sprain
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Definition of sprain
2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
verb
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To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation
“He sprained his knee after falling off the bicycle.”
“Hi! I suppose you're expecting the Roadrunner! Well, he sprained a giblet cornering a sharp coive the other day, uh, so, uh, I'm standing in for him.”
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verb
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To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation
“He sprained his knee after falling off the bicycle.”
“Hi! I suppose you're expecting the Roadrunner! Well, he sprained a giblet cornering a sharp coive the other day, uh, so, uh, I'm standing in for him.”
noun
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The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining
“a bad sprain of the wrist”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
1601, verb attested 1622. Possibly borrowed from Middle French espraindre (“to press out, to wring”), from Latin exprimere, in which case cognate to express.
Anagrams of sprain
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Words you can make from sprain
83 playable · top: NIPAS (7 pts)
Best play nipas 7 points5-letter words
11 words4-letter words
31 words- NAPS 6 pts
- NIPA 6 pts
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- PAIN 6 pts
- PAIR 6 pts
- PANS 6 pts
- PARS 6 pts
- PIAN 6 pts
- PIAS 6 pts
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- PINS 6 pts
- PIRN 6 pts
- RAPS 6 pts
- RASP 6 pts
- RIPS 6 pts
- SNAP 6 pts
- SNIP 6 pts
- SPAN 6 pts
- SPAR 6 pts
- SPIN 6 pts
- AINS 4 pts
- AIRN 4 pts
- AIRS 4 pts
- ANIS 4 pts
- RAIN 4 pts
- RAIS 4 pts
- RANI 4 pts
- RIAS 4 pts
- RINS 4 pts
- SAIN 4 pts
- SARI 4 pts
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