broke

Definition

simple past of break

Etymology

Ablauted form of break.

Example Sentences

• "Accordingly, he came with a mob the next day; and after they had broke all the windows..."
• "The horse was the grey stallion he aye rode, the very beast he had ridden for many a wager with the wild lads of the Cross Keys. No man but himself durst back it, and it had lamed many a hostler lad and broke two necks in its day."
• "1999 October 3, J. Stewart Burns, "Mars University", Futurama, season 2, episode 2, Fox Broadcasting Company Guenther: I guess the hat must have broke my fall."