fracture

«fracture» in Mova's school dictionary: a break or crack, especially in a bone — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a fracture, fractures); verb (fracture, fractures, fractured, fracturing)

meaning for a pupil

1) A fracture is a break or crack, especially in a bone. tree →

2) (verb) To fracture means to break or crack something hard, like a bone or rock. tree →

3) (verb) To fracture can mean to split a group apart: «The team fractured after the argument.» tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and first-aid lessons a fracture is a broken bone; keep the person still and get help. In geography rocks fracture. Phrases: «a hairline fracture», «fracture a wrist», «compound fracture».

examples

• She fractured her wrist when she fell off the swing. tree →
• The X-ray showed a small fracture. tree →
• Keep a fracture still and call for help. tree →
• The earthquake fractured the road. tree →
• A hairline fracture is a very thin crack. tree →
• The ice began to fracture under his feet. tree →
• The higher branches were snapped off, and carried away to a great distance; and among these shattered branches lay Rudy's uncle, with his skull fractured. tree →

note

Countable. A fracture is a break: «broken arm» and «fractured arm» mean the same. Spelling: frac-ture.

In the corpora

• Another time a bigger boy pushed Maddie off a wall after she called him names, and she fractured (cracked) her wrist.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fracture» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.