| VERB | body | sprain, twist, wrench, turn, wrick, rick | twist suddenly so as to sprain |
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| NOUN | state | sprain | a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments |
| Sounds | sprey'n | |
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| Rhymes | abstain ... windowpane: 127 rhymes with eyn... | |
| Meaning | A painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments. | |
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| Broader | wrench, twist, pull | A sharp strain on muscles or ligaments |
| Spanish | dislocación, esguince, torcedura | |
| Catalan | esqueix, esquinç, torçada | |
| Verbs | sprain | twist suddenly so as to sprain |
| Meaning | Twist suddenly so as to sprain. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Model | Did he sprain his foot? | |
| Example | "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell" | |
| Synonyms | twist, wrench, turn, wrick, rick | |
| Broader | injure, wound | Cause injuries or bodily harm to |
| Spanish | descoyuntarse, dislocarse, girar, rotar, torcerse | |
| Catalan | desconjuntar-se, dislocar-se, girar, rotar, torçar-se, torçar, tòrcer | |
| Nouns | sprain | a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments |
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