turn
verb (TWIST) /tɜːn/
/tɝːn/ Definition
turn your ankle old-fashioned › to damage the muscles in the foot by suddenly twisting it too strongly: She turned her ankle on the rocks and had to hobble back to camp.Injuring and injuries
(Definition of turn verb (TWIST) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- be in the wars idiom
- bite noun (INJURY)
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- cripple verb
- damage noun
- disable verb (MACHINE)
- disable verb (PERSON)
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- injure verb
- injury noun
- lesion noun
- maim verb
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- strain noun (PRESSURE)
- trample verb (STEP HEAVILY ON)
- trauma noun (INJURY)
- victim noun
- whiplash noun
- wound noun (INJURY)
- wound verb (HURT)
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