Hamstring
31hamstring — noun any of five tendons at the back of a person s knee. ↘the great tendon at the back of a quadruped s hock. verb (past and past participle hamstrung) 1》 cripple by cutting the hamstrings. 2》 thwart or severely restrict. Origin C16: from ham1 +… …
32hamstring — v. a. Hough …
33hamstring — 1 noun (C) a tendon behind your knee 2 verb past tense and past participle hamstrung (transitive often passive) to restrict someone s activities or development so much that they cannot do the job they are supposed to do: Police officers claim… …
34hamstring — verb 1) cattle were killed or hamstrung Syn: cripple, lame, disable, incapacitate 2) he felt hamstrung by the regulations See hamper II …
35hamstring — [ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ] noun [C] a TENDON that is behind your knee …
36hamstring — ham•string [[t]ˈhæmˌstrɪŋ[/t]] n. v. strung, string•ing 1) anat. zool. (in humans) a) any of the tendons in the region behind the knee b) Achilles tendon 2) zool. (in quadrupeds) the great tendon at the back of the hock 3) pat to disable by… …
37hamstring — hamst|ring sb., en, er, erne, i sms. hamstrings , fx hamstringsbølge …
38hamstring — s ( en, ar) …
39hamstring — n. & v. Anat. n. 1 each of five tendons at the back of the knee in humans. 2 the great tendon at the back of the hock in quadrupeds. v.tr. (past and past part. hamstrung or hamstringed) 1 cripple by cutting the hamstrings of (a person or animal) …
40hamstring muscles — the muscles of the back of the thigh, including the biceps femoris, the semitendinosus, and the semimembranosus …
