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Verwerfung — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • fault noun Responsibility for a mistake or wrongdoing.
  • fracture noun A break, crack, or split — especially in a bone, but also in rock or other hard material.
  • leap verb To jump a long distance, or jump over something suddenly and forcefully.
  • warp noun A twist or distortion out of the normal or original shape.

Senses

Verwerfung is used for these senses in English:

  • fault (geology) A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
  • fracture (geology) A fault or crack in a rock.
  • leap (mining) A fault.
  • warp (countable) A mental or moral distortion, deviation, or aberration.

fault — full definition

  1. noun Responsibility for a mistake or wrongdoing.
  2. noun A flaw, weakness, or shortcoming in a person, object, or system.
  3. noun (geology) A fracture in rock along which the two sides have shifted relative to each other.
  4. verb To find something wrong with, or blame, someone or something.

fracture — full definition

  1. noun A break, crack, or split — especially in a bone, but also in rock or other hard material.
  2. verb To break or crack, or to cause something to break.
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