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# sprain

verb (sprain, sprains, sprained, spraining); noun (a sprain, sprains)

«sprain» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To sprain your ankle, wrist or knee is to hurt it by twisting it suddenly, so the joint swells and is painful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprain/#m1)
2. (noun) A sprain is this injury. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprain/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in health and first aid: a sprain is treated with rest, ice, a bandage and raising the limb (RICE). In PE and sport: warm up to avoid sprains. Different from a broken bone, though both may need a doctor.

### Examples

- I sprained my ankle playing football. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprain/#x1)
- She has a sprained wrist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprain/#x2)
- Put ice on the sprain to stop the swelling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprain/#x3)
- Rest your foot until the sprain heals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprain/#x4)
- A sprain hurts but it is not a broken bone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprain/#x5)
- He sprained his knee jumping off the wall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprain/#x6)
- One morning, however, poor Thasus found that he had sprained his ankle, and could not possibly go a step farther. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprain/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: sprained. Countable noun. A "strain" is a hurt muscle; a "sprain" is a hurt joint (ligament). If you cannot put weight on it, see a doctor.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sprain» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprain/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sprain» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sprain.html) on Mova free.