Meaning

1 senses
  1. The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining

    a bad sprain of the wrist

    Verstauchung

    растяже́ниеrastjažénije

    розтя́гненняroztjáhnennja

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

Examples

122 sentences
  1. He sprained his ankle.

    Він вивихнув щиколотку. — deniko

    ruОн вывихнул лодыжку. — afyodor

    deEr hat sich den Knöchel verstaucht. — brauchinet

  2. I sprained my wrist.

    Я вивихнула зап'ястя. — deniko

  3. Tom sprained his wrist.

    Том вивихнув зап'ястя. — deniko

  4. Tom tripped and sprained his ankle.

  5. Tom said you sprained an ankle.

    ruТом сказал, что ты потянул лодыжку. — sharptoothed

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
act or result of spraining:
Русский
By meaning 1
act or result of spraining:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act or result of spraining:

Origin

Origin unknown. Noun attested since 1601; verb attested 1622. Possibly borrowed from Middl

Origin unknown. Noun attested since 1601; verb attested 1622. Possibly borrowed from Middle French espraindre (“to squeeze or press out”), from Latin exprimere (“to squeeze out, express”), in which case cognate to express.

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Forms

plural: sprains
Singularsprain
Pluralsprains

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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