Hamstring
11hamstring — ham|string1 [ˈhæmˌstrıŋ] n a ↑tendon behind your knee, which sometimes gets injured when you do sport ▪ He pulled a hamstring in training. hamstring injury/problem/strain etc hamstring 2 hamstring2 past tense and past participle hamstrung [… …
12hamstring — UK [ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ] / US noun [countable] Word forms hamstring : singular hamstring plural hamstrings a tendon behind your knee …
13hamstring — /ˈhæmstrɪŋ / (say hamstring) noun 1. (in humans) any of the tendons bounding the ham, or hollow of the knee. 2. (in quadrupeds) the great tendon at the back of the hock. –verb (t) (hamstrung or, Rare, hamstringed, hamstringing) 3. to cut the… …
14hamstring — /ham string /, n., v., hamstrung, hamstringing. n. 1. (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee. 2. (in quadrupeds) the great tendon at the back of the hock. v.t. 3. to disable by cutting the hamstring or… …
15hamstring — See hamstring, hamstrung …
16hamstring — noun Hamstring is used before these nouns: ↑tendon, ↑trouble …
17hamstring — ham·string || hæmstəɪŋ n. knee tendon (Anatomy) v. cut the hamstring or hamstrings; cripple, disable …
18hamstring — v 1. hock, cut [s.o. s] hamstring; cripple, becripple, lame, make lame; injure, impair, disa ble, incapacitate. 2. thwart, frustrate, foil, balk, prevent, stop; check, curb, clip [s.o. s] wings …
19hamstring — n. any of the tendons at the back of the knee. They attach the hamstring muscles (the biceps femoris, semitendinosus, and semimembranosus) to their insertions in the tibia and fibula …
20hamstring — To disable an animal by severing the hamstring, the tendon in the hock. To place such restraint upon a person that he is unable to act …
