broken
3
5.8
- adjective
- /ˈbroʊkən/
- Specialized
- That's right, he started kicking and biting, and that broken horse went crazy.
Examples
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Broken Vow is, in fact, a grandson of the stamina influence Fappiano.
Blog text (23) -
Broken Tree
Blog text (23) -
That that poor horse would have been broken in this.
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Warriors of the Broken Earth?
Fiction book (2000) -
It was stated in my post regarding Don Talking that his sire, Broken Vow, was a grandson of Mr. Prospector, and that was incorrect.
Blog text (23) -
Sire: Broken Vow (Unbridled by Nijinsky dam) is a grandson of Mr. Prospector.
Blog text (23) -
The trainer was proud of the once wild horse he had finally broken to obey commands.
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After weeks of patient handling, the experienced rider successfully broken the spirited stallion.
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It took a lot of work, but the trainer managed to have the broken horse respond to simple cues.
Synonyms
13
3.1
Kept or grown by people for food, work and company
3
1.8
Made less wild so people can control it
1
5.2
An animal trained to let people ride or touch it
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
7
6.5
To keep saying the same complaint again and again until people get annoyed
- Informal
1
9.6
Act carefully to avoid causing trouble in a tense, painful situation
Compounds
90
3.4
Deep sadness and pain you feel after losing or being rejected by someone you love
- Literature
1
7.5
A way to describe serious social and economic problems in the United Kingdom
- Jargon
1
7.4
Movement by a player using quick, sudden direction changes to avoid other players
How Tame
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Broken comes from the phrase break in, where break means 'to teach to obey'. So a broken horse is one that has been trained to accept riding.