(1):
(n.) The texture of a freshly broken surface; as, a compact fracture; an even, hackly, or conchoidal fracture.
(2):
(n.) The act of breaking or snapping asunder; rupture; breach.
(3):
(n.) The breaking of a bone.
(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.