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elbow
noun
1 elbow
Hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped.
synonyms: articulatio cubiti, cubital joint, cubitus, elbow joint, human elbow.
Roget 258:
fold,
plicature†,
plait,
pleat,
ply,
crease;
tuck,
gather;
flexion,
flexure,
joint,
elbow,
double,
doubling,
duplicature†,
gather,
wrinkle,
rimple†,
crinkle,
crankle†,
crumple,
rumple,
rivel†,
ruck†,
ruffle,
dog's ear,
corrugation,
frounce†,
flounce,
lapel;
pucker,
crow's feet;
plication†.
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Roget 250:
convexity,
prominence,
projection,
swelling,
gibbosity†,
bilge,
bulge,
protuberance,
protrusion;
camber,
cahot [U.S.].
thank-ye-ma'am [U.S.].
swell.
intumescence;
tumour [Brit.],
tumor;
tubercle,
tuberosity [Anat.];
excrescence;
hump,
hunch,
bunch.
boss,
embossment,
hub,
hubble;
[convex body parts]
tooth [U.S.],
knob,
elbow,
process,
apophysis†,
condyle,
bulb,
node,
nodule,
nodosity†,
tongue,
dorsum,
bump,
clump;
sugar loaf
etc.
(sharpness)
253;
bow;
mamelon†;
molar;
belly,
corporation†,
pot belly,
gut [Coll.];
withers,
back,
shoulder,
lip,
flange.
[convexities on skin]
pimple,
zit [Slang];
wen,
wheel,
papula [Med.],
pustule,
pock,
proud flesh,
growth,
sarcoma,
caruncle†,
corn,
wart,
pappiloma,
furuncle,
polypus†,
fungus,
fungosity†,
exostosis†,
bleb,
blister,
blain†;
boil
etc.
(disease)
655;
airbubble†,
blob,
papule,
verruca.
[convex body parts on chest]
papilla,
nipple,
teat,
tit [Vulg.],
titty [Vulg.],
boob [Vulg.],
knocker [Vulg.],
pap,
breast,
dug,
mammilla†.
[prominent convexity on the face]
proboscis,
nose,
neb,
beak,
snout,
nozzle,
schnoz [Coll.].
peg,
button,
stud,
ridge,
rib,
jutty,
trunnion,
snag.
cupola,
dome,
arch,
balcony,
eaves;
pilaster.
relief,
relievo [It],
cameo;
bassorilievo†,
mezzorilevo†,
altorivievo;
low relief,
bas relief [Fr.],
high relief.
hill
etc.
(height)
206;
cape,
promontory,
mull;
forehead,
foreland†;
point of land,
mole,
jetty,
hummock,
ledge,
spur;
naze†,
ness.
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Roget 244:
angularity,
angularness†;
aduncity†;
angle,
cusp,
bend;
fold
etc.
258;
notch
etc.
257;
fork,
bifurcation.
elbow,
knee,
knuckle,
ankle,
groin,
crotch,
crutch,
crane,
fluke,
scythe,
sickle,
zigzag,
kimbo†,
akimbo.
corner,
nook,
recess,
niche,
oriel [Arch.],
coign†.
right angle
etc.
(perpendicular)
216.1,
212;
obliquity
etc.
217;
angle of 45 degrees,
miter;
acute angle,
obtuse angle,
salient angle,
reentering angle,
spherical angle.
angular measurement,
angular elevation,
angular distance,
angular velocity;
trigonometry,
goniometry;
altimetry†;
clinometer,
graphometer†,
goniometer;
theodolite;
sextant,
quadrant;
dichotomy.
triangle,
trigon†,
wedge;
rectangle,
square,
lozenge,
diamond;
rhomb,
rhombus;
quadrangle,
quadrilateral;
parallelogram;
quadrature;
polygon,
pentagon,
hexagon,
heptagon,
octagon,
oxygon†,
decagon.
pyramid,
cone.
Platonic bodies;
cube,
rhomboid;
tetrahedron,
pentahedron,
hexahedron,
octahedron,
dodecahedron,
icosahedron,
eicosahedron;
prism,
pyramid;
parallelopiped;
curb roof,
gambrel roof,
mansard roof.
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Dutch: elleboog
Polish: łokieć
2 elbow
A sharp bend in a road or river.
3 elbow
A length of pipe with a sharp bend in it.
Polish: kolano, kolanko
4 elbow
The part of a sleeve that covers the elbow joint.
Dutch: elleboog
5 elbow
The joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow.
verb
1 elbow
Push one's way with the elbows.
Roget 276:
give an impetus
etc.
n.;
impel,
push;
start,
give a start to,
set going;
drive,
urge,
boom;
thrust,
prod,
foin [Fr.];
cant;
elbow,
shoulder,
jostle,
justle†,
hustle,
hurtle,
shove,
jog,
jolt,
encounter;
run against,
bump against,
butt against;
knock one's head against,
run one's head against;
impinge;
boost [U.S.];
bunt,
carom,
clip y;
fan,
fan out;
jab,
plug [Slang].
strike,
knock,
hit,
tap,
rap,
slap,
flap,
dab,
pat,
thump,
beat,
blow,
bang,
slam,
dash;
punch,
thwack,
whack;
hit hard,
strike hard;
swap,
batter,
dowse†,
baste;
pelt,
patter,
buffet,
belabor;
fetch one a blow;
poke at,
pink,
lunge,
yerk†;
kick,
calcitrate†;
butt,
strike at
etc.
(attack)
716;
whip
etc.
(punish)
972.
come into a collision,
enter into collision;
collide;
sideswipe;
foul;
fall foul of,
run foul of;
telescope.
throw
etc.
(propel)
284.
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2 elbow
Shove one's elbow into another person's ribs.
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