Breaked vs. Broken

(nonstandard) break

inflection of break||past|part

Fragmented, in separate pieces.

Fractured; having the bone in pieces.

Example: ‘My arm is broken!’; ‘the ground was littered with broken bones’;

(of skin) Split or ruptured.

Example: ‘A dog bit my leg and now the skin is broken.’;

Dashed, made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.

(of sleep) Interrupted; not continuous.

Five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds.

Example: ‘Tomorrow: broken skies.’;

having periods of silence scattered throughout; not regularly continuous.

Breached; violated; not kept.

Example: ‘broken promises of neutrality’; ‘broken vows’; ‘the broken covenant’;

Non-functional; not functioning properly.

Example: ‘I think my doorbell is broken.’;

Disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic.

Badly designed or implemented.

Example: ‘This is the most broken application I've seen in a long time.’;

Grammatically non-standard, especially as a result of being produced by a non-native speaker.

Not having gone in the way intended; saddening.

Example: ‘Oh man! That is just broken!’;

Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed.

Example: ‘The bankruptcy and divorce, together with the death of his son, left him completely broken.’;

Having no money; bankrupt, broke.

(of land) Uneven.

Overpowered; overly powerful; too powerful.

Separated into parts or pieces by violence; divided into fragments; as, a broken chain or rope; a broken dish.

Disconnected; not continuous; also, rough; uneven; as, a broken surface.

Fractured; cracked; disunited; sundered; strained; apart; as, a broken reed; broken friendship.

Made infirm or weak, by disease, age, or hardships.

Example: ‘The one being who remembered him as he been before his mind was broken.’; ‘The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay,Sat by his fire, and talked the night away.’;

Subdued; humbled; contrite.

Example: ‘The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit.’;

Subjugated; trained for use, as a horse.

Crushed and ruined as by something that destroys hope; blighted.

Not carried into effect; not adhered to; violated; as, a broken promise, vow, or contract; a broken law.

Ruined financially; incapable of redeeming promises made, or of paying debts incurred; as, a broken bank; a broken tradesman.

Imperfectly spoken, as by a foreigner; as, broken English; imperfectly spoken on account of emotion; as, to say a few broken words at parting.

Example: ‘Amidst the broken words and loud weeping of those grave senators.’;

physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split; or legally or emotionally destroyed;

Example: ‘a broken mirror’; ‘a broken tooth’; ‘a broken leg’; ‘his neck is broken’; ‘children from broken homes’; ‘a broken marriage’; ‘a broken heart’;

not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly;

Example: ‘broken lines of defense’; ‘a broken cable transmission’; ‘broken sleep’; ‘tear off the stub above the broken line’; ‘a broken note’; ‘broken sobs’;

subdued or brought low in condition or status;

Example: ‘brought low’; ‘a broken man’; ‘his broken spirit’;

(especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded;

Example: ‘broken (or unkept) promises’; ‘broken contracts’;

tamed or trained to obey;

Example: ‘a horse broken to the saddle’; ‘this old nag is well broken in’;

topographically very uneven;

Example: ‘broken terrain’; ‘rugged ground’;

imperfectly spoken or written;

Example: ‘broken English’;

thrown into a state of disarray or confusion;

Example: ‘troops fleeing in broken ranks’; ‘a confused mass of papers on the desk’; ‘the small disordered room’; ‘with everything so upset’;

weakened and infirm;

Example: ‘broken health resulting from alcoholism’;

destroyed financially;

Example: ‘the broken fortunes of the family’;

out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken');

Example: ‘a broken washing machine’; ‘the coke machine is broken’; ‘the coke machine is busted’;

discontinuous;

Example: ‘broken clouds’; ‘broken sunshine’;

lacking a part or parts;

Example: ‘a broken set of encyclopedia’;