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1. (n.) splint
a thin piece of wood or other rigid material used to immobilize a fractured or dislocated bone, or to maintain any part of the body in a fixed position.
2. splint
one of a number of thin strips of wood woven together to make a chair seat, basket, etc.
3. splint
a bony enlargement of a splint bone of a horse or related animal.
4. splint
a narrow plate or metal strip used in making armor.
5. splint
Brit. Dial. a splinter of wood or stone.
6. (v.t.) splint
to secure, hold in position, or support by means of a splint, as a fractured bone.
7. splint
to support as if with splints.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME < MD or MLG splinte; cf. splinter)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) splint
a thin sliver of wood
"he lit the fire with a burning splint"
2. (verb) splint
an orthopedic mechanical device used to immobilize and protect a part of the body (as a broken leg)
3. (verb) splint
support with a splint
"splint a broken finger"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) splint
a piece split off; a splinter
2. (verb) splint
a thin piece of wood, or other substance, used to keep in place, or protect, an injured part, especially a broken bone when set
3. (verb) splint
a splint bone
4. (verb) splint
a disease affecting the splint bones, as a callosity or hard excrescence
5. (verb) splint
one of the small plates of metal used in making splint armor. See Splint armor, below
6. (verb) splint
splint, or splent, coal. See Splent coal, under Splent
7. (verb) splint
to split into splints, or thin, slender pieces; to splinter; to shiver
8. (verb) splint
to fasten or confine with splints, as a broken limb. See Splint, n., 2
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Sense: a piece of wood etc used to keep a broken arm or leg in a fixed position while it heals.
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 Afrikaans: spalk |
 Arabic: شَريحَة خَشَب لِسَنْد الس |
 Bulgarian: шина |
 Brazilian: tala |
 Czech: dlaha |
 German: die Schiene |
 Danish: skinne |
 Greek: νάρθηκας |
 Spanish: tablilla |
 Estonian: lahas |
 Farsi: تخته ي شكسته بندي |
 Finnish: lasta |
 French: attelle |
 Hebrew: סַד |
 Hindi: खपच्ची, चपटी |
 Croatian: udlaga |
 Hungarian: sín |
 Indonesian: belat |
 Icelandic: spelka |
 Italian: assicella |
 Japanese: 当て木 |
 Korean: 부목 |
 Lithuanian: įtvaras |
 Latvian: šina |
 Malay: belat |
 Dutch: spalk |
 Norwegian: skinne, spjelk |
 Polish: szyna,łubki |
 Persian: تخته ي شكسته بندي |
 Pashto: مزري، لښتې (دټوكرۍ اوبدلو |
 Portuguese: tala |
 Romanian: atelă |
 Russian: лубок; шина |
 Slovak: dlaha |
 Slovenian: deščica za uravnavo zloml |
 Serbian: udlaga |
 Swedish: spjäla, skena |
 Thai: เฝือก |
 Turkish: süyek, cebire |
 Taiwanese: 夾板 |
 Ukrainian: шина |
 Urdu: ٹوٹی ہڈّی کو جوڑ کر ملائے |
 Vietnamese: thanh nẹp |
 Chinese: 夹板 |
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