Hyperextend

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To extend a joint beyond its normal position in a way that stresses the ligaments, often causing injury transitive

    "DELGADO OUT OF LINEUP The day after hyperextending his left knee as he tried to catch a foul ball, Carlos Delgado was held out of the starting lineup."

  2. 2
    extend a joint beyond its normal range wordnet

Example

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"DELGADO OUT OF LINEUP The day after hyperextending his left knee as he tried to catch a foul ball, Carlos Delgado was held out of the starting lineup."

Etymology

From hyper- + extend.

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