sprain
to overstrain or wrench (the ligaments of an ankle, wrist, or other joint) so as to injure without fracture or dislocation.
a violent straining or wrenching of the parts around a joint, without dislocation.
the condition of being sprained.
Origin of sprain
1synonym study For sprain
Other words for sprain
Other words from sprain
- un·sprained, adjective
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How to use sprain in a sentence
It was the type of fall that should have resulted in bruises and maybe a sprained ankle.
Toward the end, Buell Robinson goes tumbling to the ground with a sprained ankle and remains on the floor for about five minutes.
Native American Basketball Team in Wyoming Have Hoop Dreams Of Their Own | Robert Silverman | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is technically “incurable” but incurable in the same way that colds have no cure and sprained ankles have no cure.
Suffering From An ‘Incurable Respiratory Disease’ This Winter? Relax. It’s Just RSV. | Kent Sepkowitz | January 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHowever, a broken leg in 1967, and sprained ankles prior to the 1968 Olympics, hampered his chances at Grenoble.
Olympians Dish on Their Favorite Spots to Ski & Snowboard | The Daily Beast | October 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTPlayers routinely are pushed and pulled, kneaded and given cortisone shots to get that sprained shoulder ready.
Is HGH, Allegedly Alex Rodriguez’s Drug of Choice, Really So Bad? | Kent Sepkowitz | August 1, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Christian Science nor mind cure wasn't invented then, or I should of used 'em, and said my ankle wasn't sprained.
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesSwelled as big as two laigs, just as mine was twenty years ago come Christmas, when I sprained it.
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesAbout ten days ago, the baby died, while I was laid up at camp with a sprained hip.
The White Desert | Courtney Ryley CooperHe sprained his ankle on the way down, but he turned up on parade with it next day hideously swollen.
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. WigramHe was suffering from a sprained ankle and a badly bruised arm, and was exhausted from want of food.
The Devil-Tree of El Dorado | Frank Aubrey
British Dictionary definitions for sprain
/ (spreɪn) /
(tr) to injure (a joint) by a sudden twisting or wrenching of its ligaments
the resulting injury to such a joint, characterized by swelling and temporary disability
Origin of sprain
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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