Crossword-Solution: SPRAIN
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Sprain | v. t. | 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. |
| Sprain | n. | The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SPRAIN | anagram | INSPRA, PARNIS |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AAER
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CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with SPRAIN (5)
She had been laid up half the winter from a sprain received while skating, and had had too much time for reflection during those months.
Take a fat sucking mastiff whelp, flay and bowel him, stuff the body full of black and grey snails, roast a reasonable time, and baste with oil of spikenard, saffron, cinnamon, and honey, anoint with the dripping, working it in——” “Yes, Bucklaw; but in the mean while, before the sprain is cured, nay, before the whelp is roasted, you will be caught and hung.
She has a bad sprain; how the deuce she ever managed to hobble on it even two steps is beyond me." "A sprain? Are you sure?" "I think so; it's badly swollen.
Then in the hour of contest, you will have to delve the ground, it may chance dislocate an arm, sprain an ankle, gulp down abundance of yellow sand, be scourge with the whip—and with all this sometimes lose the victory.
The lotion for a bad sprain.’ ‘Ah! yes! Directly.’ He was evidently relieved to turn away, and to take his white face and his wild eyes to a table in a recess among the bottles.
Quotes with SPRAIN (1)
I got a third-degree ankle sprain practicing long jump. I never fully recovered. That was my first heartbreak. I thought track was going to be something that was going to happen in my life. It never went in the direction I wanted it to, no matter how hard I tried.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, S&S, Slate, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 71 times in crossword archives (1968–2025).