FRACTURING - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

breaking of hard tissue such as bone

Example: it was a nasty fracture; the break seems to have been caused by a fall

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

the act of cracking something

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

Example: they built it right over a geological fault; he studied the faulting of the earth's crust

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Verb

fracture a bone of

Example: I broke my foot while playing hockey

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Verb

break (a bone)

Example: She broke her clavicle

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Verb

become fractured

Example: The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Verb

interrupt, break, or destroy

Example: fracture the balance of power

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Verb

violate or abuse

Example: This writer really fractures the language

Meaning 9

Part of speech: Verb

break into pieces

Example: The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle