Broken-backed

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  damaged \damaged\ (d[a^]m"[asl]jd), 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-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate),
        burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate)}; {burst,
        ruptured}; {corroded}; {cracked, crackled, crazed};
        {defaced, marred}; {hurt, weakened};
        {knocked-out(prenominal), 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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]