splint
To apply a splint to; to fasten with splintsTo apply a splint to; to fasten with splints.
» The fracture needs to be splinted.
Der Knochenbruch muss geschient werden. — Melang
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4 senses(transitive)To apply a splint to; to fasten with splints.
накла́дывать ши́нуnakládyvatʹ šínu
накла́дати ши́нуnakládaty šýnu, накла́сти ши́нуnaklásty šýnu
support with a splint
To support one's abdomen with hands or a pillow before attempting to cough.
To press fingers against the vaginal wall to ease defecation.
(obsolete, rare, transitive)To split into thin, slender pieces; to splinter.
Examples
5 sentencesThe fracture needs to be splinted.
deDer Knochenbruch muss geschient werden. — Melang
The doctor put a splint on her arm.
ruВрач наложил ей на руку шину. — marafon
He broke his arm and they had to put splints on it.
deEr brach sich den Arm, so dass er geschient werden musste. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Sami's parents splint.
If the torque is too high, the shaft might break. That's why we are using a shear splint as a torque limiter.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English splint, splent, splente, from Middle Low German splinte, splente or MiFrom Middle English splint, splent, splente, from Middle Low German splinte, splente or Middle Dutch splint, splinte. Cognate with Old High German splinza (“bar, bolt, latch”). All ultimately from Proto-Germanic *splintǭ, *splintō (“piece of wood, splinter”), from Proto-Germanic *splint-, *splind- (“to split”), from a nasalized form of *splītaną (“to split”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pley- (“to split, splice”).
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Forms
splints, splinting, splinted, splintedWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle