Fracture word meaning and definition

[noun] the act of cracking something
[noun] (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"
[noun] breaking of hard tissue such as bone; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
[verb] fracture a bone of; "I broke my foot while playing hockey"
[verb] break, as of a bone; "She broke her clavicle"
[verb] become fractured; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe"
[verb] violate or abuse; "This writer really fractures the language"
[verb] break into pieces; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle"
[verb] interrupt, break, or destroy; "fracture the balance of power"

\Frac"ture\ (?; 135), n. [L. fractura, fr. frangere, fractum, to break: cf. F. fracture. See {Fraction}.] 1. The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach. 2. (Surg.) The breaking of a bone. 3. (Min.) The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture. {Comminuted fracture} (Surg.), a fracture in which the bone is broken into several parts. {Complicated fracture} (Surg.), a fracture of the bone combined with the lesion of some artery, nervous trunk, or joint. {Compound fracture} (Surg.), a fracture in which there is an open wound from the surface down to the fracture. {Simple fracture} (Surg.), a fracture in which the bone only is ruptured. It does not communicate with the surface by an open wound. Syn: {Fracture}, {Rupture}. Usage: These words denote different kinds of breaking, according to the objects to which they are applied. Fracture is applied to hard substances; as, the fracture of a bone. Rupture is oftener applied to soft substances; as, the rupture of a blood vessel. It is also used figuratively. ``To be an enemy and once to have been a friend, does it not embitter the rupture?'' --South.
\Frac"ture\ (?; 135), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fractured} (#; 135); p. pr. & vb. n.. {Fracturing}.] [Cf. F. fracturer.] To cause a fracture or fractures in; to break; to burst asunder; to crack; to separate the continuous parts of; as, to fracture a bone; to fracture the skull.

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