noun
1 backbone
ADJECTIVE
▪ fractured
▪ cervical , lumbar
VERB + SPINE
▪ bend , curve
▪ straighten
▪ break , damage
▪ slide down , slide up ( both figurative )
▪
An icy chill slid up my ~.
▪ form ( figurative )
▪
These speeches form the ~ of his election campaign.
▪ stiffen ( figurative )
▪
Their protests stiffened the ~s of party activists.
▪ grow ( AmE , figurative )
▪
The legislature must grow a ~ and demand this.
PREPOSITION
▪ in the/your ~
▪
the nerves in the ~
PHRASES
▪ the base of the ~
▪ the length of sb's ~
▪ curvature of the ~
▪ send shivers down sb's ~
2 sharp point on some plants/animals
ADJECTIVE
▪ sharp
▪
Hedgehogs are covered with sharp ~s.
▪ fine
▪ poisonous , venomous
VERB + SPINE
▪ bear , have