fragment
/ˈfɹæɡmənt/noun, verb2 syllables
Fragment means: break or cause to break into pieces.
Synonyms for fragment14
What does fragment mean?4
verb
1
break or cause to break into pieces“The plate fragmented”
noun
1
a broken piece of a brittle artifact
2
a piece broken off or cut off of something else“a fragment of rock”
3
an incomplete piece“fragments of a play”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Fragment in a sentence
- To ensure success, it's better to join forces than to fragment or divide them.menaud
- After he bumped into the shelf, the priceless china fell and shattered into fragments.unknown
- These fragments belong to a vase which has broken, unfortunately.sundown
- The doctor performed surgery to remove the metal fragment.menaud
- Fragments of the mirror were scattered on the floor.spockofvulcan
- He tried to put the fragments of a broken vase together.CK
- It will help you pull together the scattered fragments of your memories.unknown
- A few fragments of dead leaves floated on the pond.konkorde
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of fragment
as a noun
- plural
- fragments
as a verb
- past tense
- fragmented
- present participle
- fragmenting
- third-person singular
- fragments