noun the breaking of a bone.
2. fracture ·noun the act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
3. fracture ·noun the texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture.
4. fracture ·vt 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.