maim

maim

 (mām)

tr.v. maimed, maim·ing, maims

1. To injure, disable, or disfigure, usually by depriving of the use of a limb or other part of the body. See Synonyms at mangle.

2. To make imperfect or defective; impair: "The presumption of innocence has already been maimed ... for foreign Muslims" (Nicholas D. Kristof).

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[Middle English maimen, from Old French mahaignier; see mayhem.]

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maim′er n.

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maim

(meɪm)

vb (tr)

1. to mutilate, cripple, or disable a part of the body of (a person or animal)

2. to make defective

n

obsolete an injury or defect

[C14: from Old French mahaignier to wound, probably of Germanic origin]

maimedness n

ˈmaimer n

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maim

(meɪm)

v.t.

1. to deprive of the use of some part of the body, esp. by wounding.

2. to impair; disfigure.

n.

3. Obs. an injury, esp. loss of a limb.

[1250–1300; < Anglo-French, Old French mahaignier, perhaps < Frankish *maithanjan to castrate]

maim′er, n.

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maim

Past participle: maimed
Gerund: maiming

Imperative

maim

maim

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Thesaurus

Verb

1.

maim - injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion" injure - cause injuries or bodily harm to mar, mutilate - destroy or injure severely; "mutilated bodies" lame - deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The accident has crippled her for life"

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maim

verb cripple, hurt, injure, wound, mar, disable, hamstring, impair, lame, mutilate, mangle, incapacitate, put out of action One man has lost his life; another has been maimed.

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maim

verb

To deprive of a limb or bodily member or its use:

cripple, dismember, mutilate.

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Translations

يَجْدَع، يَبْتُر

zmrzačit

invalidere

verstümmeln

estropiémutiler

megcsonkít

limlesta

mutilaremutilazione

sakropļot

lemleste

mutilar

sakat bırakmak

使残废

maim

[meɪm] VT → mutilar, lisiar
to be maimed for life → quedar lisiado de por vida

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maim

[ˈmeɪm] vt → mutiler

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maim

vt (= mutilate) → verstümmeln; (= cripple) → zum Krüppel machen; the wounded and the maimed → die Verletzten und Versehrten; he will be maimed for life → er wird sein Leben lang ein Krüppel bleiben; he was maimed in the bomb attack → der Bombenanschlag machte ihn zum Krüppel

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maim

[meɪm] vt → storpiare, mutilare

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maim

(meim) verb

to injure badly, especially with permanent effects. The hunter was maimed for life. beseer, vermink يَجْدَع، يَبْتُر осакатявам aleijar zmrzačit verstümmeln invalidere ακρωτηριάζω, σακατεύωmutilar, lisiar sandistama معیوب کردن یا شدن vammauttaa estropié לִגרוֹם נְכוּת अपंग बनना osakatiti, okrnjiti megcsonkít mencederai limlesta storpiare 不具にする 불구로 만들다 sužaloti, suluošinti sakropļot cacat teruk verminkenlemleste, kveste okaleczyć معيوبيدل aleijar a mutila калечить zmrzačiť pohabiti osakatiti lemlästa, stympa ทำให้บาดเจ็บสาหัส sakat bırakmak 使受重傷(尤指使終身殘廢) калічити; нівечити اپاہج بنانا thương tật 使残废

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maim

v. mutilar; estropear; lisiar.

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