ALL meanings of fracture
frac·ture
F f - noun fracture the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture. 1
- noun fracture the act of breaking; state of being broken. 1
- noun fracture a break, breach, or split. 1
- noun fracture the characteristic manner of breaking: a material of unpredictable fracture. 1
- noun fracture the characteristic appearance of a broken surface, as of a mineral. 1
- verb with object fracture to cause or to suffer a fracture in (a bone, etc.). 1
- verb with object fracture to break or crack. 1
- verb with object fracture Slang. to amuse highly or cause to laugh heartily; delight: The new comic really fractured the audience. 1
- verb without object fracture to become fractured; break: a mineral that does not fracture easily. 1
- noun fracture broken bone 1
- noun fracture split, break 1
- intransitive verb fracture break 1
- transitive verb fracture break, split 1
- noun fracture The cracking or breaking of a hard object or material. 1
- noun fracture the act of breaking, or something that has broken, especially that in bone or cartilage. 0
- noun fracture (geology) a fault or crack in a rock. 0
- verb fracture to break, or cause something to break. 0
- countable noun fracture A fracture is a slight crack or break in something, especially a bone. 0
- verb fracture If something such as a bone is fractured or fractures, it gets a slight crack or break in it. 0
- verb fracture If something such as an organization or society is fractured or fractures, it splits into several parts or stops existing. 0
- noun fracture the act of breaking or the state of being broken 0
- noun fracture the breaking or cracking of a bone or the tearing of a cartilage 0
- noun fracture the resulting condition 0
- noun fracture a division, split, or breach 0
- noun fracture the characteristic appearance of the surface of a freshly broken mineral or rock 0
- noun fracture the way in which a mineral or rock naturally breaks 0
- verb fracture to break or cause to break; split 0
- verb fracture to break or crack (a bone) or (of a bone) to become broken or cracked 0
- verb fracture to tear (a cartilage) or (of a cartilage) to become torn 0
- noun fracture a breaking or being broken 0
- noun fracture a break, crack, or split 0
- noun fracture a break in a body part, esp. in a bone, or a tear in a cartilage 0
- noun fracture the texture, shape, etc. of the broken surface of a mineral as distinct from when it breaks along its cleavage plane 0
- verb transitive fracture to break, crack, or split 0
- verb transitive fracture to break up; disrupt 0
- noun fracture Fracture is the breaking up of a particle. 0
- noun fracture Fracture is the failure of a component or structure when a crack becomes larger. 0