sprained
past simple and past participle ofsprain
sprain
verb[T]
uk/spreɪn/us/spreɪn/tocauseaninjuryto ajoint(= aplacewhere twobonesareconnected)by asuddenmovement:
She sprained herankleplayingsquash.
Hestumbledand sprained aknee.
Synonyms
rickUKinformal
turn
twist
wrench
to hurt someone physically
- hurtI hurt my arm climbing over the fence.
- injureThe bomb killed ten people and injured many more.
- woundHe was wounded so badly in the attack that doctors said he might never walk again.
- maimThe atrocities have killed or maimed thousands of people.
- tortureThe guards were accused of torturing prisoners.
- stabHe was fatally stabbed with a kitchen knife.
- She must have sprained orbrokenherwrist.
- He sprained hisrightkneewhiletrainingwith thenationalteam.
- He couldstruggletoplayamajorpartin thetournamentafterbadlyspraining hisrightankle.
Injuring and injuries
- at-risk
- be in the warsidiom
- bite
- boo-boo
- cripple
- disable
- harm
- incapacitate
- injure
- injury
- lesion
- lesional
- reinjure
- reinjury
- scarred
- scathe
- sprain
- strain
- trauma
- wounded
Examplesofsprained
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The playersprainedhis knee.
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Assume that two men havesprainedtheir wrists so that they cannot work.
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Perhaps it was in so doing that hesprainedhis cartilege.
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He was complaining at that time of foot trouble and asprainedankle, and his medical documents show that his ankle was strapped up.
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There may be a patient suffering from asprainedankle as a result of a bicycle accident, or perhaps a woman having an uncomplicated baby.
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How many cases of concussion,sprainedankles, and other accidents have there been?
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One woman appears to havesprainedher ankle.
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I hadsprainedit three times before, and was treated by the medical profession.
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This patient was a coal-face miner, aged 35, who sustained a fracture of the lower end of the fibula and asprainedankle.
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Payne slipped off a plank, andsprainedhis wrist; but has now recovered.
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These accidents include numerous cuts on the body, threesprainedankles, one fractured ankle and in one case a fall which necessitated five stitches in the individual's head.
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Higher speeds may not mean more accidents, but they certainly mean worse accidents: the impact will be worse, and the collision may mean death instead of asprainedwrist.
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Although found to be less effective than casts, compression bandages are used to provide support and compression forsprainedankles.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He started 18 of 21 games; however, he missed two games withsprainedright toe and 10 games with severelysprainedleft ankle.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Nasri, initially, struggled during the infancy of the campaign due to dealing with the effects of a severelysprainedankle suffered in the pre-season.
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