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fractured fractureleft to right: transverse, oblique, and greenstick fracturesfrac·ture F0291000 (frăk′chər)n.1. a. The act or process of breaking.b. The condition of having been broken or ruptured: "a sudden and irreparable fracture of the established order" (W. Bruce Lincoln).2. A break, rupture, or crack, especially in bone or cartilage.3. Mineralogy a. The characteristic manner in which a mineral breaks.b. The characteristic appearance of the surface of a broken mineral.4. Geology A crack or fault in a rock.v. frac·tured, frac·tur·ing, frac·tures v.tr.1. a. To cause to break: The impact of the fall fractured the bone. See Synonyms at break.b. To undergo a break in (a bone): He fractured his ankle in the fall.2. To disrupt or destroy as if by breaking: fractured the delicate balance of power.3. To abuse or misuse flagrantly, as by violating rules: ignorant writers who fracture the language.4. Slang To cause to laugh heartily: "Jack Benny fractured audiences ... for more than 50 years" (Newsweek).v.intr. To undergo a fracture. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin frāctūra, from frāctus, past participle of frangere, to break; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.]fractured (ˈfræktʃəd) adj1. (Medicine) med (of bones or cartilage) broken or torn2. divided or split into partsTranslationsfractured
fractureslang To cause one to laugh uproariously. I was thrilled when the joke I'd written fractured the crowd.fracturedslang Laughing uproariously. I was thrilled when the joke I'd written left the crowd fractured.See also: fracturefractured1. mod. alcohol intoxicated. This is the third night this week that Pete has rolled in fractured. 2. mod. demolished by laughter. The whole audience was fractured by the time my ten minutes were up. See also: fractureEncyclopediaSeefracture |