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# immobile

adjective (immobile)

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

## Everyday

1. Not moving at all; perfectly still. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobile/#m1)
2. Not able to move or be moved, for example because of an injury, illness or because something is fixed in place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobile/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science, some living things are immobile, like plants and barnacles, which stay in one place. In stories a frightened character stands immobile, frozen with fear. In health, a person with a broken leg may be immobile for weeks. Phrases: stand immobile, lie immobile, completely immobile.

### Examples

- The cat sat immobile, watching the mouse hole. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobile/#x1)
- After the accident he was immobile for a month. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobile/#x2)
- Plants are immobile, so they can't run from danger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobile/#x3)
- The statue-like guard stood immobile at the palace gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobile/#x4)
- The heavy wardrobe was immobile; we couldn't shift it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobile/#x5)
- In musical statues you must stay immobile when the music stops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobile/#x6)
- The eagle-eyed man lifted a face, thin and sharp as though it had been carven on the wind, and he stared forward with an immobile intentness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobile/#x7)

### Note

Opposite: «mobile» (able to move). Nouns: «immobility». Verb: «immobilise» (to stop something moving). Pronounced ih-MOH-bile (UK) or ih-MOH-bul (US).

## On Mova

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