Sprung

verb

  1. To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation

    to sprain one's ankle

verb

  1. To burst forth.

  2. (of beards) To grow.

  3. To cause to burst forth.

adjective

  1. Utterly infatuated with someone; completely taken over by romantic interest.

  2. Caught doing something illegal or against the rules.

  3. (of a spar) cracked or strained.

Synonyms: caught with a hand in the cookie jar, red-handed, crazed, splintered, smitten, taken

verb

  1. To hold tightly, to clasp.

  2. To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.

    Relations between the United States and Guatemala traditionally have been close, although at times strained by human rights and civil/military issues.

  3. To damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force.

    The gale strained the timbers of the ship.

verb

  1. To beget, generate (of light), engender, copulate (both of animals and humans), lie with, be born, come into the world.

    A man straineth, liveth, then dieth.

sprung

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