Fragment - English meaning

noun

A small piece, part, or quantity of something.

Usage examples:

Give the duck a bit of bread

verb

Past of bite.

verb

Put a bit into the mouth of (a horse).

Usage examples:

However, they can experience behavioral problems when ridden, many coming back to bad experiences w…

verb

Separate or cause to separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain.

Usage examples:

The branch broke with a loud snap

noun

An interruption of continuity or uniformity.

Usage examples:

The magazine has been published without a break since 1950

noun

Former term for breaking cart.

collocation

To separate into two or more pieces suddenly or by force, or to make something do this

Usage examples:

I dropped the vase and it broke into pieces., break the chocolate into pieces and put them in the p…

phrasal verb

Break or cause to break into pieces

phrasal verb

(of a telephone conversation) to become impossible to understand because the connection is not strong enough

Usage examples:

He was on the subway when he called and started to break up before i could answer., the company has…

phrasal verb

To divide, or to divide something, into smaller parts

Usage examples:

The company has been broken up and sold off., manufacturing ceased at the factory when the original…

noun

A small piece of something removed in the course of chopping, cutting, or breaking a hard material such as wood or stone.

Usage examples:

Mulch the shrubs with cedar chips

verb

Cut or break (a small piece) from a hard material.

Usage examples:

We had to chip ice off the upper deck

noun

A long, thin piece of potato that is fried and usually eaten hot

Usage examples:

Fish and chips, beans/egg/sausage and chips, oven chips oven chips (= chips that are baked in an ov…

verb

(of a structure) suddenly fall down or give way.

Usage examples:

The roof collapsed on top of me

noun

An instance of a structure falling down or giving way.

Usage examples:

The collapse of a railway bridge

verb

Break down, literally or metaphorically

idiom

If something comes to pieces, it has been designed so that it can be divided into smaller parts.

verb

Break up into small parts as the result of impact or decay.

Usage examples:

Our shoes had to last until they disintegrated on our feet

verb

To become weaker or be destroyed by breaking into small pieces

Usage examples:

The spacecraft disintegrated as it entered the earth’s atmosphere.

verb

To become much worse

Usage examples:

Disintegrate into the situation disintegrated into chaos.

verb

Burst or shatter violently and noisily as a result of rapid combustion, excessive internal pressure, or other process.

Usage examples:

An ammunition lorry exploded with a roar

verb

Burst and release energy as through a violent reaction

verb

To burst violently and usually with a loud noise, or to cause this to happen

Usage examples:

[ i ] a bomb exploded nearby., [ t ] black holes are left behind by exploding stars called supernov…

idiom

If someone falls or goes to pieces, that person becomes unable to think clearly and control their emotions because of something unpleasant or difficult that they have experienced

Usage examples:

She just went (all) to pieces during finals., the glass must have been cracked - it just fell to pi…

noun

A small, flat, very thin piece of something, typically one which has broken away or been peeled off from a larger piece.

Usage examples:

He licked the flakes of croissant off his finger

verb

A crazy or eccentric person.

noun

A rack or shelf for storing or drying food such as fish.

noun

The cracking or breaking of a hard object or material.

Usage examples:

Ground movements could cause fracture of the pipe

verb

Break or cause to break.

Usage examples:

The stone has fractured

verb

To crack or break something, esp. a bone

Usage examples:

[ t ] she fractured her skull in the accident., [ i ] this mineral fractures along straight lines.,…

verb

Collapse or cause to collapse violently inwards.

Usage examples:

Both the windows had imploded

verb

To fail suddenly and completely

Usage examples:

His campaign imploded during the summer amid charges of mismanagement and overspending., an economy…

verb

To fall towards the inside with force

Usage examples:

The vacuum inside the tube caused it to implode when the external air pressure was increased.

noun

A small piece or amount of food; a mouthful.

Usage examples:

Juliet pushed a morsel of toast into her mouth

noun

A very small piece of food

Usage examples:

She ate every last morsel on her plate.

noun

A piece of waste material that is left behind after cutting a larger piece.

Usage examples:

A timber offcut

verb

Trim (something) by cutting away its outer edges.

Usage examples:

Carlo pared his thumbnails with his knife

noun

Thin strips that have been pared off from something.

Usage examples:

Fingernail parings

noun

A minute portion of matter.

Usage examples:

Tiny particles of dust

noun

An extremely small piece of something

Usage examples:

Dust particles

noun

A word or a part of a word that has a grammatical purpose but often has little or no meaning

Usage examples:

In the sentence "i tidied up the room", the adverb "up" is a particle.

noun

A portion of an object or of material, produced by cutting, tearing, or breaking the whole.

Usage examples:

A piece of cheese

verb

Assemble something from parts or pieces.

Usage examples:

The dinosaur was pieced together from 119 bones

noun

A part of something

Usage examples:

A piece of cake/chicken/pizza, the vase lay on the floor in pieces (= broken into small parts)., sh…

noun

A small piece or amount of something, especially one that is left over after the greater part has been used.

Usage examples:

I scribbled her address on a scrap of paper

verb

Discard or remove from service (a redundant, old, or inoperative vehicle, vessel, or machine), especially so as to convert it to scrap metal.

Usage examples:

A bold decision was taken to scrap existing plant

verb

Engage in a minor fight or quarrel.

Usage examples:

The older boys started scrapping with me

noun

A piece of broken ceramic, metal, glass, or rock, typically having sharp edges.

Usage examples:

Shards of glass flew in all directions

verb

Break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces.

Usage examples:

Bullets riddled the bar top, glasses shattered, bottles exploded

noun

A thin strip cut off a surface.

Usage examples:

She brushed wood shavings from her knees

verb

(of a man) cut the hair off the face with a razor.

Usage examples:

He washed, shaved, and had breakfast

adjective

For using when you shave

Usage examples:

A shaving brush, shaving cream/gel, shaving foam

verb

Shake slightly and uncontrollably as a result of being cold, frightened, or excited.

Usage examples:

They shivered in the damp foggy cold

noun

A momentary trembling movement.

Usage examples:

She gave a little shiver as the wind flicked at her bare arms

verb

Break into such splinters or fragments.

Usage examples:

The world seemed to shiver into a million splinters of prismatic colour

noun

A strip of material, such as paper, cloth, or food, that has been torn, cut, or scraped from something larger.

Usage examples:

Her dress was torn to shreds

verb

Tear or cut into shreds.

Usage examples:

The tender inside leaves can be shredded finely for tasty salads and braised red cabbage is fantast…

verb

To cut or tear something into small pieces

Usage examples:

Shred some lettuce into the salad bowl., he shredded documents to get rid of them., there isn’t a s…

noun

A splinter or sliver of wood.

Usage examples:

Megan, you were just a skelf of a girl - not an ounce of fat.

noun

A small, thin piece of something cut or split off a larger piece.

Usage examples:

A sliver of cheese

verb

Cut (something, especially food) into small, thin pieces.

Usage examples:

Sliver the blanched almonds, chop the pistachios, and set them aside

noun

A thin, sharp piece, usually broken off something larger

Usage examples:

The glass smashed into slivers., i just want a sliver of cake.

plural noun

Small pieces.

Usage examples:

A grenade blew him to smithereens

plural noun

A lot of small, broken pieces

Usage examples:

The vase smashed to smithereens when it fell.

noun

A small piece or brief extract.

Usage examples:

Snippets of information about the war

noun

A small bit or part of something

Usage examples:

I’ll watch snippets of baseball games, but i just don’t have that much time to sit and watch the wh…

verb

Break (ore, rock, or stone) into smaller pieces, especially in preparation for sorting.

Usage examples:

The ore was spalled by young women seated at anvils

noun

A splinter or chip, especially of rock.

Usage examples:

Any cracks, chips, holes, dips or spalls should be repaired in order to achieve a flat surface.

noun

A tiny spot.

Usage examples:

The figure in the distance had become a mere speck

verb

Mark with small spots.

Usage examples:

Their skin was specked with goose pimples

noun

A smoked ham of a type produced in north-eastern italy.

Usage examples:

Add the radicchio, thyme, speck, prosciutto, and chicken stock and cook for another eight to ten mi…

noun

A game played with a heap of small rods of wood, bone, or plastic, in which players try to remove one at a time without disturbing the others.

Usage examples:

Playing spillikins is a suitable occupation for the very young, indoors.

noun

A small, thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, or similar material broken off from a larger piece.

Usage examples:

A splinter of ice

verb

Break or cause to break into small sharp fragments.

Usage examples:

The soap box splintered

noun

A small, sharp, piece of wood, glass, or similar material that has broken off a larger piece

Usage examples:

She tried to ignore the splinter in her foot., the old tree cracked and splintered as it fell.

noun

Irregularly torn pieces of cloth, paper, or other material.

Usage examples:

He was forced to wear rags and tatters a beggar would scorn

abbreviation

Trade union.

abbreviation

Tuesday.

noun

A small thin or twisted bunch, piece, or amount of something.

Usage examples:

Wisps of smoke rose into the air