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Definition of Dislocate
1. Verb. Move out of position. "The artificial hip joint luxated and had to be put back surgically"
Generic synonyms: Displace, Move
Derivative terms: Dislocation, Dislocation, Luxation, Slip, Slippage
2. Verb. Put out of its usual place, position, or relationship. "The colonists displaced the natives"
Definition of Dislocate
1. 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.
2. a. Dislocated.
Definition of Dislocate
1. Verb. to put something out of its usual place ¹
2. Verb. (medicine) to (accidentally) dislodge a skeletal bone from its joint ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dislocate
1. [v -CATED, -CATING, -CATES]
Medical Definition of Dislocate
1. To luxate; to put out of joint. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dislocate
Literary usage of Dislocate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Homer and the Epic by Andrew Lang (1893)
"CHAPTER XII ATTEMPTS TO dislocate THE ODYSSEY THE purpose of Wilamowitz Moellendorff
and other modern critics is to disengage the various elements of the ..."
2. The United States Democratic Review by Conrad Swackhamer (1839)
"Thus continued, it must infallibly dislocate and dissever the system, so soon as
the distances an<l the masses increase to proportions considerably beyond ..."
3. Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana, and Babylonia: Including a Residence by Austen Henry Layard (1887)
"... Albanian feud—dislocate my shoulder—Revolution in Servia—The Servian
leaders —Return to Constantinople—-Travel Tatar—Thrown among tailors—-Reach ..."
4. Institutes of Canon Law by Robert Owen (1884)
"Archbishop Cuthbert AD 747, orders priests " not to dislocate sacred words by
pronouncing like tragedians, but follow the Plain Song of the Church. ..."
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