broke

1. (informal) Financially ruined, bankrupt.Examples: "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."informalnot-comparableusually

2. (informal) Without any money, penniless.Examples: "dead broke; flat broke"Synonyms: almsless, arm, badly off, bankrupt, beggared, beggarly, boracic, brokeinformalnot-comparableusually

3. (archaic, now informal) Broken.Examples: "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;"; "I can't get used to living here / While my heart is broke, my tears I cry for you"archaicinformalnot-comparableusually

4. (naval and military) Demoted, deprived of a commission.Examples: "He was broke and rendered unfit to serve His Majesty at sea."not-comparableusually

1. (papermaking) Paper or board that is discarded and repulped during the manufacturing process.Examples: "If the broke accumulates, a larger proportion can be used in making coloured papers, otherwise the above quantity is sufiicient."; "Presumably, most of the brokes and waste were used up in this manner, and during the manufacture of the coarse stuff little or no attention was paid to either cleanliness or colour."; "These mills purchase broke from other paper mills through middlemen and use it to make paper."

2. (obsolete) A fragment, remains, a piece broken off.Examples: "Why dost though linger, then, / To hear the flatteries of these men of rags? / These bankrupt beggar-men, / Whose riches are the broke meat in their bags?"obsolete

1. (obsolete) To act as procurer in love matters; to pimp.Examples: "But we do want a certain necessary / Woman, to broke between them CUPID said;"; "And brokes with all that can in such a suit / Corrupt the tender honour of a maid."obsolete

1. (slang) Broke off, rich, wealthyslang