sprang
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/spɹæŋ/
English
Definitions
verb
- To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation“to sprain one's ankle”
verb
- To burst forth.
- (of beards) To grow.
- To cause to burst forth.
- To make wet, to moisten.
verb
- To hold tightly, to clasp.
- To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.“Relations between the United States and Guatemala traditionally have been close, although at times strained by human rights and civil/military issues.”
- To damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force.“The gale strained the timbers of the ship.”
- To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as when bending a beam.
verb
- To beget, generate (of light), engender, copulate (both of animals and humans), lie with, be born, come into the world.“A man straineth, liveth, then dieth.”
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