Maimed
/meɪmd/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 people who are wounded wordnet
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of maim form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Partially or wholly deprived of the use of some part of the body, usually by wounding or injury.
- 2 Impaired or defective in some way.
Adjective
- 1 having a part of the body crippled or disabled wordnet
Example
More examples"The cat maimed three squirrels."
Etymology
From Middle English maymed, ymaymed. By surface analysis, maim + -ed.