Definition of dislocate Dislocate
/dɪˈslowkejt/ - [dislowkeyt] - dis•lo•cate
We found 9 definitions of dislocate from 6 different sources.
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What does dislocate mean?
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| dislocate - move out of position; "dislocate joints"; "the artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically" | ||
| luxate, splay, slip | ||
| displace, move cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
| dislocate - put out of its usual place, position, or relationship; "The colonists displaced the natives" | ||
| displace cause to move, usually with force or pressure; "the refugees were displaced by the war" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- dislocate (v. t.)
To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a bone: To remove from its normal connections with a neighboring bone; to put out of joint; to move from its socket; to disjoint; as, to dislocate your bones. - dislocate (a.)
Dislocated.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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dislocate
To (accidentally) dislodge a skeletal bone from its joint.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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dislocate
dis′lō-kāt, v.t. to displace: to put out of joint.—adv. Dislocā′tedly.—n. Dislocā′tion, a dislocated joint: displacement: (geol.) a 'fault,' or displacement of stratified rocks. [Low L. dislocāre, -ātum—L., dis, apart, locāre, to place.]
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🔤- dislocate, verb, present, 1st person singular of dislocate (infinitive).
- dislocate, verb (infinitive).
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