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English noun: fracture | |||
| 1. | fracture (state) breaking of hard tissue such as bone | ||
| Samples | It was a nasty fracture. The break seems to have been caused by a fall. | ||
| Synonyms | break | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | harm, hurt, injury, trauma | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | capillary fracture, closed fracture, comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, compression fracture, depressed fracture, displaced fracture, fatigue fracture, hairline fracture, impacted fracture, incomplete fracture, open fracture, simple fracture, stress fracture | ||
| 2. | fracture (object) (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | ||
| Samples | They built it right over a geological fault. He studied the faulting of the earth's crust. | ||
| Synonyms | break, fault, faulting, geological fault, shift | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | inclined fault, strike-slip fault | ||
| Instance hyponym | Denali Fault, San Andreas Fault | ||
| Part holonym | fault line | ||
| Domain category | geology | ||
| 3. | fracture (act) the act of cracking something | ||
| Synonyms | crack, cracking | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | break, breakage, breaking | ||
English verb: fracture | |||
| 1. | fracture (change) violate or abuse | ||
| Samples | This writer really fractures the language. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | abuse, misuse, pervert | ||
| 2. | fracture (creation) interrupt, break, or destroy | ||
| Samples | Fracture the balance of power. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | destroy, destruct | ||
| 3. | fracture (change) break into pieces | ||
| Samples | The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle. | ||
| Examples | The girls fracture the wooden sticks, These glasses fracture easily | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | break | ||
| 4. | fracture (body) become fractured | ||
| Samples | The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe. | ||
| Examples | The wooden sticks fracture | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | break, break off, discontinue, stop | ||
| Verb group | fracture | ||
| 5. | fracture (body) break (a bone) | ||
| Samples | She broke her clavicle. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | refracture | ||
| Verb group | break, fracture, fracture | ||
| 6. | fracture (body) fracture a bone of | ||
| Samples | I broke my foot while playing hockey. | ||
| Examples | Did he fracture his foot? | ||
| Synonyms | break | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | injure, wound | ||
| Verb group | fracture | ||
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