elbow

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ left, right

▪ sharp

▪ dislocated, fractured

▪ sore

▪ pitching, throwing (both in baseball)

VERB + ELBOW

▪ lean, place, rest

▪

He rested one elbow on the wall as he spoke.

▪ lean on, prop yourself up on, raise yourself up on

▪

She opened her eyes and propped herself up on one elbow to look at him.

▪ catch, grasp, take

▪

He caught her elbow to steady her.

▪ jab, slam (esp. AmE), thrust

▪

She thrust her elbow into her attacker's face.

▪ bend, flex

▪ extend, straighten

▪ bang, hit

▪

I banged my elbow on the table as I got up.

▪ dislocate, fracture, injure

▪ lock

▪

Extend your arms without locking your elbows.

ELBOW + NOUN

▪ joint, ligament

▪ injury

▪ pain, problem

▪ surgery

▪ pad

▪ room

▪

The office cubicles give you hardly any elbow room.

PREPOSITION

▪ above the elbow

▪ at your elbow

▪

A voice at my elbow said, ‘Please sit down!’

▪ below the elbow

▪

The whole of his arm below the elbow was badly burned.

▪ beneath your elbow, under your elbow

▪

She slid a hand under his elbow to guide him.

▪ by the elbow

▪

He took his guest by the elbow and steered him in the direction of the bar.

▪ on one elbow

▪

He raised himself on one elbow and looked at the bedside clock.

PHRASES

▪ be up to your elbows in sth

▪

He was up to his elbows in hot water.

▪ the crook of your elbow

▪

She was cradling a small bundle in the crook of her elbow.

▪ dig your elbow into sb's ribs

▪

She dug her elbow into Jim's ribs to remind him not to give the secret away.

▪ rub elbows with sb (figurative, AmE)

▪

He had been rubbing elbows with celebrities.

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verb

Elbow is used with these nouns as the object: ↑way