| Main Entry: | sprain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | twist |
Synonyms: |
overstrain, strain |
| Notes: | a sprain involves one or more ligaments; a strain involves a tendon or muscle |
| Main Entry: | sprain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | injury |
Synonyms: |
pull, strain, tear, turn, twist, wrench |
| Main Entry: | injury |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hurt, harm |
Synonyms: |
abrasion, abuse, affliction, affront, agony, bad, bite, blemish, boo-boo, bruise, burn, chop, cramp, cut, damage, deformation, detriment, discomfiture, disservice, distress, evil, fracture, gash, grievance, hemorrhage, ill, impairment, indignity, injustice, insult, laceration, lesion, libel, loss, mischief, misery, mutilation, nick, ouch, outrage, pang, ruin, scar, scratch, shock, slander, sore, sprain, stab, sting, suffering, swelling, trauma, twinge, wound, wrong |
Antonyms: |
aid, assistance, benefit, blessing, favor, good, health, help, right |
| Main Entry: | pull |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drawing something with force |
Synonyms: |
cull, dislocate, drag, evolve, extract, gather, haul, heave, jerk, lug, paddle, pick, pluck, remove, rend, rip, row, schlepp, sprain, strain, stretch, take out, tear, tow, trail, truck, tug, twitch, uproot, weed*, wrench, yank |
Antonyms: |
push |
| Main Entry: | strain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pain, due to exertion |
Synonyms: |
ache, anxiety, bruise, brunt, burden, constriction, effort, endeavor, exertion, force, injury, jerk, pressure, pull, sprain, stress, stretch, struggle, tautness, tension, tensity, twist, wrench |
| Notes: | a sprain involves one or more ligaments; a strain involves a tendon or muscle |
Antonyms: |
health, wellness |
| Main Entry: | strain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stretch, often to limit |
Synonyms: |
constrict, distend, distort, draw tight, drive, exert, extend, fatigue, injure, overexert, overtax, overwork, pull, push, push to the limit, rack, sprain, task, tauten, tax, tear, tighten, tire, twist, weaken, wrench |
Antonyms: |
compress, concentrate |
| Main Entry: | turn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | twist a body part |
Synonyms: |
bruise, crick, dislocate, hurt, sprain, strain, wrench |
| Main Entry: | twist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | curl, spin |
Synonyms: |
coil, contort, corkscrew, encircle, entwine, intertwine, rick, screw, spiral, sprain, squirm, swivel, turn, turn around, twine, twirl, warp, weave, wiggle, wind, wrap, wrap around, wreathe, wrench, wriggle, wring, writhe, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
straighten, uncurl, untwist |
| Main Entry: | wrench |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | jerk, force violently |
Synonyms: |
bend, coerce, compel, contort, dislocate, dislodge, distort, drag, exact, extract, pervert, pinch, pull, rend, rip, screw, sprain, squeeze, strain, tear, tug, tweak, twist, wrest, wring, yank |
| Main Entry: | repetitive strain injury |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | injury to the wrist |
Synonyms: |
RSI, carpal tunnel syndrome, repetitive strain disorder, sprain, strain |