sprain meaning in Sinhala
උළුක්කුව uḷukkuwa
/spɹeɪn/
sprain in Sinhala: උළුක්කුව (uḷukkuwa). In English, sprain means to weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation.
Sinhala words for sprain
- sprain
- උළුක්කුව uḷukkuwa
English meaning of sprain
- verb To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation.
- noun The act or result of spraining; lameness caused by spraining.
sprain in a sentence
- He sprained his knee after falling off the bicycle.
- a bad sprain of the wrist
Synonyms of sprain
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Questions about sprain in Sinhala
- What is the meaning of sprain in Sinhala?
- Sprain in Sinhala is උළුක්කුව (uḷukkuwa).
- sprain යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
- Sprain: උළුක්කුව (uḷukkuwa).
- What does sprain mean in English?
- Sprain means to weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation.
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Sinhala words from Wiktionary's Sinhala entries whose English meaning is “sprain”: උළුක්කුව. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: sprain (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sinhala words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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