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fractures

fractures is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fracture.

fractures is the plural of fracture.

Meaning of fracture

Verb

fracture (third-person singular simple present fractures, present participle fracturing, simple past and past participle fractured)

  1. (ambitransitive) To break, or cause something to break.
  2. (slang, transitive) To amuse (a person) greatly; to split someone's sides.
    • “You fracture me, Frankie,” Patsy said. “You should take that act on the road. Howsabout now?” This is the way it would go whenever I showed up at Patsy's, a dual of digs and wisecracks with the disapproving groans of those within earshot.2013, Frank De Blase, Pine Box for a Pin-Up

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Phrases with fractures

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Questions about fractures

What is fractures the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Fractures is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fracture.

Words near fractures in the dictionary

  1. fracture plane
  2. fracture planes
  3. fractured
  4. fracturedness
  5. fractureproof
  6. fractures
  7. fracturing
  8. fracturings
  9. fracturs
  10. fractus
  11. fradafiban

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