Sprain

Noun

 * 1) The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining; as, a bad sprain of the wrist.

Verb

 * 1) 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.

Thesaurus
abrade, bark, blemish, bloody, break, burn, chafe, check, chip, claw, crack, craze, cut, dislocate, fracture, fray, frazzle, fret, gall, gash, hurt, incise, injure, lacerate, maim, make mincemeat of, maul, mutilate, pierce, pull, puncture, rend, rick, rip, run, rupture, savage, scald, scorch, scotch, scrape, scratch, scuff, skin, slash, slit, stab, stick, strain, stretch, tear, throw, traumatize, turn, twist, wound, wrench

Etymology
1601, verb attested 1622. Possibly from espraindre:, from  exprimere:, in which case cognate to express:.

Noun

 * Catalan: torçada
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 扭傷, 扭伤
 * Danish: forstuvning
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:


 * German: Verstauchung
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 捻挫
 * Russian: растяжение (связок)
 * Spanish: torcedura

Verb

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 扭傷, 扭伤
 * Danish: forstuve
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, venäyttää, reväyttää
 * French: se


 * German: verstauchen
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 挫く
 * Russian: растягивать, растянуть
 * Spanish:

Anagrams

 * spinar, spiran