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Sprain

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Noun

1. sprain

a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments

Verb

2. rick, sprain, turn, twist, wrench, wrick

twist suddenly so as to sprain

Example Sentences:
'wrench one's ankle'
'The wrestler twisted his shoulder'
'the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell'
'I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sprain

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verb
1. (transitive)
to injure (a joint) by a sudden twisting or wrenching of its ligaments
noun
2. 
the resulting injury to such a joint, characterized by swelling and temporary disability

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Sprain

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verb transitive
1. 
to wrench or twist a ligament or muscle of (a joint, as the ankle) without dislocating the bones
noun
2. 
an act of spraining
3. 
the resulting condition, characterized by swelling, pain, and disablement of the joint

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sprain

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n.
1. A painful wrenching or laceration of the ligaments of a joint.
2. The condition resulting from a sprain.
tr.v. sprained, sprain·ing, sprains
To cause a sprain to (a joint or ligament).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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