I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ left , right
▪ sharp
▪ dislocated , fractured
▪ sore
▪ pitching , throwing (both in baseball)
VERB + ELBOW
▪ lean , place , rest
▪
He rested one ~ 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 ~ to look at him.
▪ catch , grasp , take
▪
He caught her ~ to steady her.
▪ jab , slam ( esp. AmE ), thrust
▪
She thrust her ~ into her attacker's face.
▪ bend , flex
▪ extend , straighten
▪ bang , hit
▪
I banged my ~ on the table as I got up.
▪ dislocate , fracture , injure
▪ lock
▪
Extend your arms without locking your ~s.
ELBOW + NOUN
▪ joint , ligament
▪ injury
▪ pain , problem
▪ surgery
▪ pad
▪ room
▪
The office cubicles give you hardly any ~ room.
PREPOSITION
▪ above the ~
▪ at your ~
▪
A voice at my ~ said, ‘Please sit down!’
▪ below the ~
▪
The whole of his arm below the ~ was badly burned.
▪ beneath your ~ , under your ~
▪
She slid a hand under his ~ to guide him.
▪ by the ~
▪
He took his guest by the ~ and steered him in the direction of the bar.
▪ on one ~
▪
He raised himself on one ~ and looked at the bedside clock.
PHRASES
▪ be up to your ~s in sth
▪
He was up to his ~s in hot water.
▪ the crook of your ~
▪
She was cradling a small bundle in the crook of her ~.
▪ dig your ~ into sb's ribs
▪
She dug her ~ into Jim's ribs to remind him not to give the secret away.
▪ rub ~s with sb ( figurative , AmE )
▪
He had been rubbing ~s with celebrities.
II.
verb
Elbow is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ way