Broke

Definition: Broke

Broke

Adjective

1. Lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term".

Date "broke" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definition
19th Century Satire	A word expressing the ultimate condition of one who is too much bent on speculating. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904.
Industry	Paper or board which is removed at some stage of the manufacturing process and which is normally returned to the process. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Broke

Synonyms: bust (adj), skint (adj), stone-broke (adj), stony-broke (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Caution	Ante victoriam ne canas triumphum; "give, every man thine ear but few thy voice"; he who laughs last laughs best, il rit bien qui rit le dernier; ni firmes carta que no leas ni bebas agua que no veas; nescit vox missa reverti; " love all, trust a few "; noli irritare leones; safe bind safe find; " if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
Deterioration	Decayed; Verb: moth-eaten, worm-eaten; mildewed, rusty, moldy, spotted, seedy, time-worn, moss-grown; discolored; effete, wasted, crumbling, moldering, rotten, cankered, blighted, tainted; depraved; (vicious); decrepid, decrepit; broke, busted, broken, out of commission, hors de combat, out of action, broken down; done, done for, done up; worn out, used up, finished; beyond saving, fit for the dust hole, fit for the wastepaper basket, past work; (useless).
Disorder	Turmoil; ferment; (agitation); to-do, trouble, pudder, pother, row, rumble, disturbance, hubbub, convulsion, tumult, uproar, revolution, riot, rumpus, stour, scramble, brawl, fracas, rhubarb, fight, free-for-all, row, ruction, rumpus, embroilment, melee, spill and pelt, rough and tumble; whirlwind; bear garden, Babel, Saturnalia, donnybrook, Donnybrook Fair, confusion worse confounded, most admired disorder, concordia discors; Bedlam, all hell broke loose; bull in a china shop; all the fat in the fire, diable a' quatre, Devil to pay; pretty kettle of fish; pretty piece of work, pretty piece of business.
Inaction	Phrase: cunctando resPhrase: cunctando restituit rem "If it ain't broke don't fix it"; stare decisis
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	I broke our date (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.) How'd you feel if someone broke your dinosaur (On the Town; writing credit: Adolph Green and Betty Comden) You're broke! (Mulholland Dr.; writing credit: David Lynch) Weumwe broke up. (Phenomenon; writing credit: Gerald Di Pego) You broke my glasses (The Princess Diaries; writing credit: Gina Wendkos)
Lyrics	Can't be the money Lord knows I'm always broke ("My Home's in Alabama"; performing artist: Alabama) And she broke down and I broke (Brick; performing artist: Ben Folds Five) I mean just a year ago, he was broke, bummin money (Deception; performing artist: Blackalicious) And thats about the time that she broke up with me (What's My Age Again?; performing artist: Blink-182) Well, we shot the line and we went for broke (Convoy; performing artist: C.W. MCCALL)
Clever	Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul. (references; author: Mark Twain) I used to have a handle on life, but it broke. (references; author: unknown) I've never been poor, only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind. Being broke is a temporary situation. (references; author: unknown)
Tongue Twisters	A bloke's bike back brake block broke. (references; author: unknown) Brad's big black bath brush broke. (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	The One Who Broke Down the Dragon Party (1970) Gopher Broke (1969) When Hell Broke Loose (1958) Gopher Broke (1958) Go for Broke! (1951)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Guerrilla P.R.: How You Can Wage an Effective Publicity Campaign... Without Going Broke (reference) The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Go for Broke! (reference) The Year My Voice Broke (reference) Sonic Youth: 1991 - The Year Punk Broke (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Thomson: The River/The Plow That Broke the Plains (reference) Virgil Thomson: Louisiana Story; The Plow that Broke the Plains (reference) Lovesick Broke & Driftin' (reference) My Fever Broke [REMIXES INCLUDED] [EP] (reference) We Broke the Rules (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	The Day The World Broke Ages 9-up (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Astronomers analyzing debris from a comet that broke apart last summer spied pieces as small ... Credit: NASA.		Shrine to _____ Williams who lost his life during Navy Antarctic operations in the 1950's when his tractor broke through the sea ice and he was drowned. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.
	Increasing expanses of melted snow and ice during the spring melt Weasel checking sea ice landing strip at Oliktok Point - If weasel didn't break ice, ski planes could land. If weasels broke ice, they would float as they were amphibious. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.		Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Storm surge broke through dune line and deposited new sand. Looking south towards Atlantic Ocean. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).
	During a storm, HYDROLAB once broke loose and floated 25 miles away. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).		Hurrah!!! Scrambling for the goodies after the pinata broke. Pinata night on the McARTHUR at the end of the STAR 2000 cruise. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.
	Positions of errant mines that broke away from moorings during the First World War and recovered in the North Atlantic between November 7, 1918, and February 9 , 1920. The apparent positions and motions of these mines conform to the model of circulation formulated by Prince Albert I of Monaco. Plate H. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 84. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		Boeing's Joint Strike Fighter X-32A broke the sound barrier (about 660 mph at 30,000 feet altitude), Dec. 21. The X-32A is more than half-way through the five-month flight-test program at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. (P.; photo by Steve Zapka) ..
	Heavy rains have produced runoff that broke through these terraces in Cass County, Iowa. Credit: Lynn Betts.		Stormwaters broke through this terrace system in Cass County in southwest Iowa. Terraces are designed for the water that would come from a storm that is expected to occur every 10 years. Credit: Lynn Betts.
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Author	Quotation
George F. Baer	It was government by discussion that broke the bond of ages and set free the originality of mankind.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe	Napoleon for the sake of a good name broke in pieces half the world.
John Milton	All hell broke loose.
Lord Byron	Sighing that Nature formed but one such man, and broke the die.
Ludovico Ariosto	Nature made him, and then broke the mold.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
John Locke	1690	What is my remedy against a robber, that so broke into my house? Appeal to the law for justice. (Second Treatise of Government)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded	Carroll, Lewis	This time she broke the silence
A Christmas Carol	Dickens, Charles	At length it broke upon his listening ear.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency	Douglas Adams	So after a hectic week of believing that war was peace, that good was bad, that the moon was made of blue cheese, and that God needed a lot of money sent to a certain box number, the Monk started to believe that thirty-five percent of all tables were hermaphrodites, and then broke down
Scarlet Letter	Hawthorne, Nathaniel	She broke continually into shouts of a wild, inarticulate, and sometimes piercing music
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The glass broke and fell with a crash
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	He broke into a run and, running quicker and quicker, ran across the cinderpath and reached the third line playground, panting
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	We measured it and broke it up.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	I slept well, and I conjecture at least six hours, for I found the day broke in two hours after I awaked
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	Though the sky was by this time overcast, the pond was so smooth that I could see where he broke the surface when I did not hear him.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		You are 52 years old and have not had a period in a year. That’s good. You are still having some hot flashes, but generally they are not too bad. You wake up early too often, and that makes you tired during the day. What worries you is this – your mother is 77. She just fell and broke her hip. Her doctor says she has osteoporosis. (references)
Business		After the financial crisis broke out in 1997, the defense budget was drastically reduced. (references)
		An attempt to negotiate broke down when shots were fired, four peasants were killed, and six police were wounded. (references)
		Negatively impacted by the Asian financial crisis which broke out in mid 1997, China’s economy was not able to maintain the high growth rates it had experienced throughout n most of the past 20 years. (references)
Children	Georgia	There was no societal pattern of abuse of children, but difficult economic conditions broke up some families and increased the number of street children. (references)
Civil Liberties	Vietnam	A fight broke out between members of this group and others at the site. (references)
	Azerbaijan	Police forcibly broke up the group and detained several of the strikers. (references)
Economic History	Angola	The coalition quickly broke down and turned into a civil war. (references)
	Italy	The National Alliance broke from the neo-fascist Italian Social Movement. (references)
	Austria	In February 1934, civil war broke out, and the Socialist Party was outlawed. (references)
Human Rights	Afghanistan	The soldiers beat staff members and broke some of the locks on vehicles. (references)
	Turkey	Fighting broke out and one man was killed; 3 civilians and 25 Jandarma were injured. (references)
	Chile	On May 20, a fire broke out in the prison in Iquique that led to the death of 26 prisoners. (references)
Indigenous People	Colombia	The U'wa broke off talks with the Government in September 2000, in response to a ruling by the Government's agrarian reform agency authorizing the state oil company to purchase lands to create a buffer zone around the drilling area, and talks remained suspended during the year. (references)
Minorities	Ethiopia	Many of the Christians began to destroy the construction site, and violence broke out. (references)
	Yugoslavia	On April 1, unknown vandals broke the windows of an evangelical church in Subotica, Vojvodina. (references)
Political Economy	Congo	The ongoing war broke out in 1998 between the Government and rebel forces. (references)
	Philippines	The authorities failed to prosecute many persons who broke the law, and some persons committed abuses with impunity. (references)
	Eritrea	In 1998 fighting broke out between the armed forces and Ethiopian militia along the border, which led to a 2-year war with Ethiopia. (references)
Worker Rights	Congo	This system broke down in 1991 as a result of the rapid depreciation of the currency. (references)
	Mauritius	In July police broke up a prostitution ring involving adolescents in the north of the main island. (references)
	Guatemala	The victims were told that their families in China would suffer if they broke the debt bondage agreement. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	STORY, n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph Block, of New York, found himself seated at dinner alongside Mr. Percival Pollard, the distinguished critic. "Mr. Pollard," said he, "my book, The Biography of a Dead Cow, is published anonymously, but you can hardly be ignorant of its authorship. Yet in reviewing it you speak of it as the work of the Idiot of the Century. Do you think that fair criticism?" "I am very sorry, sir," replied the critic, amiably, "but it did not occur to me that you really might not wish the public to know who wrote it." Mr. W.C. Morrow, who used to live in San Jose, California, was addicted to writing ghost stories which made the reader feel as if a stream of lizards, fresh from the ice, were streaking it up his back and hiding in his hair. San Jose was at that time believed to be haunted by the visible spirit of a noted bandit named Vasquez, who had been hanged there. The town was not very well lighted, and it is putting it mildly to say that San Jose was reluctant to be out o' nights. One particularly dark night two gentlemen were abroad in the loneliest spot within the city limits, talking loudly to keep up their courage, when they came upon Mr. J.J. Owen, a well-known journalist. "Why, Owen," said one, "what brings you here on such a night as this? You told me that this is one of Vasquez' favorite haunts! And you are a believer. Aren't you afraid to be out?" "My dear fellow," the journalist replied with a drear autumnal cadence in his speech, like the moan of a leaf-laden wind, "I am afraid to be in. I have one of Will Morrow's stories in my pocket and I don't dare to go where there is light enough to read it." Rear-Admiral Schley and Representative Charles F. Joy were standing near the Peace Monument, in Washington, discussing the question, Is success a failure? Mr. Joy suddenly broke off in the middle of an eloquent sentence, exclaiming: "Hello! I've heard that band before. Santlemann's, I think." "I don't hear any band," said Schley. "Come to think, I don't either," said Joy; "but I see General Miles coming down the avenue, and that pageant always affects me in the same way as a brass band. One has to scrutinize one's impressions pretty closely, or one will mistake their origin." While the Admiral was digesting this hasty meal of philosophy General Miles passed in review, a spectacle of impressive dignity. When the tail of the seeming procession had passed and the two observers had recovered from the transient blindness caused by its effulgence -- "He seems to be enjoying himself," said the Admiral. "There is nothing," assented Joy, thoughtfully, "that he enjoys one-half so well." The illustrious statesman, Champ Clark, once lived about a mile from the village of Jebigue, in Missouri. One day he rode into town on a favorite mule, and, hitching the beast on the sunny side of a street, in front of a saloon, he went inside in his character of teetotaler, to apprise the barkeeper that wine is a mocker. It was a dreadfully hot day. Pretty soon a neighbor came in and seeing Clark, said: "Champ, it is not right to leave that mule out there in the sun. He'll roast, sure! -- he was smoking as I passed him." "O, he's all right," said Clark, lightly; "he's an inveterate smoker." The neighbor took a lemonade, but shook his head and repeated that it was not right. He was a conspirator. There had been a fire the night before: a stable just around the corner had burned and a number of horses had put on their immortality, among them a young colt, which was roasted to a rich nut-brown. Some of the boys had turned Mr. Clark's mule loose and substituted the mortal part of the colt. Presently another man entered the saloon. "For mercy's sake!" he said, taking it with sugar, "do remove that mule, barkeeper: it smells." "Yes," interposed Clark, "that animal has the best nose in Missouri. But if he doesn't mind, you shouldn't." In the course of human events Mr. Clark went out, and there, apparently, lay the incinerated and shrunken remains of his charger. The boys idd not have any fun out of Mr. Clarke, who looked at the body and, with the non-committal expression to which he owes so much of his political preferment, went away. But walking home late that night he saw his mule standing silent and solemn by the wayside in the misty moonlight. Mentioning the name of Helen Blazes with uncommon emphasis, Mr. Clark took the back track as hard as ever he could hook it, and passed the night in town. General H.H. Wotherspoon, president of the Army War College, has a pet rib-nosed baboon, an animal of uncommon intelligence but imperfectly beautiful. Returning to his apartment one evening, the General was surprised and pained to find Adam (for so the creature is named, the general being a Darwinian) sitting up for him and wearing his master's best uniform coat, epaulettes and all. "You confounded remote ancestor!" thundered the great strategist, "what do you mean by being out of bed after naps? -- and with my coat on!" Adam rose and with a reproachful look got down on all fours in the manner of his kind and, scuffling across the room to a table, returned with a visiting-card: General Barry had called and, judging by an empty champagne bottle and several cigar-stumps, had been hospitably entertained while waiting. The general apologized to his faithful progenitor and retired. The next day he met General Barry, who said: "Spoon, old man, when leaving you last evening I forgot to ask you about those excellent cigars. Where did you get them?" General Wotherspoon did not deign to reply, but walked away. "Pardon me, please," said Barry, moving after him; "I was joking of course. Why, I knew it was not you before I had been in the room fifteen minutes."
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Al Hunt	Bob, you know, John Sununu's victory just broke Democratic hearts. They thought they could win that seat. He ran a good campaign and also for him, he was fortunate, he inherited his mother's, as opposed to his father's charm.
Bill Maher	Well when this queen story broke today, I said, I have got to get back on the air because I don't know what.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	I want to thank all of you who heard the American people, broke gridlock, and gave them the most successful teamwork between a President and a Congress for thirty years.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Broke" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 97.11% of the time. "Broke" is used about 5,116 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past tense)	97.11%	4,968	1,979
Lexical Verb (past participle)	1.84%	94	33,845
Adjective (general or positive)	1.05%	54	46,184
Total	100.00%	5,116	N/A

Expressions using "broke": all hell broke loose ♦ be dead broke ♦ be flat broke ♦ broke new ♦ broke to the wide ♦ dead broke ♦ flat broke ♦ go broke ♦ go for broke ♦ i broke my leg ♦ pandemonium broke out ♦ pulped broke ♦ stone broke ♦ stony broke. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "broke": Broke-dick, broke-even, broke-i, Broke-smith.
	Ending with "broke": flat-broke, go-for-broke, halter-broke, stone-broke, stony-broke.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "broke"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		bankrot raak (be bankrupt, go broke). (various references)

Albanian		trokë (penniless, poverty stricken, stony broke), kripë (haloid, Sal, salt). (various references)

Arabic		‏مفلس (bankrupt, bust, busty, down at heel, hard up, impecunious, insolvent, kaput, penniless, punk, ruined, unowned). (various references)

Bulgarian		разорен (broken), разбит (broken, crushed). (various references)

Chinese		打破了. (various references)

Czech		min.èas od break, švorc. (various references)

Danish		udskud (cull, refuse parts, reject, rejects, sixths, waste). (various references)

Dutch		breukenstof, uitval (catastrophic failure, discard, failure, false drop, hard error, hardware error, noise unit, offcut, reject, scrap, waste, waster), uitschot (garbage, leavings, refuse, rubbish, waste), kas (cashier's stand, fund, money box, money-box, till), afval (apostasy, clippings, cuttings, debris, defection, garbage, leavings, parings, refuse, remainder, rest, rubbish, rubble, waste, windfall). (various references)

Esperanto		bankroti (be bankrupt, go broke). (various references)

Farsi		ورشکسته (Bankrupt), ورشکست , بی پول (Impecunious, Poor). (various references)

Finnish		rahaton (impecunious, penniless), hylky (refuse, waste, wreck). (various references)

French		brisai, brisâmes, brisa, fauché, cassai, cassés de fabrication, cassé (broken), cassèrent, cassa, à sec, à court. (various references)

German		bankrott (bankrupt, bankruptcy, bankruptly, breakdown, collapse, debased, discredited, smashup), brach (breached, fallow, infringed, refracted), zerbrochen (broken), pleite (bankruptcy, bust, collapse, dog, failure, fizzling, flat, flop, Miss, non event, on the rocks, sell, washout). (various references)

Greek		μπατίρης (skint), χωρίσ χρημάτων, άφραγγος, λιγούρης (penniless, skint), αόρ. του break, απένταροσ (moneyless, penniless). (various references)

Hebrew		מחוסר כסף, חסר פרוטה (penniless). (various references)

Hungarian		pénztelen (he is in low water, impecunious, moneyless, out of pocket, penniless, stony broke). (various references)

Indonesian		boke, tumpur (destroyed, peniless, ruined), tak beruang (penniless). (various references)

Italian		scarti di fabbricazione, fallito (abortive, bankrupt, bankrupted, failure, unpromising, unpromisingly, unsuccessful). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		無一文 (penniless), すすり泣く (all, all of a sudden, bitch, briskly, clear, completely, directly, do something completely, erect, even, face with no make-up, gently, men's underwear, neat, nimble, ought to do, penniless, quick, quickly, quietly, shapely, should do, sleeping soundly, smart, smooth to the touch, smoothly, softly, straight, thoroughly, to leaveundone, to make refreshed, to make relieved, to neglect, to sob, to standup, upright, utterly stark naked, wearing only one's birthday suit), 文無し (penniless). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		すっからかん (penniless), むいちもん (penniless), もんなし (penniless). (various references)

Korean		끊어졌다. (various references)

Manx		rooisht argid (penniless), brisht (bankrupt, breached, bust, cracked, deposed, deprived, discontinuous, fragmentary, insolvent, ruined, ruptured, shipwrecked, smashed, stony-broke, wrecked). (various references)

Norwegian		blakk. (various references)

Pig Latin		okebray.(various references)

Portuguese		sem dinheiro (moneyless, out of money, penniless), quebrado (broken, out of order), pêlo curto de carneiro, desperdícios de fabrico, apara fabril. (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian		quebrou (it broke). (various references)

Romanian		trecut de la break, ruinat (broken down, dilapidated, done for, ruined, ruinous, undone), lefter (hard up, moneyless, penniless). (various references)

Russian		разрушать (attack, break, cast down, defeated, demolish, destroy, disestablish, erode, make havoc of, play havoc, play havoc among, play havoc with, play hell, play the devil, play the mischief, shatter, subvert, unbuild, wrack, wracked, wreck), разоренный (down and out, gone, kaput, war-devastated), без денег (out of money). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		bez prebijene pare (down and out). (various references)

Spanish		bollado, roturas de fabricación, recorte interno, pret de break, pelado (bald, bare, hairless, hard up, shelling, skint), merma (abridgement, decrease, depletion, leak, shrinkage, ullage, waste), deshechos (attle, burrow, rubbish), desechos de fabricación (processing loss, scrap). (various references)

Swedish		pank (impecunious, skint). (various references)

Turkish		beş parasız (bad off, badly off, flat broke, penniless, shirtless, stone broke, stony broke), züğürt (impecunious, stone broke, stony broke), meteliksiz (broke to the wide, flat broke, on the rocks, penniless, shirtless, skint, stone broke, stony broke), iflas etmiş (bankrupt, insolvent), cebi delik (penniless, skint). (various references)

Ukrainian		розорений (broken, gone, ruined), об'їжджений, займатися маклерством. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Date	Source	John Chapter 19, Verse 33
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Epi de ton ihsoun elqonteV wV eidon auton hdh teqnhkota ou kateaxan autou ta skelh
Latin	405	Vulgate	Ad Iesum autem cum venissent ut viderunt eum iam mortuum non fregerunt eius crura
Old English	990	West Saxon	Ða hye to þam hælende comen & ge-seagenþæt he dead wæs; ne brecan hye nahis scanken.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	But whanne thei weren comun to Jhesu, as thei sayn him deed thanne, thei braken not hise thies;
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	But when they came to Iesus and sawe that he was deed already they brake not his legges:
Jacobean English	1611	King James	But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
Victorian English	1833	Webster	But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they broke not his legs:
Basic English	1964	Ogden	But when they came to Jesus, they saw that he was dead by this time, and so his legs were not broken;
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	John Chapter 19, Verse 33
Cebuano	Apan sa diha na sila kang Jesus, ug ilang nakita nga siya patay na, wala na lang nila balia ang iyang mga bitiis.
Croatian	Kada doðoše do Isusa i vidješe da je veæ umro, ne prebiše mu golijeni,
Danish	Men da de kom til Jesus og så, at han allerede var død, knuste de ikke hans Ben.
Dutch	Maar komende tot Jezus, als zij zagen, dat Hij nu gestorven was, zo braken zij Zijn benen niet.
Finnish	Mutta kun he tulivat Jeesuksen luo ja näkivät hänet jo kuolleeksi, eivät he rikkoneet hänen luitaan,
French	S`étant approchés de Jésus, et le voyant déjà mort, ils ne lui rompirent pas les jambes;
German	Als sie aber zu Jesus kamen und sahen, daß er schon gestorben war, brachen sie ihm die Beine nicht;
Haitian Creole	Men, lè yo rive sou Jezi, yo wè li te gen tan mouri. Se sak fè yo pa t' kraze janm li yo.
Hungarian	Mikor pedig Jézushoz érének és látják vala, hogy õ már halott, nem törék meg az õ lábszárait;
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Ketika mereka sampai kepada Yesus, mereka melihat Ia sudah meninggal. Jadi mereka tidak mematahkan kaki-Nya.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Tetapi apabila mereka itu datang kepada Yesus serta melihat Dia sudah mati, tiadalah dipatahkannya kaki-Nya,
Maori	I to ratou taenga ia ki a Ihu, ka kite kua mate noa ake ia, kihai i whatiia e ratou ona waewae:
Norwegian	men da de kom til Jesus og så at han allerede var død, brøt de ikke hans ben,
Portuguese	mas vindo a Jesus, e vendo que já estava morto, não lhe quebraram as pernas;
Rumanian	Cknd au venit la Isus, wi au vqzut cq murise, nu I-au zdrobit fluierile picioarelor;
Shuar	Tura Jesusan weantuk yaunchu Jákaiti tusa kankajin kupirtsuk
Spanish	Pero cuando llegaron a Jesús, como le vieron ya muerto, no le quebraron las piernas;
Swahili	Lakini walipomfikia Yesu waliona kwamba alikwisha kufa, na hivyo hawakumvunja miguu.
Swedish	När de därefter kommo till Jesus och sågo honom redan vara död, slogo de icke sönder hans ben;
Uma	Aga karata-ra hi Yesus, rahilo-rawo mpolia' mate-imi. Uma-pi oko rapui' witi' -na.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "broke": broken, brokenhearted, brokenly, brokenness, brokennesses, broker, brokerage, brokerages, brokered, brokering, brokerings, brokers. (additional references)
	Words ending with "broke": halterbroke, housebroke, unbroke. (additional references)
	Words containing "broke": halterbroken, heartbroken, housebroken, pawnbroker, pawnbrokers, powerbroker, powerbrokers, stockbroker, stockbrokerage, stockbrokerages, stockbrokers, unbroken. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Broke" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aroke, Bioko, boek, Bokek, boki, booke, Borcke, bork, borked, Borkh, bpoke, braka, brcke, brece, breek, brek, brekky, brika, brk, Brkne, Broc, broca, broce, broci, brockle, brode, broek, broge, brok, Broka, Brokaj, broked, Brokes, brone, bronki, brooe, brooke, brookei, Brookey, brookie, brove, browe, broze, Brucke, groke, oborknez, obrok, roke, roki. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "broke" (pronounced brō"k)
3	-r ō" k	croak, Roque, stroke.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-k-o-r"
	-1 letter: bore, kerb, kore, robe.
	-2 letters: bro, kob, kor, obe, oke, orb, ore, reb, rob, roe.
	-3 letters: be, bo, er, oe, or, re.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-k-o-r"
	+1 letter: booker, bosker, broken, broker, rebook, rhebok.
	+2 letters: bedrock, blocker, bonkers, bookers, boskier, brocket, brokage, brokers, brooked, brookie, prebook, rebooks, reitbok, rheboks, roebuck, unbroke, webwork.
	+3 letters: beadwork, beckoner, bedrocks, biforked, blockers, blockier, booklore, bookrest, breakout, brockage, brockets, brokages, brokenly, brokered, brookies, brookite, brooklet, buckeroo, grosbeak, keyboard, knobbier, outbreak, overbake, overbook, prebooks, rebooked, reitboks, rockabye, roebucks, skyborne, tubework, unbroken, webworks, workable, yearbook.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
broke	92	broke burn	6
broke burke	53	adoption broke horse	6
aventura broke rule we	28	broke picture tone	5
go for broke	23	broke his leg	5
broke leg	21	broke wrist	5
broke chick college	20	broke tab tone	5
broke jackson michael	19	broke i leg	5
arm broke	16	boat broke	4
we broke the rule	14	broke her leg	4
ankle broke	13	broke fotos	4
broke my heart	13	the day the world broke	4
broke scholar	10	broke heart poem	4
condom broke	10	broke burk	4
broke college girl	9	the broke diary	4
water broke	8	broke free tiger when	4
broke foot	8	aventura broke picture rule we	4
die broke	8	broke up	4
broke richards	6	berry broke	4
broke shield	6	broke brooke burke	4
broke dead record	6	broke down palace	4
broke toe	6	broke hymen	4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


"Broke" by Ibon San Martin Commentary: "Broken wall."	"Night is Coming" by Luke Wertz Commentary: "The sun broke through the clouds quite quickly and sank in just a matter of minutes -- it was one of the fastest sunsets I ever saw."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Broke

Definition: Broke

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Specialty Definition: Secession

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Caution

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John Locke

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Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

A Christmas Carol

Dickens, Charles

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

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Scarlet Letter

Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Walden

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