dislocating — dis·lo·cate || dɪsləʊkeɪt v. pull a joint out of its socket; remove, disrupt … English contemporary dictionary
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Dislocate — Dis lo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dislocated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dislocating}.] [LL. dislocatus, p. p. of dislocare; dis + locare to place, fr. locus place. See {Locus}.] To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a bone: To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dislocated — Dislocate Dis lo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dislocated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dislocating}.] [LL. dislocatus, p. p. of dislocare; dis + locare to place, fr. locus place. See {Locus}.] To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a bone … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dislocation — Dis lo*ca tion, n. [Cf. F. dislocation.] 1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced. T. Burnet. [1913 Webster] 2. (Geol.) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dislocation — noun Date: 14th century the act of dislocating ; the state of being dislocated: as a. displacement of one or more bones at a joint ; luxation b. a discontinuity in the otherwise normal lattice structure of a crystal c … New Collegiate Dictionary
slip — I. verb (slipped; slipping) Etymology: Middle English slippen, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German; akin to Middle High German slipfen to slide, Old High German slīfan to smooth, and perhaps to Greek olibros slippery Date: 14th century… … New Collegiate Dictionary
