to fissure

Examples

• All

• The product of remarkably similar value systems based upon the veneration of friendship and culture, Margaret and Helen's relationship understandably began to fissure with Margaret's marriage.

  Academic text (1997)

• In a world fissured with surprise

  Fiction book (2001)

• Eliot's lips fissured, and the fissures spread red and raw.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The cave was about twelve feet deep, its granite walls black, fissured, and craggy.

  Fiction book (1992)

• In one spasm, all the roof glass fissured together, the metal bonding preventing its breaking open or dropping through, keeping the outer skin whole, but letting it shatter internally.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The old dam began to fissure after years of heavy rainfall.

• The heat caused the pavement to fissure in several places.

• As the earthquake struck, the ground started to fissure, creating narrow cracks.

Synonyms

C

to crackle

vsto fissure

1 4.2

To become covered with many small breaks in the surface

break into fine lines rather than forming a dense mesh

C

to check

vsto fissure

1 8.2

Get small cracks on the surface when it dries or gets old

break into fine splits throughout not only on the surface

C

to chink

vsto fissure

8.6

To make small cracks or narrow openings in something

break naturally into fine splits rather than being created

Antonyms

H

to heal

481 1.2

To become healthy again after an injury, illness, or emotional pain

R

to repair

71 2.1

To try to make a damaged relationship or reputation better

Compounds

C

calcarine fissure

• Specialized

9.9

A deep groove on the inner back part of the brain that holds the main area for sight

F

fissure of Rolando

• Specialized

8.6

A deep groove on the side of the brain that separates the front part from the part behind it

F

fissure of Sylvius

• Specialized

8.5

A deep groove in the brain that separates the front and side parts

R

Rolando's fissure

• Archaic

9.4

A deep groove on the side of the brain that separates the front and top parts

O

oral fissure

• Specialized

7.2

The opening of the mouth that lets you eat and speak

P

parieto-occipital fissure

• Specialized

9.9

A deep groove near the back of the brain that separates the parietal and occipital lobes

S

Sylvian fissure

• Specialized

8.5

A deep groove on each side of the brain that separates the front and side lobes

How Broken

to shatter

72 2.8

to split

513 1.3

to fissure

1 7.2

to crack

311 1.0

to chip

104 2.3

to scratch

161 1.1

Surface Forms

Etymology