Fissured

/ˈfɪʃərd/

दरारदार; दरारों से युक्त; (क्रिया) दरार पड़ना/दरारें बनना

Hard #भूविज्ञान #चिकित्सा #त्वचा #वर्णनात्मक-विशेषण #वैज्ञानिक-शब्द

Origin & History

From Latin 'fissura' (“a cleft, crack”), from 'findere' (“to split”); English 'fissure' + '-ed'.

लैटिन 'fissura' (अर्थ: चीर/दरार) से, जो 'findere' (अर्थ: चीरना/फाड़ना) से बना; अंग्रेज़ी 'fissure' में '-ed' जोड़कर।

Definition

Used to describe something that has developed long, narrow cracks (fissures), such as dry ground, rocks, skin, or tissues; as a verb form, it means something split and formed fissures.

इसका प्रयोग किसी ऐसी वस्तु/सतह के लिए होता है जिसमें लंबी, संकरी दरारें (fissures) बन गई हों—जैसे सूखी ज़मीन, चट्टानें, त्वचा या ऊतक; क्रिया-रूप में इसका अर्थ है कि किसी चीज़ में दरार पड़ गई/दरारें बन गईं।

Parts of Speech

Adjective:
After the drought, the fissured earth could not absorb the rain quickly.
Verb (past tense/past participle):
The intense heat fissured the clay tiles on the roof.

Usage Examples

The hikers crossed a fissured lava field.
Her lips were fissured in winter and needed moisturizer.
The old paint had dried into a fissured surface.
The rock face fissured along natural lines of weakness.

Synonyms

Cracked Split Fractured Cleft Furrowed Riven

Related Forms

Noun
Fissure / Fissuring
Verb
Fissure / Fissures / Fissuring / Fissured
Adjective
Fissured / Fissile

Idioms & Phrases

Fissured ground
दरारदार भूमि
A fissured relationship (figurative)
दरारों वाला/टूटा-फूटा संबंध (अलंकारिक)