fracture

fracture
frac•ture
[[t]ˈfræk tʃər[/t]] n. v. -tured, -tur•ing
1) pat the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition
Compare compound fracture
2) the act of breaking or the state of being broken
3) a break; split
4) the characteristic manner of breaking
5) the characteristic appearance of a broken surface, as of a mineral
6) pat to cause or to suffer a fracture in
7) to break; crack
8) cvb sts Slang. to amuse highly
9) to become fractured; break
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Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME < MF < L frāctūra a breach, cleft, fracture frac′tur•a•ble, adj. frac′tur•al, adj. frac′tur•er, n.

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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  • fracturé — fracturé, ée (fra ktu ré, rée) part. passé de fracturer. Un membre fracturé …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • fracture — (n.) early 15c., a breaking of a bone, from M.Fr. fracture (14c.), from L. fractura a breach, break, cleft, from fractus, pp. of frangere to break (see FRACTION (Cf. fraction)). The verb is first recorded 1610s (implied in fractured). Related:… …   Etymology dictionary

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  • fracture — index hiatus, rend, rift (gap), split (noun), split (verb) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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