke.
Around midday the storm broke, and the afternoon was calm and sunny.
13. v. (intransitive, of morning, dawn, day etc.) To arrive.
Morning has broken.
The day broke crisp and clear.
14. v. (transitive, gaming slang) To render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
Changing the rules to let white have three extra queens would break chess.
I broke the RPG by training every member of my party to cast fireballs as well as use swords.
15. v. (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
On the hottest day of the year the refrigerator broke.
Did you two break the trolley by racing with it?
16. v. (specifically, in programming) To cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
Adding 64-bit support broke backward compatibility with earlier versions.
17. v. To cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
break a seal
18. v. (specifically) To cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
19. v. (specifically) To open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination or the like.
20. v. To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
The cavalry were not able to break the British squares.
21. v. (intransitive) To burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
22. v. (intransitive) To interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily.
Let's break for lunch.
23. v. To interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
He survived the jump out the window because the bushes below broke his fall.
24. v. (transitive, ergative) To disclose or make known an item of news, etc.
The newsman wanted to break a big story, something that would make him famous.
I don't know how to break this to you, but your cat is not coming back.
In the latest breaking news...
When news of their divorce broke, ...
25. v. (intransitive, of a sound) To become audible suddenly.
26. v. To change a steady state abruptly.
His coughing broke the silence.
His turning on the lights broke the enchantment.
With the mood broken, what we had been doing seemed pretty silly.
27. v. (copulative, informal) To suddenly become.
Things began breaking bad for him when his parents died.
The arrest was standard, when suddenly the suspect broke ugly.
28. v. (intransitive) Of a male voice, to become deeper at puberty.
29. v. (intransitive) Of a voice, to alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men generally to go up, in women sometimes to go down; to crack.
His voice breaks when he gets emotional.
30. v. To surpass or do better than (a specific number), to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
He broke the men's 100-meter record.
I can't believe she broke 3 under par!
The policeman broke sixty on a residential street in his hurry to catch the thief.
31. v. (sports):
32. v. (transitive, tennis) To win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
He needs to break serve to win the match.
33. v. (intransitive, billiards, snooker, pool) To make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
Is it your or my turn to break?
34. v. (transitive, backgammon) To remove one of the two men on (a point).
35. v. (transitive military, most often in the passive tense) To demote, to reduce the military rank of.
36. v. To end (a connection), to disconnect.
The referee ordered the boxers to break the clinch.
The referee broke the boxers' clinch.
I couldn't hear a thing he was saying, so I broke the connection and called him back.
37. v. (intransitive, of an emulsion) To demulsify.
38. v. (intransitive, sports) To counter-attack
39. v. (transitive, obsolete) To lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
40. v. (intransitive) To become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
41. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To fail in business; to become bankrupt.
42. v. To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
to break flax
43. v. To destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
44. v. (intransitive) To make an abrupt or sudden change; to change the gait.
to break into a run or gallop
45. v. (intransitive, archaic) To fall out; to terminate friendship.
into
1. prep. Going inside (of).
Mary danced into the house.
2. prep. Going to a geographic region.
We left the house and walked into the street.
The plane flew into the open air.
3. prep. Against, especially with force or violence.
The car crashed into the tree; I wasn't careful, and walked into a wall
4. prep. Producing, becoming; (indicates transition into another form or substance).
I carved the piece of driftwood into a sculpture of a whale. Right before our eyes, Jake turned into a wolf!
5. prep. After the start of.
About 20 minutes into the flight, the pilot reported a fire on board.
6. prep. (colloquial) Interested in or attracted to.
She's really into Shakespeare right now; I'm so into you!
7. prep. (mathematics) Taking distinct arguments to distinct values.
The exponential function maps the set of real numbers into itself.
8. prep. (UK, archaic, India, mathematics) Expressing the operation of multiplication.(R:OED Online)
Five into three is fifteen.
9. prep. (mathematics) Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes".
Three into two won't go.
24 goes into 48 how many times?
10. prep. Investigating the subject (of).
Call for research into pesticides blamed for vanishing bees.
sharp
1. adj. Able to cut easily.
I keep my knives sharp so that they don't slip unexpectedly while carving.
2. adj. (colloquial) Intelligent.
My nephew is a sharp lad; he can count to 100 in six languages, and he's only five years old.
3. adj. Terminating in a point or edge; not obtuse or rounded.
Ernest made the pencil too sharp and accidentally stabbed himself with it.
a sharp hill; a face with sharp features
4. adj. (music) Higher than usual by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).
5. adj. (music) Higher in pitch than required.
The orchestra's third violin several times was sharp about an eighth of a tone.
6. adj. Having an intense, acrid flavour.
Milly couldn't stand sharp cheeses when she was pregnant, because they made her nauseated.
7. adj. Sudden and intense.
A pregnant woman during labor normally experiences a number of sharp contractions.
8. adj. (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.
Michael had a number of sharp ventures that he kept off the books.
9. adj. (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd.
a sharp dealer; a sharp customer
10. adj. Exact, precise, accurate; keen.
You'll need sharp aim to make that shot.
11. adj. Offensive, critical, or acrimonious.
sharp criticism; When the two rivals met, first there were sharp words, and then a fight broke out.
12. adj. (colloquial) Stylish or attractive.
You look so sharp in that tuxedo!
13. adj. Observant; alert; acute.
Keep a sharp watch on the prisoners. I don't want them to escape!
14. adj. Forming a small angle; especially, forming an angle of less than ninety degrees.
Drive down Main for three quarters of a mile, then make a sharp right turn onto Pine.
15. adj. Steep; precipitous; abrupt.
a sharp ascent or descent; a sharp turn or curve
16. adj. (mathematics, of a statement) Said of as extreme a value as possible.
Sure, any planar graph can be five-colored. But that result is not sharp: in fact, any planar graph can be four-colored. That is sharp: the same can't be said for any lower number.
17. adj. (chess) Tactical; risky.
18. adj. Piercing; keen; severe; painful.
a sharp pain; the sharp and frosty winter air
19. adj. Eager or keen in pursuit; impatient for gratification.
a sharp appetite
20. adj. (obsolete) Fierce; ardent; fiery; violent; impetuous.
21. adj. Composed of hard, angular grains; gritty.
22. adj. (phonetics, dated) Uttered in a whisper, or with the breath alone; aspirated; unvoiced.
23. adv. To a point or edge; piercingly; eagerly; sharply.
24. adv. (notcomp) Exactly.
I'll see you at twelve o'clock sharp.
25. adv. (music) In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.
I didn't enjoy the concert much because the tenor kept going sharp on the high notes.
26. n. (music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played a semitone higher.
The pitch pipe sounded out a perfect F♯ (F sharp).
Transposition frequently is harder to read because of all the sharps and flats on the staff.
27. n. (music) A note that is played a semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.
28. n. (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.
The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps.
29. n. (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.
Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" is written in C♯ minor (C sharp minor.)
30. n. (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.
Place sharps in the specially marked red container for safe disposal.
31. n. A sharp tool or weapon.
32. n. (medicine) A hypodermic syringe.
33. n. (medicine, dated) A scalpel or other edged instrument used in surgery.
34. n. A dishonest person; a cheater.
The casino kept in the break room a set of pictures of known sharps for the bouncers to see.
This usage is often classified as variant spelling of shark, and unrelated to the 'pointed' or 'cutting' meanings of sharp.
35. n. Part of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.
36. n. A sewing needle with a very slender point, more pointed than a blunt or a between.
37. n. (in the plural) Fine particles of husk mixed with coarse particle of flour of cereals; middlings.
38. n. (slang) An expert.
39. n. A sharpie (member of Australian gangs of the 1960s and 1970s).
40. v. (music) To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.
That new musician must be tone deaf: he sharped half the notes of the song!
41. v. To play tricks in bargaining; to act the sharper.
or
1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
The country Myanmar, or Burma
6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
irregular
1. adj. Nonstandard; not conforming to rules or expectations.
2. adj. Of a surface, rough.
3. adj. Without symmetry, regularity, or uniformity.
4. adj. (geometry, of a polygon) Not regular; having sides that are not equal or angles that are not equal.
5. adj. (geometry, of a polyhedron) Whose faces are not all regular polygons (or are not equally inclined to each other).
6. n. A soldier who is not a member of an official military force and, often, does not follow regular army tactics.
7. n. One who does not regularly attend a venue.
points
1. n. plural of point
2. n. (rail transport, British) Movable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another.
3. n. (automotive) The two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow current to flow or not through the ignition coil. Each surface is called a point singular (there's usually a moving po
4. v. third-person singular present indicative of point
point
1. n. A discrete division of something.
2. n. An individual element in a larger whole; a particular detail, thought, or quality.
The Congress debated the finer points of the bill.
3. n. A particular moment in an event or occurrence; a juncture.
There comes a point in a marathon when some people give up.
At this point in the meeting, I'd like to propose a new item for the agenda.
4. n. (archaic) Condition, state.
She was not feeling in good point.
5. n. A topic of discussion or debate; a proposition.
I made the point that we all had an interest to protect.
6. n. A focus of conversation or consideration; the main idea.
The point is that we should stay together, whatever happens.
7. n. A purpose or objective, which makes something meaningful.
Since the decision has already been made, I see little point in further discussion.
8. n. (obsolete) The smallest quantity of something; a jot, a whit.
9. n. (obsolete) A tiny amount of time; a moment.
10. n. A specific location or place, seen as a spatial position.
We should meet at a pre-arranged point.
11. n. (mathematics, science) A zero-dimensional mathematical object representing a location in one or more dimensions; something considered to have position
12. n. A full stop or other terminal punctuation mark.
13. n. (music) A dot or mark used to designate certain tones or time. In ancient music, it distinguished or characterized certain tones or styles (points of p
14. n. (by extension) A note; a tune.
15. n. A distinguishing quality or characteristic.
Logic isn't my strong point.
16. n. Something tiny, as a pinprick; a very small mark.
The stars showed as tiny points of yellow light.
17. n. (now only in phrases) A tenth; formerly also a twelfth.
Possession is nine points of the law.
18. n. Each of the marks or strokes written above letters, especially in Semitic languages, to indicate vowels, stress etc.
19. n. (sports) A unit of scoring in a game or competition.
The one with the most points will win the game
20. n. (mathematics) A decimal point (now especially when reading decimal fractions aloud).
10.5 ("ten point five"; = ten and a half)
21. n. (economics) A unit used to express differences in prices of stocks and shares.
22. n. (typography) a unit of measure equal to 1/12 of a pica, or approximately 1/72 of an inch (exactly 1/72 of an inch in the digital era).
23. n. (UK) An electric power socket.
24. n. (navigation, nautical) A unit of bearing equal to one thirty-second of a circle, i.e. 11.25°.
Ship ahoy, three points off the starboard bow!
25. n. (UK) A unit of measure for rain, equal to 0.254 mm or 0.01 of an inch.
26. n. A sharp extremity.
27. n. The sharp tip of an object.
Cut the skin with the point of the knife.
28. n. Any projecting extremity of an object.
29. n. An object which has a sharp or tapering tip.
His cowboy belt was studded with points.
30. n. (backgammon) Each of the twelve triangular positions in either table of a backgammon board, on which the stones are played.
31. n. A peninsula or promontory.
32. n. The position at the front or vanguard of an advancing force.
33. n. Each of the main directions on a compass, usually considered to be 32 in number; a direction.
34. n. (nautical) The difference between two points of the compass.
to fall off a point
35. n. Pointedness of speech or writing; a penetrating or decisive quality of expression.
36. n. (railroads, UK, in the plural) A railroad switch.
37. n. (usually in the plural) An area of contrasting colour on an animal, especially a dog; a marking.
The point color of that cat was a deep, rich sable.
38. n. A tine or snag of an antler.
39. n. (fencing) A movement executed with the sabre or foil.
tierce point
40. n. (heraldry) One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.
41. n. (nautical) A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
42. n. (historical) A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
43. n. Lace worked by the needle.
point de Venise; Brussels point
44. n. (US, slang) An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
45. n. The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.
The dog came to a point.
46. n. (falconry) The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
47. n. The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
48. n. The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
49. n. (medicine, obsolete) A vaccine point.
50. n. In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.
51. n. (cricket) A fielding position square of the wicket on the off side, between gully and cover.
52. n. (lacrosse, ice hockey) The position of the player of each side who stands a short distance in front of the goalkeeper.
53. n. (baseball) The position of the pitcher and catcher.
54. n. (hunting) A spot to which a straight run is made; hence, a straight run from point to point; a cross-country run.
55. v. (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
It's rude to point at other people.
56. v. (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
The arrow of a compass points north
The skis were pointing uphill.
The arrow on the map points towards the entrance
57. v. (intransitive) To face in a particular direction.
58. v. To direct toward an object; to aim.
to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort
59. v. To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
to point a dart, a pencil, or (figuratively) a moral
60. v. (intransitive) To indicate a probability of something.
61. v. (ambitransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
62. v. (transitive, masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
63. v. (stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
64. v. To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
If he asks for food, point him toward the refrigerator.
65. v. (transitive, mathematics) To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
66. v. To mark with diacritics.
67. v. (dated) To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.
to point a composition
68. v. (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
69. v. (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
70. v. (intransitive, nautical) To sail close to the wind.
Bear off a little, we're pointing.
uneven
1. adj. Not even
2. adj. Not level or smooth
3. adj. Not uniform
4. adj. Varying in quality
5. adj. (mathematics, rare) Odd
not
1. adv. Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
Did you take out the trash? No, I did not.
Not knowing any better, I went ahead.
2. adv. To no degree.
That is not red; it's orange.
3. conj. And not.
I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken.
He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple.
4. interj. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.
I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney... not!
Sure, you're perfect the way you are... not!
5. n. Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function.
You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip.
6. contraction. (obsolete) Contraction of ne wot, wot not; know not; knows not.
smooth
1. adj. Having a texture that lacks friction. Not rough.
2. adj. Without difficulty, problems, or unexpected consequences or incidents.
We hope for a smooth transition to the new system.
3. adj. Bland; glib.
4. adj. Flowing or uttered without check, obstruction, or hesitation; not harsh; fluent.
5. adj. (of a person) Suave; sophisticated.
6. adj. (of an action) Natural; unconstrained.
7. adj. (of a motion) Unbroken.
8. adj. (chiefly of water) Placid, calm.
9. adj. (of an edge) Lacking projections or indentations; not serrated.
10. adj. (of food or drink) Not grainy; having an even texture.
11. adj. (of a beverage) Having a pleasantly rounded flavor; neither rough nor astringent.
12. adj. (mathematics, of a function) Having derivatives of all finite orders at all points within the function’s domain.
13. adj. (math, of a number) That factors completely into small prime numbers.
14. adj. (linguistics, classical studies, of a vowel) Lacking marked aspiration.
15. adj. (of muscles, medicine) Involuntary and non-striated.
16. adv. Smoothly.
17. n. Something that is smooth, or that goes smoothly and easily.
18. n. A smoothing action.
19. n. A domestic animal having a smooth coat.
20. n. A member of an anti-hippie fashion movement in 1970s Britain.
21. n. (statistics) The analysis obtained through a smoothing procedure.
22. v. To make smooth or even.
23. v. To make straightforward.
24. v. (statistics, image processing, digital audio) To capture important patterns in the data, while leaving out noise.
25. v. (West Country) To stroke; especially to stroke an animal's fur.
Can I smooth your cat? -
rough
1. adj. Not smooth; uneven.
2. adj. Approximate; hasty or careless; not finished.
a rough estimate; a rough sketch of a building; a rough plan
3. adj. Turbulent.
The sea was rough.
4. adj. Difficult; trying.
Being a teenager nowadays can be rough.
5. adj. Crude; unrefined
His manners are a bit rough, but he means well.
6. adj. Violent; not careful or subtle
This box has been through some rough handling.
7. adj. Loud and hoarse; offensive to the ear; harsh; grating.
a rough tone; a rough voice
8. adj. Not polished; uncut; said of a gem.
a rough diamond
9. adj. Harsh-tasting.
rough wine
10. adj. (chiefly UK, colloquial, slang) Somewhat ill; sick
11. adj. (chiefly UK, colloquial, slang) Unwell due to alcohol; hungover
12. n. The unmowed part of a golf course.
13. n. A rude fellow; a coarse bully; a rowdy.
14. n. (cricket) A scuffed and roughened area of the pitch, where the bowler's feet fall, used as a target by spin bowlers because of its unpredictable bounce.
15. n. The raw material from which faceted or cabochon gems are created.
16. n. A quick sketch, similar to a thumbnail, but larger and more detailed. Meant for artistic brainstorming and a vital step in the design process.
17. n. (obsolete) Boisterous weather.
18. v. To create in an approximate form.
Rough in the shape first, then polish the details.
19. v. (ice hockey) To commit the offense of roughing, i.e. to punch another player.
20. v. To render rough; to roughen.
21. v. To break in (a horse, etc.), especially for military purposes.
22. v. To endure primitive conditions.
23. adv. In a rough manner; rudely; roughly.

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