Found 3 hits - Term: broken-backed, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
damaged \damaged\ da^m"asljd, adj.
1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other
desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. opposite
of undamaged. narrower terms: battered, beat-up,
beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated,
ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound; bent, crumpled,
dented; blasted, rent, ripped, torn; broken-backed;
burned-outprenominal, burned outpredicate,
burnt-outprenominal, burnt outpredicate; burst,
ruptured; corroded; cracked, crackled, crazed;
defaced, marred; hurt, weakened;
knocked-outprenominal, knocked out; mangled,
mutilated; peeling; scraped, scratched;
storm-beaten also see blemished, broken, damaged,
destroyed, impaired, injured, unsound.
wordnet 1.5
2. rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some
part, or by breaking. opposite of unbroken. narrower
terms: busted; chipped; cracked; crumbled,
fragmented; crushed, ground; dissolved; fractured;
shattered, smashed, splintered; split; unkept,
violated also see: damaged, imperfect, injured,
unsound.
syn: broken.
wordnet 1.5
3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged
reputation.
syn: discredited.
wordnet 1.5
4. made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as,
the senator's seriously damaged reputation.
syn: besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied,
tainted, tarnished.
wordnet 1.5
see also:
undamaged battered, beat-up, beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound bent, crumpled, dented blasted, rent, ripped, torn broken-backed burned-outprenominal, burned outpredicate, burnt-outprenominal, burnt outpredicate
burst, ruptured corroded cracked, crackled, crazed defaced, marred hurt, weakened
knocked-outprenominal, knocked out mangled, mutilated peeling scraped, scratched storm-beaten
blemished broken damaged destroyed impaired
injured unsound unbroken busted chipped
cracked crumbled, fragmented crushed, ground dissolved fractured
shattered, smashed, splintered split unkept, violated imperfect
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
broken-backed \bro"ken-backed`\, a.
1. having a broken back; as, a broken-backed chair.
1913 webster
2. naut. hogged; so weakened in the frame as to droop at
each end; -- said of a ship. --totten.
1913 webster
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
broken-backed
adj 1: having the spine damaged; "a broken-backed book"; "a
broken-backed old horse"
2: of a horse having bones of the back united by a bony
growth
3: of a ship so weakened as to sag at each end syn: hogged
see also:
hogged
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