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broken
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adj 1: physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked
or split; "a broken mirror"; "a broken tooth"; "a broken
leg"; "his neck is broken" [ant: unbroken]
2: not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying
abruptly; "broken lines of defense"; "a broken cable
transmission"; "broken sleep"; "tear off the stub above the
broken line"; "a broken note"; "broken sobs" [ant:
unbroken]
3: subdued or brought low in condition or status; "brought low";
"a broken man"; "his broken spirit" [syn: broken,
crushed, humbled, humiliated, low]
4: (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or
disregarded; "broken (or unkept) promises"; "broken
contracts" [syn: broken, unkept] [ant: kept,
unbroken]
5: tamed or trained to obey; "a horse broken to the saddle";
"this old nag is well broken in" [syn: broken, broken in]
6: topographically very uneven; "broken terrain"; "rugged
ground" [syn: broken, rugged]
7: imperfectly spoken or written; "broken English"
8: thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; "troops fleeing
in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk";
"the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset" [syn:
broken, confused, disordered, upset]
9: weakened and infirm; "broken health resulting from
alcoholism"
10: destroyed financially; "the broken fortunes of the family"
[syn: broken, wiped out(p), impoverished]
11: out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for
`broken'); "a broken washing machine"; "the coke machine is
broken"; "the coke machine is busted" [syn: broken,
busted]
12: discontinuous; "broken clouds"; "broken sunshine"
13: lacking a part or parts; "a broken set of encyclopedia"
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moment
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n 1: a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the
party began" [syn: moment, minute, second, instant]
2: an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "in a mo";
"it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit" [syn: moment,
mo, minute, second, bit]
3: at this time; "the disappointments of the here and now"; "she
is studying at the moment" [syn: here and now, present
moment, moment]
4: having important effects or influence; "decisions of great
consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of
more moment than security"; "that result is of no
consequence" [syn: consequence, import, moment] [ant:
inconsequence]
5: a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance
(or a measure of that force)
6: the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of
the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
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opening
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adj 1: first or beginning; "the memorable opening bars of
Beethoven's Fifth"; "the play's opening scene" [ant:
closing]
n 1: an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a
small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap
in the wall" [syn: opening, gap]
2: a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
3: becoming open or being made open; "the opening of his arms
was the sign I was waiting for"
4: the first performance (as of a theatrical production); "the
opening received good critical reviews" [syn: opening,
opening night, curtain raising]
5: the act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his
cautious opening of the door" [ant: closing, shutting]
6: opportunity especially for employment or promotion; "there is
an opening in the sales department"
7: the initial part of the introduction; "the opening
established the basic theme"
8: a possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility"
[syn: possibility, possible action, opening]
9: an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the
orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the
heart" [syn: orifice, opening, porta]
10: a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left
a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door"
11: an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway
between decks of a ship [syn: hatchway, opening,
scuttle]
12: a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of
chess; "he memorized all the important chess openings" [syn:
opening, chess opening]
13: the first of a series of actions [syn: first step,
initiative, opening move, opening]
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openness
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n 1: without obstructions to passage or view; "the openness of
the prairies"
2: characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility
(especially about one's actions or purposes); without
concealment; not secretive [syn: openness, nakedness]
[ant: closeness, secretiveness]
3: willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions
or ideas); "he was testing the government's receptiveness to
reform"; "this receptiveness is the key feature in oestral
behavior, enabling natural mating to occur"; "their
receptivity to the proposal" [syn: receptiveness,
receptivity, openness]
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spoken
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adj 1: uttered through the medium of speech or characterized by
speech; sometimes used in combination; "a spoken
message"; "the spoken language"; "a soft-spoken person";
"sharp-spoken" [ant: written]
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token
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adj 1: insignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish'
is informal); "the fee was nominal"; "a token gesture of
resistance"; "a toknenish gesture" [syn: nominal,
token(a), tokenish]
n 1: an individual instance of a type of symbol; "the
word`error' contains three tokens of `r'" [syn: token,
item]
2: something serving as a sign of something else
3: a metal or plastic disk that can be redeemed or used in
designated slot machines
4: something of sentimental value [syn: keepsake, souvenir,
token, relic]
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happens
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motions
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reopens
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