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First of all, I'm you. Good to see you all, Sport. Where's freedom? Well, my dad said don't bring him any more dogs, cats, turtles or snakes, but he never said anything about predatory birds. Anything about predatory birds. Predatory. Predatory. Where are predatory species? Where are predatory species? Okay, in your terms, points are like mice. Don't interrupt, I just thought it would be nice if we shared an interest.noun
1. (sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play
e.g. his powerful serves won the game
Synonym: service
noun
1. a signal that temporarily stops the execution of a program so that another procedure can be carried out
adj
1. physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split
e.g. a broken mirror
a broken tooth
a broken leg
his neck is broken
2. (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded
e.g. broken (or unkept) promises
broken contracts
Synonym: unkept
3. not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly
e.g. broken lines of defense
a broken cable transmission
broken sleep
tear off the stub above the broken line
a broken note
broken sobs
4. lacking a part or parts
e.g. a broken set of encyclopedia
5. discontinuous
e.g. broken clouds
broken sunshine
6. out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken')
e.g. a broken washing machine
the coke machine is broken
the coke machine is busted
Synonym: busted
7. destroyed financially
e.g. the broken fortunes of the family
Synonym: wiped out(p)impoverished
8. weakened and infirm
e.g. broken health resulting from alcoholism
9. thrown into a state of disarray or confusion
e.g. troops fleeing in broken ranks
a confused mass of papers on the desk
the small disordered room
with everything so upset
Synonym: confuseddisorderedupset
10. imperfectly spoken or written
e.g. broken English
11. subdued or brought low in condition or status
e.g. brought low
a broken man
his broken spirit
Synonym: crushedhumbledhumiliatedlow
12. topographically very uneven
e.g. broken terrain
rugged ground
Synonym: rugged
13. tamed or trained to obey
e.g. a horse broken to the saddle
this old nag is well broken in
Synonym: broken in
noun
1. a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
Synonym: mental hospitalpsychiatric hospitalmental institutioninstitutionmental homeinsane asylum
2. a shelter from danger or hardship
Synonym: refugesanctuary
noun
1. a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain
Synonym: remedycurativecure
noun
1. a person afflicted with paranoia
Synonym: paranoiac
adj
1. enlarged to an abnormal degree
e.g. thick lenses exaggerated the size of her eyes
Synonym: magnifiedenlarged
2. represented as greater than is true or reasonable
e.g. an exaggerated opinion of oneself
Synonym: overdoneoverstated