frag|ment

frag|ment
frag|ment «FRAG muhnt», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a part broken off; piece of something broken: »

When she broke the dish, she tried to put the fragments back together.

SYNONYM(S): chip, scrap, bit.
2. Figurative. an incomplete or disconnected part: »

Because of the noise he could hear only fragments of the conversation.

3. Figurative. a part of an incomplete or unfinished work: »

Many Old English poems exist as fragments.

4. Figurative. a surviving part of something lost or no longer in existence: »

A land of old…where fragments of forgotten peoples dwelt (Tennyson).

–v.t., v.i.
to break or divide into fragments: »

... a Europe fragmented by history (London Times).

╂[< Latin fragmentum, related to frangere to break]

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