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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fracture/#m1)

2) (verb) To fracture means to break or crack something hard, like a bone or rock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fracture/#m2)

3) (verb) To fracture can mean to split a group apart: «The team fractured after the argument.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fracture/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fracture/#x1)
- The X-ray showed a small fracture. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fracture/#x2)
- Keep a fracture still and call for help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fracture/#x3)
- The earthquake fractured the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fracture/#x4)
- A hairline fracture is a very thin crack. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fracture/#x5)
- The ice began to fracture under his feet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fracture/#x6)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fracture/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/374-what-fights-cost-bruises-noses-and-teeth/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fracture» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fracture/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.