hamstring
hamstring
Definition
ham·string (ham′striŋ′)
noun
- one of the tendons at the back of the human knee
- the large tendon at the back of the hock in a four-legged animal
- any of three large muscles that form the back of the thigh and work together to flex the leg, extend the thigh, etc.
transitive verb -·strung′, -·string′·ing
- to disable by cutting a hamstring
- to lessen or destroy the power or effectiveness of
hamstring
Synonyms
hamstring
Usage Examples
Object
- curl: Players squat, front and back, do leg extensions, leg press and hamstring curls.
- strain: A hamstring muscle strain is a tear or stretch of a major muscle in the back of the thigh.
- injury: I had a hamstring injury leading up to the final.
- muscle: Short, tight hamstring muscles can spell disaster for many sports people.
- stretch: Keeping your feet firmly on the floor, extend your elbows back, whilst moving into a standing hamstring stretch.
- trouble: Neil Cox remains out with back and hamstring trouble and Ryan Lowe is a doubt with a shin injury.
Converse of object
- stretch: An example is leg swings to stretch the hamstrings.
- pull: We thought he had pulled a hamstring or something.
Subject
- lack: Action is hamstrung by the lack of effective legislation.
Adjective modifier
- torn: A torn hamstring will keep Woodgate out for a month.
- tight: Katharine Merry, sidelined from the Spar European Cup by tight hamstrings, ran a 200m personal best, 22.76 seconds.
- dodgy: God knows what I was doing betting on that with a dodgy hamstring.
Modifies a noun
- strain: The winger missed last weekend's win over his old club, Man City, with a slight hamstring strain.
- injury: Ryan Giggs ' hamstring injury has finally forced him out of the game against the Swiss.
- tendon: Doesn't it matter if your hamstrings tendon is removed?
- muscle: An injury to the hamstring muscle at the back of the thigh, is the most frequently seen muscle injury in the body.
- stretch: The hamstring stretch is an essential aspect of your treatment regime.
- pull: Joe Maddock has also been forced to withdraw due to a hamstring pull suffered in the Captain's run yesterday.
Modifying Another Word
- tight: Short, tight hamstring muscles can spell disaster for many sports people.
Preposition: by
- lack: Action is hamstrung by the lack of effective legislation.
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