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# cripple

noun (cripple, cripples); verb (cripple, cripples, crippled, crippling)

«cripple» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (old use, now seen as hurtful) A person who cannot walk or use a part of the body properly; «disabled» is the kind word today. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cripple/#m1)
2. (verb) To damage something badly so it cannot work properly, or to make someone unable to move. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cripple/#m2)

### In the lessons

in old tales, the poor man who cannot walk; «the blind man and the cripple» is a story title

### Examples

- The blind man and the cripple went to the fair together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cripple/#x1)
- A storm can cripple a ship. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cripple/#x2)
- The accident crippled his left leg for a year. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cripple/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cripple» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cripple/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cripple» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cripple.html) on Mova free.