<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a part broken off or detached: scattered fragments of the broken vase.</li><li>an isolated, unfinished, or incomplete part: She played a fragment of her latest composition.</li><li>an odd piece, bit, or scrap.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to collapse or break into fragments; disintegrate: The chair fragmented under his weight.</li><li>(used with object) to break (something) into pieces or fragments; cause to disintegrate: Outside influences soon fragmented the Mayan culture.</li><li>to divide into fragments; disunify.</li><li>Computers. to store (data from a file) in noncontiguous sectors on a disk drive, splitting the file into smaller pieces and breaking up available free space on the disk.</li></ul>