Found 3 items, similar to hamstring.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: hamstring
melumpuhkan, memotong, urat-urat lutut
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: hamstring
hamstring
n : one of the tendons at the back of the knee [syn:
hamstring tendon
]
[also:
hamstrung]
hamstring
v 1: make ineffective or powerless;
“The teachers were hamstrung
by the overly rigid schedules”
2: cripple by cutting the hamstring
[also:
hamstrung]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Hamstring
Hamstring
\Ham"string`\ (h[a^]m"str[i^]ng`), n. (Anat.)
One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or
space back of the knee, and connected with the muscles of the
back of the thigh.
[1913 Webster]
Hamstring
\Ham"string`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Hamstrung; p. pr.
& vb. n.
Hamstringing. See
String.]
To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee;
to hough; hence, to cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.
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So have they hamstrung the valor of the subject by
seeking to effeminate us all at home. --Milton.
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