to splint

Examples

• All

• She used a piece of cardboard to splint the broken finger until we could see a doctor.

• - I gotta splint this.

  In the Woods (1999)

• I can splint a broken arm, but I am no doctor.

  Blog text (30)

• I'll try to splint it.

  All the Lost Ones (2025)

• Dr. DiAngelo would splint Victor's finger.

  Fiction book (1998)

• I can heal a rash, soothe a fever, and splint certain leg breaks.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The paramedics immobilized Matt's neck with a hard cervical collar, splinted his left leg, and placed him on a backboard.

  Academic text (2005)

• The doctor carefully placed a splint on the injured wrist to keep it still.

• After the accident, we needed to splint his leg to prevent further injury.

Synonyms

S

to strap

vsto splint

222 2.9

To fasten something with a band so it stays in place

uses a shaped support to keep a body part still rather than a band

C

to clamp

vsto splint

70 3.3

Fasten something tightly to keep it from moving

is for supporting and immobilizing a body part rather than squeezing parts

S

to stay

vsto splint

• Specialized

2 7.7

To make something stable by fixing ropes or braces

applies specifically to keeping a body part still rather than general stability

Compounds

S

splint bone

• Specialized

1 9.3

A small thin bone next to the main lower leg bone in a horse

How Immobilizing

to immobilize

23 6.0

to splint

• Specialized

5 5.4

brace

83 4.0

to support

73 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology