bruise /bru:z/ [u T] to hurt a part of your body when you fall or are hit, so that a dark, painful mark appears on your skin: Shaun fell over and bruised his knee, bruised [adj\ My arm was badly bruised, but not broken.
Sprain sprem, [и T] to injure your ankle.
your knee, or another place where two bones are joined, by twisting or pulling it suddenly: / sprained my ankle while I was playing iwsketball. sprained [adj] James can't play the piano because he has a sprained wrist.
break /breik/ [и T) to break a bone in your body: Nicola broke her leg when she went skiing.
breaking - broke - have broken
HURT/INJURE
get hurt There's a huge crowd - some one could easily get hurt.
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broken [adj] / had three broken ribs and a broken arm.
HURT/INJURE
dislocate /'disbkeit, [и T] to injure your shoulder, knee, finger etc, so that one of the bones is moved out of its normal position: He dislocated his shoulder in a riding accident.
dislocated [adj] The accident left her with bruises and a dislocated hip.
to hurt someone
hurt /Из:г1/ [и T] to cause injury to someone's body and make them feel pain, especially by hitting them: Let go of my arm! You re hurting me! I If he's hurt any of the children I'm going straight to the police.
В damage to part of your body
injury /'md33n/ [n C/U] physical damage
done to someone's body in an accident, a fight etc: The glass roof collapsed onto the crowd, causing horrific injuries, serious injury Wearing a helmet may protect you from serious injury, suffer an injury (=be injured) He suffered serious injuries in a car crash, and died on the way to the hospital. plural injuries
wound /wuindI |n C] an injury caused by a weapon such as a knife, gun, or bomb: The wound was deep and needed 18 stitches.
ballet/stab/gunshot wound Barratt was taken to the hospital with stab wounds to his chest and neck.
bruise /bru:z/ [л CJ a dark, painful mark on your skin where you have fallen or been hit-. Her arms шеге couered in cuts and bruises.
E3 someone who is injured
injUred/ Ind39rd/ [adj] hurt in an accident,
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fight etc: Firefighters had to cut off the roof of the car, so that the injured man could be lifted out.
the injured (^people who are injured) The injured were rushed to St Thomas' Hospital
wounded / wuind^d [adj] injured by a weapon such as a knife, gun, or bomb: a wounded soldier I There are over 4000 refugees in the camp, many of them wounded.
the wounded (= people who are wounded} Helicopters have been sent in to rescue the wounded from the war zone.
paralysed (also paralyzed american!
/'paerslaizd/ lad;) unable to move part or all of your body because of a serious injury or illness: The accident left him permanently paralysed.
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casualty /кжзиэШ/ fn С usually plural] someone who has been injured or killed in a war, attack, or accident: The bomb caused serious damage to the building, but there were no casualties. I Indian troops have suffered more than 1200 casualties.
not injured
unhurt /An'h3firt/ \adj not before noun] if you are unhurt, you are not hurt, even though you have been in an accident or have been attacked: The driver of the car was unhurt, but his passenger was killed.
unharmed /An'ha:rmd/ [adj not before
nounl if you are unharmed, you have not been harmed, even though you have been in a dangerous situation: The boy iuas cold and hungry but otherwise unharmed. I All the hostages were released unharmed some time afterwards.
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D a plan or suggestion
that you think of
idea /ai'dis/ [n C] something that you think of and suggest to other people, for example a plan of what someone should do or a solution to a problem good/great/fantastic etc idea "We could go and see a mo vie." "Good idea!" have an idea We're trying to think of a name for the product. Does anyone have any ideas?
+/or an idea for a new TV game show I
Here are some new ideas for quick
meals that taste great.
it was sb's idea (=they thought of it: use
this especially when you want to blame
someone) I didn't want to go to Spain -
it was Sue's idea, 1 Whose idea was it to
ask him to the party?
get an idea/rom sb/sth She got the idea
from a picture in a magazine.
thought /Boit/ In C] an idea about what should happen or what someone should do, which you suggest although you are not sure if it is a good idea have a thought I've had a thought - do you think Nadia would like to come with
us?
sb's thoughts about sth What are your thoughts about the holiday? О (it was) just/only a thought spoken (say this when someone seems to disagree with an idea you suggested) "We could paint the room yellow and blue." "Well, I'm not sure about that." "It's just a thought."
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theory fftmij in C/Ul a set of ideas that explains why something happens or why something is true, especially in science + about There have been a lot of theories about the meaning of dreams.
sb's theory of sth (used in the names of important scientific theories) Darwin's theory of evolution ( Einstein s theory of relativity
+ that There is о theory that Kennedy was killed by the CIA.
plural theories
idea /aidia/ [n C] something that people think is true, for example their beliefs about why something happens