lähmen — meaning in English

English meaning

• cripple noun An outdated and now offensive term for a person with a serious physical disability.
• limp verb To walk unevenly, favoring one leg because of an injury or pain.
• paralyze verb To cause loss of movement or feeling in part of the body.

Senses

lähmen is used for these senses in English:

• cripple To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired.
• limp (intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favoring one leg.
• paralyze (transitive) To afflict with paralysis.

cripple — full definition

1. noun An outdated and now offensive term for a person with a serious physical disability.
2. verb To severely damage or disable something, physically or otherwise.

limp — full definition

1. verb To walk unevenly, favoring one leg because of an injury or pain.
2. verb To move along slowly and with difficulty, as if something is malfunctioning.
3. adj Lacking firmness or stiffness; soft and floppy.

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