1. (n.) The act of breaking or snapping; rupture; breach; as the fracture of a bone or a community.

2. (n.) The breaking of a bone.

3. (n.) The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture.

4. (v. t.) 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.