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DISLOCATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they dislocate ... he / she / it dislocates
Past simple: dislocated
-ing form: dislocating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Put out of its usual place, position, or relationship
Example:
The colonists displaced the natives
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "dislocate" is one way to...):
displace (cause to move, usually with force or pressure)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Derivation:
dislocation (the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue)
dislocation (an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity)
dislocation (a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Example:
the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically
Synonyms:
dislocate; luxate; slip; splay
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "dislocate" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
dislocation (an event that results in a displacement or discontinuity)
dislocation (a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column))
Context examples:
Once you dislocate a shoulder or kneecap, you are more likely to dislocate it again.
(Dislocations, NIH)
You can also dislocate your finger and toe joints.
(Dislocations, NIH)
You can dislocate your ankles, knees, shoulders, hips, elbows and jaw.
(Dislocations, NIH)