ankle

«ankle» in Mova's school dictionary: The joint that connects your foot to your leg, letting… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an ankle, ankles)

meaning for a pupil

1) The joint that connects your foot to your leg, letting the foot bend up and down and turn. tree →

2) Ankle-deep means so deep that the water or mud only reaches up to your ankles. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, the ankle is a joint where bones of the leg (tibia and fibula) meet a foot bone (the talus); ligaments hold them together. In sport and safety, twisting or spraining an ankle is a common injury when you land badly or step on uneven ground; good shoes and warming up help. First aid for a sprained ankle: rest, ice wrapped in a cloth, gentle support, and raise the foot (RICE). See a doctor if you cannot put weight on it. Phrases: "sprain/twist your ankle", "ankle socks", "ankle-deep", "ankle boots", "a broken ankle".

examples

• I twisted my ankle playing basketball. tree →
• The water at the beach was only ankle-deep. tree →
• Put your foot up and ice your ankle. tree →
• My ankle is swollen and sore. tree →
• She wore white ankle socks. tree →
• The ankle joint lets your foot move up and down. tree →
• The rope tied around his ankle in the story. tree →
• Hold the ankle steady and call an adult. tree →
• And honey lay ankle-deep in the valley and knee-deep on the hills. tree →

note

Use "an": an ankle. Countable: two ankles. Do not confuse with "uncle". Spelling: -le at the end, like "candle". In maths, people have 2 ankles each: 6 people have 12 ankles.

In the corpora

• A squirrel can run down a tree head first because its back ankles turn round so its claws hook into the bark facing up.
• Landing from a big height on straight legs can break ankles, legs or the spine.
• For a sprained ankle, rest it, put a cold pack on, raise it and tell an adult.
• He landed badly, twisted his ankle and spent the next two weeks on crutches.
• Jake and Connor both want to be top scorer; in practice Jake starts going in late on Connor's ankles.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ankle» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.