Meaning & Definition of Fracture in English

1. Breaking of hard tissue such as bone

• "It was a nasty fracture"

• "The break seems to have been caused by a fall"

2. (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"

3. The act of cracking something

1. Violate or abuse

• "This writer really fractures the language"

2. Interrupt, break, or destroy

• "Fracture the balance of power"

3. Break into pieces

• "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle"

4. Become fractured

• "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe"

5. Break (a bone)

• "She broke her clavicle"

6. Fracture a bone of

• "I broke my foot while playing hockey"