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sprain

 
Noun sprain has 1 sense
  1. sprain - a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments
    --1 is a kind of
    wrench, twist, pull
    Derived form: verb sprain1
Verb sprain has 1 sense
  1. twist, sprain, wrench, turn, wrick, rick - 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"
    --1 is one way to injure, wound
    Derived form: noun sprain1
    Sample sentence:
    Did he sprain his foot?
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