Definizione di maim
parola:
3rd person singular present
tense maims
, present participle maiming
, past tense, past participle maimed
verbo
Mines have been scattered in rice paddies and jungles, maiming and killing civilians. [VERB noun]
One man has lost his life, another has been maimed. [VERB noun]
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verbo transitivo
sostantivo
SYNONYMY NOTE: maim implies an injuring of a person's body so as to deprive him of some member or its
use [maimed in an auto accident]; to cripple is to cause to be legless, armless, or lame in any member [crippled by rheumatism]; to mutilate is to remove or severely damage a part of a person or thing essential to the completeness
of that person or thing [a speech mutilated by censors]; mangle1 implies mutilation or disfigurement by or as by repeated tearing, hacking, or crushing
[his arm was mangled in the press]; to disable is to make incapable of normal physical activity, as by crippling [disabled war veterans]Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
forme derivate
sostantivo
Parola origine maim
verbo (transitive)
2.
to make defective
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Inglese britannico: maim VERB
To maim someone means to injure them so badly that part of their body is permanently damaged.
Mines have been scattered, maiming and killing civilians.
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