fracture
verb/ˈfræktʃə(r)/
/ˈfræktʃər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they fracture | /ˈfræktʃə(r)/ /ˈfræktʃər/ |
| he / she / it fractures | /ˈfræktʃəz/ /ˈfræktʃərz/ |
| past simple fractured | /ˈfræktʃəd/ /ˈfræktʃərd/ |
| past participle fractured | /ˈfræktʃəd/ /ˈfræktʃərd/ |
| -ing form fracturing | /ˈfræktʃərɪŋ/ /ˈfræktʃərɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to break or crack; to make something break or crack
- His leg fractured in two places.
- Cast iron is not only heavy, but likely to fracture.
- fracture something She fell and fractured her skull.
- [intransitive, transitive] (formal) (of a society, an organization, etc.) to split into several parts so that it no longer functions or exists; to split a society or an organization, etc. in this way
- Many people predicted that the party would fracture and split.
- fracture something (into something) The company was fractured into several smaller groups.
Word Originlate Middle English: from French, or from Latin fractura, from frangere ‘to break’.
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