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Meanings of ankle (ankles) in English
A gliding joint between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal end of the talus.
Usage of ankles in English
1
Avoid crossing rivers and swollen streams where water is above your ankles.
2
To his left and right are pillars whose ankles have been eroded.
3
The operator bent and unfastened the binders about the ankles and waist.
4
The dress does not reach the ankles, and the feet are bare.
5
She was spiked through the palms and the ankles to the tree.
6
The women wear them round the wrists, the neck, and the ankles.
7
Apparently benign instruments of government grew teeth and gnawed at his ankles.
8
But that was not always the case now because his ankles itched.
9
Trainees' ankles are bound together and their hands tied behind their back.
10
I felt my feet and ankles, hand and wrists going ice cold.
11
Piper giggled, crossing her ankles on the coffee table right beside Tia's.
12
My children had never even seen my ankles, let alone my stomach.
13
He staggered across the deck awash with water up to his ankles.
14
They had sunk into the sand and were covered to the ankles.
15
Along the ground the matted creepers caught and clung tenaciously to ankles.
16
She had on sneakers, her ankles and calves thick as young trees.
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Translations for ankles
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Ankles through the time
Ankles across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common