Hamstring
21hamstring muscle — n any of three muscles at the back of the thigh that function to flex and rotate the leg and extend the thigh: a) SEMIMEMBRANOSUS b) SEMITENDINOSUS c) BICEPS (b) …
22hamstring, hamstrung — A hamstring is one of the tendons around the hollow of the knee. (One meaning of the word ham applies to the part of the human leg back of the knee.) As a verb, hamstring means to cripple or disable, to render powerless : You are trying to… …
23hamstring tendon — noun one of the tendons at the back of the knee • Syn: ↑hamstring • Derivationally related forms: ↑hamstring (for: ↑hamstring) • Hypernyms: ↑tendon, ↑sinew …
24hamstring tendon — see hamstring …
25hamstring muscle — noun see hamstring III …
26hamstring — I. noun Date: 1565 1. a. either of two groups of tendons at the back of the human knee b. any of three muscles at the back of the thigh that function to flex and rotate the leg and extend the thigh 2. a large tendon above and behind the hock of a …
27hamstring — 1. noun a) 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. Developing muscle around both sides of a joint (think biceps and triceps, abs and low back,… …
28hamstring — Synonyms and related words: bugger, burden, castrate, cramp, cripple, cumber, de energize, debilitate, deflate, disable, disarm, disenable, drain, emasculate, embarrass, enchain, encumber, enfeeble, enmesh, ensnarl, entangle, entoil, entrammel,… …
29hamstring — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. cripple, disable, injure; see hurt 1 , weaken 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. cripple, handicap, hobble. see disable III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To restrict the activity or free movement of: chain, fetter, hamper,… …
30hamstring — ham|string [ hæm,strıŋ ] noun count a TENDON behind your knee …
