English dictionary

fracture

/'fr/&/k/tS//@/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

breaking of hard tissue such as bone

noun.state

Examples
It was a nasty fracture.

Synonyms break

Source: WordNet 3.0
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

noun.object

Synonyms break fault faulting geological fault shift

Source: WordNet 3.0
the act of cracking something

noun.act

Synonyms crack cracking

Source: WordNet 3.0
The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.

noun

Source: webster1913

violate or abuse

verb.change

Examples
This writer really fractures the language.

Source: WordNet 3.0
interrupt, break, or destroy

verb.creation

Examples
Fracture the balance of power.

Source: WordNet 3.0
break into pieces

verb.change

Examples
The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle.

Source: WordNet 3.0
become fractured

verb.body

Examples
The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe.

Source: WordNet 3.0
break (a bone)

verb.body

Source: WordNet 3.0
fracture a bone of

verb.body

Source: WordNet 3.0
To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to <i>fracture</i> a bone; to <i>fracture</i> the skull.

verb

Source: webster1913