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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

Noun

1. a piece broken off

2. an incomplete piece: fragments of information

Verb

to break into small pieces or different parts [Latin fragmentum]

fragmentation n

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 1. piece, part, bit, scrap, particle, portion, fraction, shiver, shred, remnant, speck, sliver, wisp, morsel, oddment, chip

verb 2. break, split, shatter, crumble, shiver, disintegrate, splinter, come apart, break into pieces, come to pieces << OPPOSITE fuse

verb 3. break up, divide, split up, disunite

Translations

fragment [ˈfrægmənt] n → fragmento

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fragment [ˈfrægmənt] n → fragment m

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fragment n [ˈfrægmənt]

vb [frægˈmɛnt]

n → Stück nt

vt → aufsplittern

vi → sich aufsplittern

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fragment [ˈfrægmənt] n → frammento