ELBOW
\ˈɛlbə͡ʊ], \ˈɛlbəʊ], \ˈɛ_l_b_əʊ]\
Definitions of ELBOW
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow
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the part of a sleeve that covers the elbow; "his coat had patches over the elbows"
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a sharp bend in a road or river
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shove one's elbow into another person's ribs
By Princeton University
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the joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow
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the part of a sleeve that covers the elbow; "his coat had patches over the elbows"
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a sharp bend in a road or river
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shove one's elbow into another person's ribs
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.
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Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.
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A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back.
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To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another.
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To jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow.
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To push rudely along; to elbow one's way.
By Oddity Software
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The joint or bend of the arm; the outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent.
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Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, and the like; a sudden turn in a line of coast or course of a river; also, an angular or jointed part of any structure, as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.
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A sharp angle in any surface of wainscoting or other woodwork; the upright sides which flank any paneled work, as the sides of windows, where the jamb makes an elbow with the window back.
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To push or hit with the elbow, as when one pushes by another.
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To jut into an angle; to project or to bend after the manner of an elbow.
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To push rudely along; to elbow one's way.
By Noah Webster.
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The joint or bend of the arm; a pipe connection bent or curved like a human elbow.
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To thrust on one side.
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Push one's way rudely.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. The joint between the arm and the forearm, the elbow-joint. 2. An angular body resembling a flexed elbow; knee.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
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The joint where the arm bows or bends: any sharp turn or bend.
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To push with the elbow: to encroach on.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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The outer angle made by the bend of the arm; any flexure or angle; the obtuse angle of a wall, building, or road; any sharp turn or bend; one of the upright sides which flank any panelled work.
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To put into an angle; to put one's self forward, thrusting others aside. To be at the elbow, to be at hand. Out at elbows, reduced in circumstances, or ill off. Up to the elbows, extremely busy. To jog the elbow, to remind.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The joint or outer curve in the middle of the arm when bent; a sudden turn or bend in a river or road; the obtuse angle of a wall or building.
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To push or drive, as with the elbow; to encroach on.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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This word, abstractedly, means the angle formed by the union of two straight bodies. It is particularly applied to the articulation of the arm with the forearm, and especially to the projection formed by the olecranon process at the posterior part of the joint.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe