sprain : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sprain	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for sprain
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sprain n a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments v 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" Synonym(s): twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sprain \Sprain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sprained}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spraining}.] [OF. espreindreto press, to force out, F. [82]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sprain \Sprain\, n. The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist. {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.