cripple

«cripple» in Mova's school dictionary: A person who cannot walk or use a part of the body… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

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 →

2) (verb) To damage something badly so it cannot work properly, or to make someone unable to move. tree →

sense 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 →
• A storm can cripple a ship. tree →
• The accident crippled his left leg for a year. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cripple» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.