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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


VERB (1)

1. twist suddenly so as to sprain;
- Example: "wrench one's ankle"
- Example: "The wrestler twisted his shoulder"
- Example: "the hikers sprained their ankles when they fell"
- Example: "I turned my ankle and couldn't walk for several days"
[syn: twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sprain \Sprain\ (spr[=a]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sprained (spr[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Spraining.] [OF. espreindreto press, to force out, F. ['e]preindre, fr. L. exprimere. See Express, v. t., and cf. Spraints.] To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation; as, to sprain one's ankle. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sprain \Sprain\, n. The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist. [1913 Webster] Sprain fracture (Med.), the separation of a tendon from its point of insertion, with the detachment of a shell of bone to which the tendon is attached. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sprain n 1: a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments v 1: twist suddenly so as to sprain; "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" [syn: twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

57 Moby Thesaurus words for "sprain": abrade, bark, blemish, bloody, break, burn, chafe, check, chip, claw, crack, craze, cut, dislocate, fracture, fray, frazzle, fret, gall, gash, hurt, incise, injure, lacerate, maim, make mincemeat of, maul, mutilate, pierce, pull, puncture, rend, rick, rip, run, rupture, savage, scald, scorch, scotch, scrape, scratch, scuff, skin, slash, slit, stab, stick, strain, stretch, tear, throw, traumatize, turn, twist, wound, wrench