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# ankle

«ankle» in Mova's school dictionary: **The joint that connects your foot to your leg, letting…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an ankle, ankles)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The joint that connects your foot to your leg, letting the foot bend up and down and turn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ankle/#m1)

2) Ankle-deep means so deep that the water or mud only reaches up to your ankles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ankle/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science, the ankle is a joint where bones of the leg (tibia and fibula) meet a foot bone (the talus); ligaments hold them together. In sport and safety, twisting or spraining an ankle is a common injury when you land badly or step on uneven ground; good shoes and warming up help. First aid for a sprained ankle: rest, ice wrapped in a cloth, gentle support, and raise the foot (RICE). See a doctor if you cannot put weight on it. Phrases: "sprain/twist your ankle", "ankle socks", "ankle-deep", "ankle boots", "a broken ankle".

### examples

- I twisted my ankle playing basketball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ankle/#x1)
- The water at the beach was only ankle-deep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ankle/#x2)
- Put your foot up and ice your ankle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ankle/#x3)
- My ankle is swollen and sore. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ankle/#x4)
- She wore white ankle socks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ankle/#x5)
- The ankle joint lets your foot move up and down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ankle/#x6)
- The rope tied around his ankle in the story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ankle/#x7)
- Hold the ankle steady and call an adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ankle/#x8)
- And honey lay ankle-deep in the valley and knee-deep on the hills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ankle/#x9)

### note

Use "an": an ankle. Countable: two ankles. Do not confuse with "uncle". Spelling: -le at the end, like "candle". In maths, people have 2 ankles each: 6 people have 12 ankles.

### In the corpora

- [A squirrel can run down a tree head first because its back ankles turn round so its claws hook into the bark facing up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/215-foxes-and-squirrels/10/)
- [Landing from a big height on straight legs can break ankles, legs or the spine.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/10-reasoning-about-the-moving-body/21/)
- [For a sprained ankle, rest it, put a cold pack on, raise it and tell an adult.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/15/)
- [He landed badly, twisted his ankle and spent the next two weeks on crutches.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/390-showing-off/2/)
- [Jake and Connor both want to be top scorer; in practice Jake starts going in late on Connor's ankles.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/469-the-copier-and-the-one-who-competes-at-everything/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ankle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/ankle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.