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[tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broke/#m2) ### In the lessons In stories, «broke» tells the reader something cracked, snapped or stopped working in the past, or a rule or promise was not kept (broke the rules, broke a promise). In science: the glass broke into pieces. In sport: she broke the record (did better than before). Phrases: broke down (stopped working or started crying), broke out (started suddenly or escaped), broke up (ended, or school finished for holidays in the UK), broke the record. ### Examples - I broke my arm when I fell off my bike. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broke/#x1) - The vase fell and broke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broke/#x2) - He broke his promise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broke/#x3) - Our car broke down on the motorway. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broke/#x4) - A fire broke out in the kitchen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broke/#x5) - She broke the school record for running. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broke/#x6) - We broke up for the summer holidays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broke/#x7) - I spent all my money, so I'm broke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broke/#x8) - And the mace broke in two. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broke/#x9) ### Note Broke is past simple; broken is the past participle: «I broke it» but «It is broken» / «I have broken it». Never say «I have broke». «Broke» meaning «no money» is slang; in school writing use «had no money». ## In Jewish tradition In stories, «broke» tells the reader something cracked, snapped or stopped working in the past, or a rule or promise was not kept (broke the rules, broke a promise). In science: the glass broke into pieces. In sport: she broke the record (did better than before). Phrases: broke down (stopped working or started crying), broke out (started suddenly or escaped), broke up (ended, or school finished for holidays in the UK), broke the record. ### Examples - And all the people broke off the golden rings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. (Torah EXO.32.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/broke/#x1) - And I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes. (Torah DEU.9.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/broke/#x2) - And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field. (Torah EXO.9.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/broke/#x3) - And he broke them from off his arms like a thread. (Prophets JDG.16.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/broke/#x4) - Thus they provoked Him with their doings, and the plague broke in upon them. (Writings PSA.106.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/broke/#x5) - And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city. (Prophets JDG.8.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/broke/#x6) ### Note Broke is past simple; broken is the past participle: «I broke it» but «It is broken» / «I have broken it». Never say «I have broke». «Broke» meaning «no money» is slang; in school writing use «had no money». ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «broke» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/broke/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«broke» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/broke.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «broke» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/broke/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«broke» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/broke.html) on Mova free.