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fracture - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'fracture' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fracture [ n.]
- The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
- The breaking of a bone.
- The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture.
2 . Fracture [ v. t.]
- To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull.

Meaning of 'fracture' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fracture [ n]
Meaning (1):
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
Example in sentence:
  • he studied the faulting of the earth's crust;
  • they built it right over a geological fault
Meaning (2):
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
Example in sentence:
  • it was a nasty fracture;
  • the break seems to have been caused by a fall
3 . fracture [ v]
Meaning (3):
- interrupt, break, or destroy
Example in sentence:
  • fracture the balance of power
Meaning (4):
- fracture a bone of
Example in sentence:
  • I broke my foot while playing hockey
Meaning (5):
- break (a bone)
Example in sentence:
  • She broke her clavicle
Meaning (6):
- break into pieces
Example in sentence:
  • The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle
Meaning (7):
- become fractured
Example in sentence:
  • The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe
Meaning (8):
- violate or abuse
Example in sentence:
  • This writer really fractures the language

Nearby Words:

fra frab frabbit fracas fracho fracid fract fracted fraction fractional

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