cripple

Definition of Cripple in English :

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Noun

1. cripple

someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back

Verb

2. cripple, stultify

deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless

Example Sentences:
'This measure crippled our efforts'
'Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work'

stultify

3. cripple, lame

deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg

Example Sentences:
'The accident has crippled her for life'

lame

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cripple

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noun

1. offensive

a person who is lame

2. offensive

a person who is or seems disabled or deficient in some way

an emotional cripple

3. US dialect

a dense thicket, usually in marshy land

verb

4. (transitive)

to make a cripple of; disable

Cripple

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noun

1.

a person or animal that is lame or otherwise disabled in a way that prevents normal motion of the limbs or body

somewhat offensive when used to refer to a person

2. US, Dialectal

thicketed, swampy or low, wet land

verb transitiveWord forms: ˈcrippled or ˈcrippling

3.

to make cripple of; lame

4.

to make unable or unfit to act, function effectively, etc.; disable

Cripple

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n.

1.

a. Often Offensive A person who is partially disabled or unable to use one or more limbs:

b. An animal that is partially disabled or unable to use one or more limbs: cannot race a horse that is a cripple.

2. A damaged or defective object or device: "He ... would let that cripple of a steamboat get the upper hand of him in a minute" (Joseph Conrad).

tr.v. crip·pled, crip·pling, crip·ples

1. To cause to lose the use of a limb or limbs.

2. To disable, damage, or impair the functioning of: a strike that crippled the factory.

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