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verb | noun fracturefracture1 /ˈfræktʃɚ/ ●○○ verb VERB TABLEfracture |
| Present | I, you, we, they | fracture | | he, she, it | fractures | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | fractured | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have fractured | | he, she, it | has fractured | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had fractured | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will fracture | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have fractured |
► fractured syntax/English etc. the girl’s fractured English THESAURUSinto pieces► break if something breaks or you break it, it separates into two or more pieces, for example because it has been hit, dropped, or bent: Somebody broke the window and the car alarm went off. Careful, those glasses break easily. ► smash used when a plate, glass, etc. breaks or is broken with a lot of force: Angry crowds smashed windows downtown. The plate smashed when it hit the floor. ► shatter used when a plate, glass, etc. breaks into a lot of small pieces: The bomb blast shattered the windows of cars and buildings. The mirror fell and shattered. ► crack used when something begins to break in a way that makes a line on the surface: The glass was cracked, and water was leaking out. ► split used when something breaks along a straight line: She swung the axe and split the log right down the middle. ► tear used when paper or cloth separates into pieces: Tear the cloth into three long strips. My jeans tore when I climbed over the fence. ► snap used about something hard and thin that breaks into two pieces, making a loud noise: A stick snapped under her feet. ► burst used when a pipe with liquid inside it breaks: One of the pipes in the basement had burst. ► rupture used when a container, wall, pipe, etc. breaks so that what it is holding comes out: The airplane’s fuel tank ruptured when it crashed. ► pop used when a bubble or balloon breaks: A single balloon floated up into a tree and popped. ► fracture used when a bone in your body cracks or breaks: She fractured her leg in a skiing accident. 1[intransitive, transitive] if a bone or other hard substance fractures or is fractured, it breaks or cracks SYN break: Ron fractured his finger in the first half of the game.► see thesaurus at break12[intransitive, transitive] if a group, organization, etc. fractures or is fractured, the people in it disagree and do not work well together anymore: The country has already been fractured by bitter ethnic and political clashes.3[transitive usually passive] to use something such as language in a way that is not correct, or to do something without following the correct rules: a politician who fractured the languagefractured syntax/English etc. the girl’s fractured English4earth science [intransitive, transitive] if a mineral (=type of rock) fractures or something fractures it, it breaks, usually into rough pieces verb | noun fracturefracture2 ●○○ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYfracture2Origin: 1500-1600 Latin fractura, from fractus; ➔ FRACTION ► hairline fracture a hairline fracture (=very thin crack) ► stress fracture a stress fracture in his left foot (=a crack caused by using it too much) THESAURUS a wound or damage to part of your body caused by an accident or attack► injury a wound or damage to part of your body caused by an accident or attack: Smith has missed several games because of injury. She was treated in the hospital for minor injuries (=ones that are not serious). ► wound an injury, especially a deep cut made in your skin by a knife or bullet: He needed emergency treatment for a gunshot wound. ► cut a small wound you get if a sharp object cuts your skin: She has a cut on her finger from when she was chopping carrots. ► scratch a small cut on someone’s skin that is not deep: His legs were covered in scratches and bruises. ► scrape/abrasion a lot of small cuts on one area of someone’s skin, caused for example by falling down. Abrasion is mostly used in medical language: The girl had scrapes on both knees. ► laceration formal a bad cut or tear on the skin. Used especially in medical language: She suffered facial lacerations in the attack. ► bruise/contusion a black or blue mark on your skin that you get when you fall or get hit. Contusion is mostly used in medical language: There was a dark bruise on her cheek. ► sore/lesion a wound or cut on your skin that is painful and infected. Lesion is mostly used in medical language: The sore on his hand was slow to heal. ► sprain an injury to a joint in your body, caused by suddenly twisting it: He hurt himself during the game, but it’s just a slight sprain. ► bump/swelling an area of skin that is swollen because you have hit it on something. Swelling is more formal than bump: She has a bump on her forehead from when she banged it on the cupboard door. ► fracture a crack or broken part in a bone: X-rays showed a small fracture. ► break a place where a bone has broken: The doctor used a model of the arm bone to show me where the break is. 1a crack or broken part in a bone or other hard substance: X-rays showed no fractures in his leg. a hairline fracture (=very thin crack) a stress fracture in his left foot (=a crack caused by using it too much)► see thesaurus at injury2earth science a place where a mineral fractures, or the process of fracturing → cleavage |