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hamstring
English
Etymology
ham (“region back of the knee joint”) +? string
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hæmst???/
Noun
hamstring (plural hamstrings)
- (anatomy) One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the back of the thigh.
- (informal) The biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus muscles.
- Synonym: hams
- 2010, Adam Garett, "Fried Hams", Reps! 17:23
- Developing muscle around both sides of a joint (think biceps and triceps, abs and low back, quads and hamstrings) should be one of your primary training considerations because strength on each side leads to lower injury rates.
Translations
Verb
hamstring (third-person singular simple present hamstrings, present participle hamstringing, simple past and past participle hamstrung or hamstringed)
- (transitive) To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough.
- Synonyms: hock, hough, hox
- (transitive, figuratively) To cripple; to incapacitate; to disable. [from 1640s]
- Synonyms: cripple, incapacitate, disable
Hypernyms
- See Thesaurus:disable
Translations
Anagrams
- Stringham
Swedish
Etymology
hamstra +? -ing
Noun
hamstring c
- hoarding, the act of gathering or hoarding consumables in anticipation of a shortage (like a hamster hides food in its cheeks)
Declension
Related terms
- hamster
- hamstrare
- hamstringsvåg
References
- hamstring in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
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impair
English
Alternative forms
- empair (obsolete, rare)
Etymology
From Middle English impairen, empeiren, from Old French empeirier, variant of empirier (“to worsen”), from Vulgar Latin *imp?i?r?, from im- + Late Latin p?i?r? (“to make worse”), from peior (“worse”), comparative of malus (“bad”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?p??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Verb
impair (third-person singular simple present impairs, present participle impairing, simple past and past participle impaired)
- (transitive) To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on.
- (intransitive, archaic) To grow worse; to deteriorate.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)
Synonyms
- blunt, diminish, hurt, lessen, mar, reduce, weaken, worsen
Derived terms
- impairment
Translations
Adjective
impair (comparative more impair, superlative most impair)
- (obsolete) Not fit or appropriate; unsuitable.
Further reading
- impair in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- impair in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- impair at OneLook Dictionary Search
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin imp?r, equivalent to im- +? pair.
Adjective
impair (feminine singular impaire, masculine plural impairs, feminine plural impaires)
- odd (of a number)
- Antonym: pair
Derived terms
- fonction impaire
- nombre impair
References
- “impair” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Antonyms
- pair
Anagrams
- primai
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