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cripple [ˈkrɪpəl] n 1. Offensive a person who is lame 2. Offensive a person who is or seems disabled or deficient in some way a mental cripple 3. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) US dialect a dense thicket, usually in marshy land vb
(tr) to make a cripple of; disable [Old English crypel; related to crēopan to creep, Old Frisian kreppel a cripple, Middle Low German kröpel] crippler n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
cripple verb 1. disable, paralyse, lame, debilitate, mutilate, maim, incapacitate, enfeeble, weaken, hamstring He had been warned that another bad fall could cripple him for life. Translations cripple [ˈkrɪpl] A. N (lame) → cojo/a m/f, lisiado/a m/f; (disabled) → minusválido/a m/f; (maimed) → mutilado/a m/f he's an emotional cripple → tiene serios traumas B. VT 2. (fig) [+ ship, plane] → inutilizar; [+ production, exports] → paralizar cripple [ˈkrɪpəl] n (lame) → boiteux/euse m/f; (disabled) → infirme mf vt (physically) [+ person] → handicaper; [+ limb] → handicaper [+ person] (emotionally) [shyness] → bloquer; (financially) → handicaper [+ ship, plane] → immobiliser cripple n → Krüppel m vt person → zum Krüppel machen; arm, legs etc → verkrüppeln; ship, plane → aktionsunfähig machen; (fig) industry, exports → lahmlegen, lähmen; person → lähmen; the ship was crippled → das Schiff war nicht mehr aktionsfähig; crippled with rheumatism → von Rheuma praktisch gelähmt; to be crippled for life → lebenslang ein Krüppel sein; to be emotionally crippled → ein emotionaler Krüppel sein cripple [ˈkrɪpl] 1. n (lame) → zoppo/a; (disabled) → invalido/a; (maimed) → mutilato/a 2. vt b. (production, exports) → paralizzare cripple [ˈkrɪpl] 1. n (lame) → zoppo/a; (disabled) → invalido/a; (maimed) → mutilato/a 2. vt b. (production, exports) → paralizzare v cripple [ˈkripl] 1 to make lame or disabled He was crippled by a fall from a horse. kreupel, kruppel يَكسَح، يُقْعِـد осакатявам zmrzačit lamme; invalidere zum Krüppel machen σακατεύω lisiado, mutilado, inválido sandistama معلول شدن؛ چلاق شدن rampauttaa estropier לַעֲשוֹתוֹ נֵכֶה अपाहिज करना osakatiti megbénít pincang bækla azzoppare, storpiare かたわにする 불구가 되다 (su)luošinti, (su)žaloti []kropļot tempang kreupel maken gjøre til krøpling, bli ufør, forkrøple, lamme okaleczyć aleijar(-se) a schilodi (по)калечить(ся) zmrzačiť pohabiti (se) obogaljiti göra till krympling, lemlästa ทำให้พิการ sakat bırakmak, kötürüm etmek 使跛 калічити; позбавляти працездатності لنگڑا کر درینا làm què quặt 使跛 2 to make less strong, less efficient etc The war has crippled the country's economy. geknak يَشِـل отслабвам ochromit svække lahmlegen αποδυναμώνω paralizar, estropear, debilitar halvama فلج کردن؛ از کار انداختن lamaannuttaa paralyser לְהַחֲלִיש व्यर्थ बना देना oslabiti megnyomorít melumpuhkan lama; skemma paralizzare, rendere inefficiente そこなう 무능하게 되다 susilpninti, padaryti žalos sakropļot; padarīt nederīgu melumpuhkan lamleggen lamme osłabiać danificar a paraliza наносить урон ochromiť ohromiti paralizovati lamslå, förstöra ทำให้ใช้การไม่ได้ belini bükmek, felce uğratmak 削弱 нашкодити كمزور بنانا làm lụn bại 使削弱 n a lame or disabled person He's been a cripple since the car accident. kreupele, verlamde كَسيح، مُقْعَـد инвалид mrzák invalid; krøbling der Krüppel ανάπηρος inválido, lisiado, mutilado vigane آدم معلول؛ چلاق raajarikko invalide נֵכֶה लंगड़ा मनुष्य invalid nyomorék invalid bæklaður-/hreyfihamlaður maður zoppo, storpio 不具者 불구자 luošys, invalidas kroplis; invalīds kurang upaya invalide krøpling, ufør person kaleka aleijado infirm калека invalid pohabljenec bogalj krympling คนพิการ topal, sakat, kötürüm 跛子 каліка; інвалід لنگڑا يا معذور شخص người què quặt 跛子 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He knew that Hop-Frog was not fond of wine, for it excited the poor cripple almost to madness; and madness is no comfortable feeling. Like a cripple become deaf, and blind, and dumb--thus have I lived long; that I might not live with the power-rabble, the scribe-rabble, and the pleasure-rabble. I was just as old as Joseph when my father and mother died of the fever within ten days of each other, and left me and my cripple sister Nelly alone in the world, without a relation that we could look to for help. |
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