fragment
To break apartTo break apart.
Recorded UK: Speaker: Vealhurl Recorder: Vealhurl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» The vase broke into fragments.
Ваза разбилась на части. — odexed
Ваза розлетілася в дрізки. — Ahha
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(intransitive)To break apart.
fragmentieren
разва́ливатьсяrazválivatʹsja, развали́тьсяrazvalítʹsja
розва́люватисяrozváljuvatysja, розвали́тисяrozvalýtysja
break or cause to break into pieces
(transitive)To cause to be broken into pieces.
fragmentieren
разла́мыватьrazlámyvatʹ, разлома́тьrazlomátʹ, фрагменти́роватьfragmentírovatʹ
фрагментува́тиfrahmentuváty, розлама́тиrozlamáty
(transitive)To break up and disperse (a file) into non-contiguous areas of a disk.
(intransitive)Of an organism: to undergo the asexual reproduction process where an organism spilts into one or more pieces, then those pieces become new individuals.
Examples
38 sentencesThe vase broke into fragments.
Ваза розлетілася в дрізки. — Ahha
ruВаза разбилась на части. — odexed
The priceless china shattered into fragments.
ruБесценный фарфор разлетелся на куски. — Balamax
He tried to put the fragments of a broken vase together.
deEr versuchte die Fragmente einer zerbrochenen Vase zusammenzusetzen. — Manfredo
The glass bowl broke into tiny fragments.
Скляна чаша розбилася на крихітні шматочки. — Ahha
There's a tiny fragment that's broken off.
Є крихітний уламок, який відламався. — Ahha
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
By meaning 1
Origin
From Late Middle English fragment, from Latin fragmentum (“a fragment, remnant”), from fraFrom Late Middle English fragment, from Latin fragmentum (“a fragment, remnant”), from frangō (“to break”) + -mentum.
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Forms
fragments, fragmenting, fragmented, fragmented| Base form | fragment · to fragment |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | fragments |
| Present participle | fragmenting |
| Past simple | fragmented |
| Past participle | fragmented |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
3 synonyms- break or cause to break into pieces:break upfragmentizefragmentise
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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