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to elance

to elance

9.9
A sudden sharp pain that passes quickly through part of the body
  • verb
translation icon : punzada
  • A sharp cramp elanced through her calf as she climbed the stairs.

Examples

  • He winced as pain elanced across his lower back after lifting the box.

  • Sometimes a sudden headache elances through my temples without warning.

  • He suddenly elanced with a sharp pain in his side.

  • I sometimes elance when I twist my back.

  • A sharp cramp elanced through her calf as she climbed the stairs.

  • He winced as pain elanced across his lower back after lifting the box.

  • Sometimes a sudden headache elances through my temples without warning.

Synonyms

to pang
vsto elance
1 6.5

To feel a sudden sharp pain or a quick strong feeling of regret

is a quick sharp pain that passes through a part of the body
to twinge
vsto elance
1 6.0

To feel a sudden sharp pain in the body or a quick strong feeling in the mind

is a fast piercing pain that quickly moves through one body area

Antonyms

to relieve
166 2.3

Make pain, stress, or worry less

How Sharp

stab
8 3.5
sting
64 1.4
to elance
9.9
prick
7 5.0
jab
16 3.0

Surface Forms

elance infinitive
elanced past
elanced past participle
elancing present participle
elances third person singular

Morphology

elance = lance (transparent) = e + lance

The sense of a sudden, sharp, piercing pain maps directly to 'lance' (to pierce), so the relation is clear to learners who know 'lance'.

Etymology

Elance comes from the word lance, a 'spear', so a pain that elances feels like being quickly 'pierced' by a small spear — a sudden, sharp pain that passes fast.