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9 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• hamstring n. (Anatomy) One of the great tendons situated in each side of the ham, or space back of the knee, and…
• hamstring n. (Informal) The biceps femoris, semimembranosus, and semitendinosus muscles.
• hamstring v. (Transitive) To lame or disable by cutting the tendons of the ham or knee; to hough.
• hamstring v. (Transitive, figurative) To cripple; to incapacitate; to disable.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Swedish
  • hamstring n. Hoarding, the act of gathering or hoarding consumables in anticipation of a shortage (like a hamster…

— English words, defined in French —

• hamstring n. (Anatomie) Muscles ischio-jambiers.
• hamstring v. Couper les muscles ischio-jambiers.
• hamstring v. (Sens figuré) Couper les jambes.

— In Dutch —

• hamstring n. (Biologie) elk van de drie pezen van de dijbeenspier rond de knieholte.

36 English words from 5 English definitions

act Anatomy and anticipation back biceps biceps␣femoris consumables cripple cutting disable each figurative gathering great ham hamster hoarding hough incapacitate Informal knee lame like muscles of␣a One semimembranosus semitendinosus shortage side situated space tendons the Transitive

8 English words from 4 foreign definitions

drie elk jambes les muscles rond Sens van

12 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

Anatomie Biologie Couper Couper␣les␣jambes figuré ischio ischio-jambiers jambiers knieholte muscles␣ischio-jambiers pezen Sens␣figuré

6 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

hamstrings hamstringed hamstringer hamstringers hamstringing hamstringings

27 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

AMS 'ams A.M.s ham Ham HAM -ham H.A.M. hams Hams ing -ing -ïng MST Mst. rin ring Ring str STR str. string tri Tri TRI tri- Tring

12 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

GNI Irt IRT mah Mah NIR N.␣Ir. rts RTs RTS sma SMA

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

Stringham

6 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Brightmans hamstering hamstrings nightmares Stringhams Wrightsman

15 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

garnisht gnathism granthis Grantism Hartings Inghrams manghirs migrants Ntigrams Rahmings right␣man Right␣Man sharting smarting trashing

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

hamstrung hatstring

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

hamstering

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