Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - cripple
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Cripple
cripple
~1 n 1 an offensive word for someone who is physically unable to use their arms or their legs properly 2 emotional cripple informal someone who is not able to deal with their own or other people's feelings (- compare disabled) ~2 v 1 to hurt or wound someone so that they cannot use their arms or legs properly (The accident crippled her for life.) 2 to seriously damage or weaken something (The incident could easily cripple the peace talks.) - crippled adj - crippling adj
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(cripples, crippling, crippled) 1. A person with a physical disability or a serious permanent injury is sometimes referred to as a cripple. (OFFENSIVE) She has gone from being a healthy, fit, and sporty young woman to being a cripple. N-COUNT 2. If someone is crippled by an injury, it is so serious that they can never move their body properly again. Mr Easton was seriously crippled in an accident and had to leave his job... He had been warned that another bad fall could cripple him for life... He heaved his crippled leg into an easier position. VERB: be V-ed, V n, V-ed 3. If something cripples a person, it causes them severe psychological or emotional problems. Howard wanted to be a popular singer, but stage fright crippled him... I’m not perfect but I’m also not emotionally crippled or lonely. VERB: V n, V-ed 4. To cripple a machine, organization, or system means to damage it severely or prevent it from working properly. A total cut-off of supplies would cripple the country’s economy... The pilot was able to maneuver the crippled aircraft out of the hostile area. VERB: V n, V-ed ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English cripel, from Old English crypel; akin to Old English creopan to creep — more at creep Date: before 12th century 1. a. sometimes offensive a lame or partly disabled person or animal b. one that is disabled or deficient in a specified manner a social ~ 2. something flawed or imperfect II. adjective Date: 13th century being lame, flawed, or imperfect III. transitive verb (~d; crippling) Date: 14th century 1. to deprive of the use of a limb and especially a leg the accident left him ~d 2. to deprive of capability for service or of strength, efficiency, or wholeness an economy ~d by inflation Synonyms: see maim, weaken • ~r noun • cripplingly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. a person who is permanently lame. --v.tr. 1 make a cripple of; lame. 2 disable, impair. 3 weaken or damage (an institution, enterprise, etc.) seriously (crippled by the loss of funding). Derivatives crippledom n. cripplehood n. crippler n. Etymology: OE crypel, rel. to CREEP ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) помост, подмости 2) консольная опора подмостей кровельщика (закреплённая на коньке) 3) укороченный элемент каркасной конструкции 4) повреждённый вагон 5) нарушать целостность; выводить из строя ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1. калека, увечный, инвалид war cripples —- инвалиды войны 2. сл. шестипенсовая монета 3. сл. кривые, мятые булки, батоны; хлебный брак Id: he that dwells next door to a cripple will learn to halt —- с кем поведешься, от того и наберешься 4. калечить, уродовать 5. делать непригодным, наносить вред, урон the ship was crippled in the storm —- во время бури корабль получил повреждения 6. ослабить, нанести вред the trade is crippled by the difficulty of transport —- из-за трудностей транспортировки торговля сократилась activities crippled by lack of money —- деятельность, которую подкосил недостаток средств 7. воен. подбивать; парализовать, подавлять 8. хромать, прихрамывать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun калека, инвалид 2. v. 1) калечить, уродовать; лишать трудоспособности 2) хромать 3) приводить в негодность; наносить вред, урон 4) mil. повреждать (технику) ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. crypel, related to cryppan "to crook, bend," from P.Gmc. *krupilaz, and/or related to O.E. creopan "to creep." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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