crack

verb [I/T] (DAMAGE)

/kræk/

Definition

› to damage something by causing thin lines or spaces to appear on its surface; break slightly: [I] The concrete on the front of the building had begun to crack. [T] The X-ray showed that she had cracked a bone in her foot.

(Definition of crack verb (DAMAGE) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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