fracturing
fracturing is the present participle and gerund of fracture.
Meaning of fracture
Verb
fracture (third-person singular simple present fractures, present participle fracturing, simple past and past participle fractured)
- To break, or cause something to break.
- 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
Noun
fracturing (plural fracturings)
- The act by which something is fractured.
- In her own view, she was most likely predisposed neurophysiologically to schizophrenia in such a way that her psyche could not tolerate the fracturings that others weathered while maintaining a functioning life.2013, Mary Elene Wood, Life Writing and Schizophrenia, page 277
Forms of fracturing
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Words formed from fracturing
Questions about fracturing
- What does fracturing mean?
- Fracturing means the act by which something is fractured.
- What is fracturing the present participle and gerund of?
- Fracturing is the present participle and gerund of fracture.
- What part of speech is fracturing?
- Fracturing is a noun.
- What is the plural of fracturing?
- The plural of fracturing is fracturings.
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