| illegitimate child | | |
| n. (person) | 1. bastard, by-blow, illegitimate, illegitimate child, love child, whoreson | the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents. |
| ~ offspring, progeny, issue | the immediate descendants of a person.; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue" |
| fissure | | |
| n. (shape) | 1. chap, crack, cranny, crevice, fissure | a long narrow depression in a surface. |
| ~ imprint, impression, depression | a concavity in a surface produced by pressing.; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud" |
| n. (object) | 2. cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, scissure | a long narrow opening. |
| ~ chap | a crack in a lip caused usually by cold. |
| ~ chink | a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall. |
| ~ crevasse | a deep fissure. |
| ~ fatigue crack | a crack in metal resulting from metal fatigue. |
| ~ faulting, geological fault, fracture, break, fault, shift | (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other.; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust" |
| ~ opening, gap | an open or empty space in or between things.; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall" |
| ~ rift | a narrow fissure in rock. |
| ~ slit | a narrow fissure. |
| ~ split | a lengthwise crack in wood.; "he inserted the wedge into a split in the log" |
| ~ volcano, vent | a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt. |
| n. (body) | 3. fissure | (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes. |
| ~ vallecula, groove | (anatomy) any furrow or channel on a bodily structure or part. |
| ~ sulcus | (anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain. |
| ~ hilum, hilus | (anatomy) a depression or fissure where vessels or nerves or ducts enter a bodily organ.; "the hilus of the kidney" |
| ~ anatomy, general anatomy | the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals. |
| v. (change) | 4. fissure | break into fissures or fine cracks. |
| ~ crack | cause to become cracked.; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair" |
| fracture | | |
| n. (state) | 1. break, fracture | breaking of hard tissue such as bone.; "it was a nasty fracture"; "the break seems to have been caused by a fall" |
| ~ harm, hurt, injury, trauma | any physical damage to the body caused by violence or accident or fracture etc.. |
| ~ comminuted fracture | fracture in which the bone is splintered or crushed. |
| ~ complete fracture | break involving the entire width of the bone. |
| ~ compound fracture, open fracture | bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound. |
| ~ compression fracture | fracture in which the bone collapses (especially in short bones such as vertebrae). |
| ~ depressed fracture | fracture of the skull where the bone is pushed in. |
| ~ displaced fracture | fracture in which the two ends of the broken bone are separated from one another. |
| ~ fatigue fracture, stress fracture | fracture resulting from excessive activity rather than a specific injury. |
| ~ capillary fracture, hairline fracture | a fracture without separation of the fragments and the line of the break being very thin. |
| ~ incomplete fracture | fracture that does not go across the entire width of the bone. |
| ~ impacted fracture | fracture in which one broken end is wedged into the other broken end. |
| ~ closed fracture, simple fracture | an uncomplicated fracture in which the broken bones to not pierce the skin. |
| n. (object) | 2. break, fault, faulting, fracture, geological fault, shift | (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other.; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust" |
| ~ geology | a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks. |
| ~ fault line | (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface. |
| ~ crack, scissure, cleft, crevice, fissure | a long narrow opening. |
| ~ denali fault | a major open geological fault in Alaska. |
| ~ inclined fault | a geological fault in which one side is above the other. |
| ~ san andreas fault | a major geological fault in California; runs from San Diego to San Francisco; the source of serious earthquakes. |
| ~ strike-slip fault | a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally. |
| n. (act) | 3. crack, cracking, fracture | the act of cracking something. |
| ~ breaking, breakage, break | the act of breaking something.; "the breakage was unavoidable" |
| v. (change) | 4. fracture | violate or abuse.; "This writer really fractures the language" |
| ~ abuse, misuse, pervert | change the inherent purpose or function of something.; "Don't abuse the system"; "The director of the factory misused the funds intended for the health care of his workers" |
| v. (creation) | 5. fracture | interrupt, break, or destroy.; "fracture the balance of power" |
| ~ destroy, destruct | do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of.; "The fire destroyed the house" |
| v. (change) | 6. fracture | break into pieces.; "The pothole fractured a bolt on the axle" |
| ~ break | destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments.; "He broke the glass plate"; "She broke the match" |
| v. (body) | 7. fracture | become fractured.; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe" |
| ~ fracture | break (a bone).; "She broke her clavicle" |
| ~ break off, discontinue, stop, break | prevent completion.; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations" |
| v. (body) | 8. fracture | break (a bone).; "She broke her clavicle" |
| ~ fracture, break | fracture a bone of.; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" |
| ~ refracture | break (a bone) that was previously broken but mended in an abnormal way.; "The surgeon had to refracture her wrist" |
| ~ fracture | become fractured.; "The tibia fractured from the blow of the iron pipe" |
| v. (body) | 9. break, fracture | fracture a bone of.; "I broke my foot while playing hockey" |
| ~ injure, wound | cause injuries or bodily harm to. |
| ~ fracture | break (a bone).; "She broke her clavicle" |
| leak | | |
| n. (object) | 1. leak | an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape.; "one of the tires developed a leak" |
| ~ hole | an opening into or through something. |
| n. (state) | 2. leak | soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi. |
| ~ soft rot | mushy or slimy decay of plants caused by bacteria or fungi. |
| n. (process) | 3. leak, making water, passing water, wetting | a euphemism for urination.; "he had to take a leak" |
| ~ euphemism | an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh. |
| ~ micturition, urination | the discharge of urine. |
| n. (event) | 4. escape, leak, leakage, outflow | the discharge of a fluid from some container.; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak" |
| ~ outpouring, discharge, run | the pouring forth of a fluid. |
| n. (communication) | 5. leak, news leak | unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information. |
| ~ disclosure, revealing, revelation | the speech act of making something evident. |
| v. (communication) | 6. leak | tell anonymously.; "The news were leaked to the paper" |
| ~ disclose, divulge, let on, expose, give away, let out, reveal, unwrap, discover, bring out, break | make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" |
| ~ get around, get out, break | be released or become known; of news.; "News of her death broke in the morning" |
| v. (communication) | 7. leak, leak out | be leaked.; "The news leaked out despite his secrecy" |
| ~ get around, get out, break | be released or become known; of news.; "News of her death broke in the morning" |
| v. (change) | 8. leak | enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure.; "Water leaked out of the can into the backpack"; "Gas leaked into the basement" |
| ~ come forth, egress, emerge, go forth, come out, issue | come out of.; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves" |
| v. (change) | 9. leak | have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out.; "The container leaked gasoline"; "the roof leaks badly" |
| ~ take in water, bilge | take in water at the bilge.; "the tanker bilged" |
| ~ fall apart, wear out, bust, wear, break | go to pieces.; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely" |
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