单词 | dislodge |
释义 | dislodge (once / 1965 pages) v To dislodge is to remove something. When you're choking, you need to dislodge the food from your throat. When you dislodge, you're moving something from its current position. When sumo wrestlers are going at it, they're trying to dislodge each other from their original positions. Anytime something is stuck and you want it out, it needs to be dislodged. When you're choking, food is lodged in your windpipe. That's a time when you need to dislodge quickly! WORD FAMILYdislodge: dislodged, dislodgement, dislodges, dislodging, dislodgment+/dislodgment: dislodgments/lodge: dislodge, lodged, lodgement, lodger, lodges, lodging, lodgment/lodgement: lodgements/lodger: lodgers/lodging: lodgings/lodgment: lodgments USAGE EXAMPLESThe officers’ body cameras in that incident were apparently dislodged or knocked off during the encounter. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) Stankovic performed the Heimlich maneuver, which dislodges objects that block the windpipe. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) The trooper tackled him to the ground, but officials say the trooper’s sidearm was dislodged from its holster. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) 1v remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space Syn|Hypo|Hyper bump throw cause to fall off displace cause to move, usually with force or pressure 2v remove or force out from a position The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums Syn|Ant|Hyper free deposit, lodge, stick, wedge put, fix, force, or implant remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract 3v change place or direction Syn|Hypo|Hyper reposition, shift beat down dislodge from a position displace, move cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
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