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noun | verb fragmentfragment1 /ˈfrægmənt/ ●●○ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYfragment1Origin: 1500-1600 Latin fragmentum, from frangere to break THESAURUSamount► piece an amount that has been cut or broken from something, or one of the amounts that something has been cut or broken into: The vase has a piece broken off of it. The lamp lay in pieces on the floor (=in small parts). ► scrap a small piece of paper, cloth, etc.: He took out the scrap of paper on which he’d written the address. ► strip a long narrow piece of paper, cloth, etc.: She tore a strip off her shirt to make a bandage. ► chip a small piece of wood or stone, especially one that separates accidentally from a larger piece when it is being cut: The pathway was covered with wood chips. ► flake a very thin flat piece of something such as snow or dried food, which breaks easily: The first flakes of snow were beginning to fall. ► fragment a small piece that has broken off something, especially rock, bone, glass, or metal: Fragments of glass from the car crash were still on the street. ► shard a sharp piece of broken glass, metal, or pottery: They found shards of ancient pots buried in the ground. ► chunk a thick piece of something solid that does not have an even shape: The stew was filled with large chunks of chicken. ► lump a small piece of something solid that does not have a definite shape: She put a lump of brown sugar in her coffee. ► block a piece of a hard material such as wood or stone with straight sides: They were using blocks of wood as stools. ► slice a thin flat piece of bread, meat, etc. cut from a larger piece: Would you like a slice of pie? ► crumb a very small piece of bread, cake, etc.: She scattered crumbs for the birds. ► sliver a very small thin piece of something: There was only a sliver of soap left. ► splinter a small sharp thin piece of wood, glass, or metal, especially one that goes into someone’s skin: He got a splinter in his toe from the old wood floor. a small piece of something that has broken off or that comes from something larger: glass fragments from a smashed windowfragment of Doctors found fragments of metal embedded in his legs.► see thesaurus at piece1 noun | verb fragmentfragment2 /ˈfrægˌmɛnt/ verb [intransitive, transitive] VERB TABLEfragment |
Present | I, you, we, they | fragment | | he, she, it | fragments | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | fragmented | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have fragmented | | he, she, it | has fragmented | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had fragmented | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will fragment | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have fragmented |
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Present | I | am fragmenting | | he, she, it | is fragmenting | | you, we, they | are fragmenting | Past | I, he, she, it | was fragmenting | | you, we, they | were fragmenting | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been fragmenting | | he, she, it | has been fragmenting | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been fragmenting | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be fragmenting | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been fragmenting |
to break something, or be broken into a lot of small, separate parts: His day was fragmented by interruptions and phone calls.—fragmentation /ˌfrægmənˈteɪʃən/ noun [uncountable] |