English to English
noun
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone
It was a nasty fracture.
The break seems to have been caused by a fall.
source: WordNet 3.0
- (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.
He studied the faulting of the earth's crust.
source: WordNet 3.0
- the act of cracking something
source: WordNet 3.0
- The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- violate or abuse
This writer really fractures the language.
source: WordNet 3.0
- interrupt, break, or destroy
Fracture the balance of power.
source: WordNet 3.0
- break into pieces
The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle.
source: WordNet 3.0
- become fractured
The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe.
source: WordNet 3.0
- break (a bone)
She broke her clavicle.
source: WordNet 3.0
- fracture a bone of
I broke my foot while playing hockey.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
noun
- [frácchiur] Balì
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
verb
- [frácchiur] Bumalì
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
