wrist
part of speech
noun (a wrist, wrists)
meaning for a pupil
1) Your wrist is the joint between your hand and your arm. tree →
2) A wrist is also the part of a sleeve that covers this joint. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science, the wrist is a joint made of many small bones that lets the hand bend and turn; you can feel your pulse on the inside of your wrist. In safety and sport, wrist guards protect wrists when skating, and a sprained or broken wrist often happens when you fall onto your hands. Phrases: twist your wrist, sprain your wrist, wrist watch, a slap on the wrist (a small punishment).
examples
- I wear my watch on my left wrist. tree →
- She fell and sprained her wrist. tree →
- You can feel your pulse on your wrist. tree →
- Wear wrist guards when you roller skate. tree →
- He has a bracelet around his wrist. tree →
- Bend and stretch your wrists before typing. tree →
- His pet hawk had left his wrist and flown away. tree →
note
The w is silent: say "rist". Wrist is the joint between hand and arm; ankle is the joint between foot and leg. "A slap on the wrist" means a very mild punishment, not a real slap.
In the corpora
- Spiders make silk in glands in the abdomen and pull it out through spinnerets at the back end, not from wrists or legs.
- Falling onto one straight, stiff arm often breaks the wrist.
- Putting a straight, stiff arm out to stop a fall is one of the most common ways children break a wrist.
- A girl in Minnesota went roller skating without wrist guards, fell backwards onto her hands and broke both wrists.
- Wrist injuries are among the most common injuries in skating and skateboarding.
Trees and pragmatics
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