fragment

frag·ment  (frgmnt)

n.

1. A small part broken off or detached.

2. An incomplete or isolated portion; a bit: overheard fragments of their conversation; extant fragments of an old manuscript.

3. Grammar A sentence fragment.

v. (-mnt) frag·ment·ed, frag·ment·ing, frag·ments

v.tr.

To break or separate (something) into fragments.

v.intr.

To become broken into fragments: After the election, the coalition fragmented.

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[Middle English, from Latin fragmentum, from frangere, frag-, to break; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]

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fragment

n [ˈfrægmənt]

1. a piece broken off or detached fragments of rock

2. an incomplete piece; portion fragments of a novel

3. a scrap; morsel; bit

vb [frægˈmɛnt] also US fragmentize [ˈfrægmənˌtaɪz]

to break or cause to break into fragments

[from Latin fragmentum, from frangere to break]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fragment - a piece broken off or cut off of something else; "a fragment of rock" chip, fleck, scrap, bit, flake - a small fragment of something broken off from the whole; "a bit of rock caught him in the eye" brickbat - a fragment of brick used as a weapon cinder, clinker - a fragment of incombustible matter left after a wood or coal or charcoal fire clast - (geology) a constituent fragment of a clastic rock ember, coal - a hot fragment of wood or coal that is left from a fire and is glowing or smoldering filing - a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file paring, shaving, sliver - a thin fragment or slice (especially of wood) that has been shaved from something part, piece - a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite" restriction fragment - the fragment of DNA that is produced by cleaving DNA with a restriction enzyme scraping - (usually plural) a fragment scraped off of something and collected; "they collected blood scrapings for analysis" spall, spawl - a fragment broken off from the edge or face of stone or ore and having at least one thin edge; "a truck bearing a mound of blue spalls" spark - a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction
	2.	fragment - a broken piece of a brittle artifact shard, sherd piece - a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence" potsherd - a shard of pottery
	3.	fragment - an incomplete piece; "fragments of a play" piece - an artistic or literary composition; "he wrote an interesting piece on Iran"; "the children acted out a comic piece to amuse the guests" snatch, bit - a small fragment; "overheard snatches of their conversation"
Verb	1.	fragment - break or cause to break into pieces; "The plate fragmented" fragmentise, fragmentize, break up atomise, atomize - break up into small particles; "the fine powder had been atomized by air" comminute, bray, mash, crunch, grind - reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic" pound - break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle; "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone" come apart, break, split up, fall apart, separate - become separated into pieces or fragments; "The figurine broke"; "The freshly baked loaf fell apart" sunder - break apart or in two, using violence sliver, splinter - break up into splinters or slivers; "The wood splintered" rag - break into lumps before sorting; "rag ore" crumb - break into crumbs brecciate - break into breccia; "brecciate rock" crush - break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy" grind, grate - make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"

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fragment

noun

piece, part, bit, scrap, particle, portion, fraction, shiver, shred, remnant, speck, sliver, wisp, morsel, oddment, chip She read everything, digesting every fragment of news.

verb

1. break, split, shatter, crumble, shiver, disintegrate, splinter, come apart, break into pieces, come to pieces It's an exploded fracture - the bones have fragmented.
break link, marry, bond, combine, compound, merge, unify, fuse, synthesize, join together

2. break up, divide, split up, disunite Their country's politics has fragmented into disarray.

Translations

fragment

A. [ˈfrægmənt] N → fragmento m

B. [frægˈment] VT → fragmentar

C. [frægˈment] VI [alliance, group] → fragmentarse; [glass, china] → hacerse añicos

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fragment [ˈfrægmənt]

n

[glass, metal] → morceau m; [bone] → fragment m

[news] → élément m

[frægˈmɛnt] vi

(= disintegrate) [organization, group] → se fragmenter
to fragment into sth → se diviser en qch

(= break) → se fissurer

[frægˈmɛnt] vt

(= break)

(= divide) → diviser

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fragment

n

→ Bruchstück nt; (of china, glass) → Scherbe f; (of shell, food) → Stückchen nt; (of paper, letter) → Schnipsel m; (of programme, opera etc) → Bruchteil m; he smashed it to fragments → er schlug es in Stücke; the window smashed into fragments → das Fenster zersprang in Scherben; fragments of conversation → Gesprächsfetzen pl

(esp Liter, Mus, = unfinished work) → Fragment nt

vi (rock, glass) → (zer)brechen, in Stücke brechen; (fig) (hopes) → sich zerschlagen; (society) → zerfallen

vt rock, glass → in Stücke brechen; (with hammer etc) → in Stücke schlagen; (fig) society → zerschlagen; audience → aufsplittern; market, industry, work → fragmentieren

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fragment [ɐn ˈfrægməntː ɐvb frægˈmɛnt]

1. n → frammento
fragments of conversation → brani mpl di conversazione

2. vi → frammentarsi

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fragment

n fragment [ˈfrӕgmənt]

1 a piece broken off The floor was covered with fragments of glass. stukkie كِسْرَه، شَظِيَّه парче střepina, úlomek skår das Bruchstück θραύσμα fragmento, pedazo, trozo kild تکه sirpale morceau, fragment רְסִיס टुकड़ा krhotina töredék kepingan brot frammento, pezzo 破片 파편 nuolauža, šukė drumsla; lauska kepingan brokstuk bruddstykke, fragment okruch, odłamek fragmento fragment, bucată осколок úlomok drobec komadić fragment, skärva, splitter ส่วนที่แตกออกมา parça, kırıntı 碎片 уламок; осколок ٹکڑہ mảnh; mảnh vỡ 碎片

2 something which is not complete a fragment of poetry. gedeelte قِسْمٌ من، جُزء صَغير من фрагмент fragment fragment das Fragment απόσπασμα fragmento katkend قطعه؛ بخش katkelma fragment קֶטַע अपूर्ण भाग fragment, odlomak részlet bagian brot frammento 断片 미완성의 부분 fragmentas fragments; daļa tidak siap fragment fragment, bruddstykke fragment fragmento fragment отрывок fragment odlomek fragment fragment, brottstycke ส่วนหนึ่งที่ไม่สมบูรณ์ parça 未完成部分 фрагмент; уривок نامکمل حصہ khúc; đoạn 未完成部分

[fragˈment, (American ) ˈfragmənt] v

to break into pieces The glass is very strong but will fragment if dropped on the floor. breek يَنْكَسِر، يَتَشَظّى чупя roztříštit se gå i stykker zerbrechen θρυμματίζομαι fragmentarse, hacerse añicos kildudeks purunema خرد شدن pirstoutua (se) fragmenter לִשׁבּוֹר לִרסִיסִים तोड़ना razbiti na komadiće darabokra hullik pecah splundra(st) frammentarsi 砕ける 산산조각이 나다 sudužti saplīst [] pecah breken gå i stykker połamać się escaqueirar(-se) a (se) sparge разбиваться roztrieštiť sa drobiti (se) rasparčati gå (slå) sönder, splittra[] แตกกระจายออกเป็นชิ้น ๆ parçala(n)mak (使)成碎片 розламувати(ся) ٹکڑے ٹکڑے ہو جانا làm vỡ ra （使）成碎片

adj fragmentary

made of pieces; incomplete a fragmentary account of what happened. onvolledige مُكوَّن مِن شَظايا، غير كامِل направен от парчета neuspořádaný; neúplný brudstykkeagtig; ufuldstændig bruchstückartig αποσπασματικός fragmentario katkendlik تکه پاره؛ ناقص pirstaleinen fragmentaire מְקוּטָע छोटे-छोटे टुकड़ों में nepotpun, fragmentaran töredékes tidak lengkap brotakenndur frammentario 断片的な 조각조각의 fragmentiškas, padrikas fragmentārs tidak lengkap fragmentarisch fragmentarisk, bruddstykker av, ufullstendig, bitvis wyrywkowy fragmentário incomplet; fragmentar отрывочный zlomkovitý delen, nepopoln delimičan fragmentarisk ที่ประกอบขึ้นจากชิ้นเล็กชิ้นน้อย bölük pörçük 殘缺不全的 уривчастий; фрагментарний ٹکڑوں یا متفرق اجزا پر مشتمل vụn vặt; chắp vá 残缺不全的