Available Definitions:
1) n. - The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
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.