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maim - What does it mean?

Definition of 'maim'

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
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  • *:Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed , comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local colour) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.

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    Derived terms

    * maimer

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