frac·ture (fr k ch r)n. 1. a. The act or process of breaking. b. The condition of having been broken or ruptured: "a sudden and irreparable fracture of the established order" (W. Bruce Lincoln). 2. A break, rupture, or crack, especially in bone or cartilage. 3. Mineralogy a. The characteristic manner in which a mineral breaks. b. The characteristic appearance of the surface of a broken mineral. 4. Geology A crack or fault in a rock. v. frac·tured, frac·tur·ing, frac·tures v.tr. 1. a. To cause to break: The impact fractured a bone. b. To undergo a break in (a bone): He fractured his ankle in the fall. 2. To disrupt or destroy as if by breaking: fractured the delicate balance of power. 3. To abuse or misuse flagrantly, as by violating rules: ignorant writers who fracture the language. 4. Slang To cause to laugh heartily: "Jack Benny fractured audiences . . . for more than 50 years" (Newsweek). v.intr. To undergo a fracture. See Synonyms at break. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fr  ct ra, from frctus, past participle of frangere, to break; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.] |
fracture
Noun
breaking, esp. the breaking or cracking of a bone
Verb
[-turing, -tured]
to break [Latin frangere to break]
fractural adj
| fracture (frkchr) A break or rupture in bone tissue.  A comminuted fracture results in more than two fragments. Although most fractures are caused by a direct blow or sudden, twisting force, stress fractures result from repetitive physical activity. In an incomplete fracture, the fracture line does not completely traverse the bone. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  fracture - breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"harm, hurt, injury, trauma - any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc. comminuted fracture - fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed complete fracture - break involving the entire width of the bone compound fracture, open fracture - bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound compression fracture - fracture in which the bone collapses (especially in short bones such as vertebrae) depressed fracture - fracture of the skull where the bone is pushed in displaced fracture - fracture in which the two ends of the broken bone are separated from one another fatigue fracture, stress fracture - fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury capillary fracture, hairline fracture - a fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin incomplete fracture - fracture that does not go across the entire width of the bone impacted fracture - fracture in which one broken end is wedged into the other broken end closed fracture, simple fracture - an uncomplicated fracture in which the broken bones to not pierce the skin |
| 2. |  fracture - (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks fault line - (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface inclined fault - a geological fault in which one side is above the other strike-slip fault - a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally | |
| 3. | fracture - the act of cracking something | |
| Verb | 1. | fracture - violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the language" |
| 2. | fracture - interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power" | |
| 3. | fracture - break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle" break - destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match" | |
| 4. | fracture - become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe" fracture - break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle" break off, discontinue, stop, break - prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations" | |
| 5. | fracture - break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle" refracture - break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way; "The surgeon had to refracture her wrist" fracture - become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe" | |
| 6. | fracture - fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" fracture - break (a bone); "She broke her clavicle" |
fracture
Translations
n fracture [ˈfrӕktʃə]
a break of anything hard, especially a bone a fracture of the left thigh-bone. breuk كَسْر، شَجَّـه счупване zlomenina brud der Bruch κάταγμα, θλάση fractura (luu)murd شکستگی murtuma fracture שֶׁבֶר टूटना, भंजन lom, prijelom (kosti) (csont)törés patahan (bein)brot frattura 骨折 골절 lūžis lūzums patahan breuk (bein)brudd złamanie fractura fractură перелом; трещина zlomenina zlom fraktura fraktur, []brott การแตก; การร้าว (โดยเฉพาะกระดูก) kırık, çatlak 折斷 перелом کسی سخت چیز کا ٹوٹنا sự gãy, vỡ (nhất là xương) 折断
v
to break The metal pipes (were) fractured. gebreek يَكْسِر، يَشُجُّ чупя zlomit brække brechen σπάζω fracturar murdma, murduma شکستن murtaa briser, fracturer לִשבּוֹר टूट जाना slomiti (se), puknuti (el)törik patah brjóta fratturare, rompere 折る 부러뜨리다, 깨뜨리다; 깨지다 (su)lūžti, (nu)laužti lūzt mematahkan breken brekke złamać quebrar a se sparge, a se rupe ломать(ся) zlomiť zlomiti polomiti bryta[] แตก kır(ıl)mak 斷裂 ламати(ся) توڑنا gãy hay rạn nứt 断裂
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