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# immobilise

verb (immobilise, immobilises, immobilised, immobilising; US spelling immobilize)

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

## Everyday

1. To stop someone or something from moving or working. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobilise/#m1)
2. (first aid) To keep an injured body part still, for example with a splint or sling, so it does not get worse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobilise/#m2)
3. To stop a vehicle from being started, as with a car alarm or wheel clamp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobilise/#m3)

### In the lessons

In first-aid and safety lessons, you immobilise a broken arm with a sling and do not move someone who may have a neck injury. In science stories, a spider's venom immobilises its prey. In everyday life cars have immobilisers to stop thieves. Phrases: immobilise the injury, immobilise the prey, immobilise a car.

### Examples

- The first-aider used a sling to immobilise my broken arm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobilise/#x1)
- The spider's bite immobilises the fly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobilise/#x2)
- Snow and ice immobilised the whole town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobilise/#x3)
- The car has a device that immobilises the engine if it's stolen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobilise/#x4)
- Don't move someone who might have hurt their neck; paramedics will immobilise it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobilise/#x5)
- The cold immobilised the lizard until the sun warmed it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobilise/#x6)

### Note

UK «immobilise», US «immobilize». Noun: «immobilisation»; a car's anti-theft device is an «immobiliser». Related adjective «immobile».

## On Mova

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