Immoveable - English meaning

adjective

Refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind.

Usage examples:

He is adamant that he is not going to resign

noun

A legendary rock or mineral to which many properties were attributed, formerly associated with diamond or lodestone.

Usage examples:

As for the magical metal, asiceton, it sounds like adamant.

adjective

Unwilling to be persuaded to change an opinion or decision

Usage examples:

She was adamant about becoming a dancer., the mayor adamantly refused to consider a tax increase.

verb

Moor (a ship) to the sea bottom with an anchor.

Usage examples:

The ship was anchored in the lee of the island

noun

A heavy object attached to a cable or chain and used to moor a ship to the sea bottom, typically having a metal shank with a pair of curved, barbed flukes at one end.

Usage examples:

The boat, no longer held fast by its anchor, swung wildly

noun

An anchorman or anchorwoman.

Usage examples:

He signed off after nineteen years as cbs news anchor

verb

Make (a structure) stronger or firmer with wood, iron, or other forms of support.

Usage examples:

The posts were braced by lengths of timber

noun

A device fitted to something, in particular a weak or injured part of the body, to give support.

Usage examples:

A neck brace

noun

A pair of straps that pass over the shoulders and fasten to the top of trousers at the front and back to hold them up.

Usage examples:

He wore a bowler hat, white shirt, trousers and braces like the main character and would become agg…

adjective

Having made a firm decision and being resolved not to change it.

Usage examples:

Alina was determined to be heard

verb

Cause (something) to occur in a particular way or to have a particular nature.

Usage examples:

It will be her mental attitude that determines her future

adjective

Showing the strong desire to follow a particular plan of action even if it is difficult

Usage examples:

A very determined young man, she had a determined look on her face., [ + to infinitive ] i’m determ…

adjective

Having or showing tenacity and grim persistence.

Usage examples:

Success required dogged determination

verb

Follow (someone) closely and persistently.

Usage examples:

Photographers seemed to dog her every step

adjective

Determined to do something, even if it is very difficult

Usage examples:

John regan credited the capture to dogged persistence by police., gove spent much of the last decad…

adjective

Moving or capable of moving at high speed.

Usage examples:

A fast and powerful car

adverb

Engaging in or involving activities characterized by excitement, extranvagance, and risk-taking.

Usage examples:

The fast life she led in london

verb

Abstain from all or some kinds of food or drink, especially as a religious observance.

Usage examples:

The ministry instructed people to fast

adjective

Having a solid, almost unyielding surface or structure.

Usage examples:

The bed should be reasonably firm, but not too hard

verb

Make more solid or resilient.

Usage examples:

How can i firm up a sagging bustline?

adverb

In a resolute and determined manner.

Usage examples:

The chancellor has held firm to tough economic policies

adjective

Fastened securely in position.

Usage examples:

A fixed iron ladder down the port side

verb

Fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position.

Usage examples:

They had candles fixed to their helmets

adjective

Not changing

Usage examples:

A fixed stare, a fixed address, she stared fixedly at the screen.

adjective

Impossible to stop or prevent.

Usage examples:

The seemingly inexorable march of new technology

adjective

Continuing without any possibility of being stopped

Usage examples:

Aging is an inexorable process.

adjective

Unwilling to change or compromise.

Usage examples:

Once she had made up her mind, she was inflexible

verb

Squeeze or pack tightly into a specified space.

Usage examples:

Four of us were jammed in one compartment

verb

Make (fruit) into jam.

noun

An instance of a thing seizing or becoming stuck.

Usage examples:

Paper jams

verb

Make fast (a boat) by attaching it by cable or rope to the shore or to an anchor.

Usage examples:

Twenty or so fishing boats were moored to the pierside

noun

A tract of open uncultivated upland, typically covered with heather.

Usage examples:

A little town in the moors

noun

A member of a north-western african muslim people of mixed berber and arab descent. in the 8th century they conquered the iberian peninsula, but were finally driven out of their last stronghold in granada at the end of the 15th century.

Usage examples:

For centuries córdoba was the moors' capital and one of europe's most sophisticated cities

adjective

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action.

Usage examples:

I argued this point with him, but he was obdurate

adjective

Extremely determined to act in a particular way and not to change despite what anyone else says

Usage examples:

The president remains obdurate on immigration., union leaders remain obdurate that working conditio…

adjective

Used to describe a person who refuses to change their mind, or someone or something that is difficult to deal with or change

Usage examples:

Union leaders remain obdurate that working conditions and pay improve., several obdurate facts/diff…

adjective

Admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering.

Usage examples:

She was resolute and unswerving

verb

Join or fasten (plates of metal) with a rivet or rivets.

Usage examples:

The linings are bonded, not riveted, to the brake shoes for longer wear

noun

A short metal pin or bolt for holding together two plates of metal, its headless end being beaten out or pressed down when in place.

Usage examples:

A rectangular plate containing an iron rivet

verb

Past simple and past participle of rivet

Usage examples:

Many parts of an aircraft are riveted together., it was an amazing film - i was absolutely riveted.…

adjective

Exhausted; worn out.

Usage examples:

I’m usually completely rooted by the end of a trip and need heaps of physio to recover

verb

Cause (a plant or cutting) to grow roots.

Usage examples:

Root your own cuttings from stock plants

verb

(of an animal) turn up the ground with its snout in search of food.

Usage examples:

Stray dogs rooting around for bones and scraps

adjective

Fixed or fastened so as not to give way, become loose, or be lost.

Usage examples:

Check to ensure that all nuts and bolts are secure

verb

Fix or attach (something) firmly so that it cannot be moved or lost.

Usage examples:

Pins secure the handle to the main body

adjective

Free from risk and the threat of change for the worse

Usage examples:

A secure job, people want to feel secure economically., the museum has a large endowment, so its fu…

adjective

(of an object or structure) not likely to give way or overturn; firmly fixed.

Usage examples:

Specially designed dinghies that are very stable

noun

A building set apart and adapted for keeping horses.

Usage examples:

The horse was led from its stable

verb

Put or keep (a horse) in a stable.

Usage examples:

They must be stabled and fed

adjective

Resolutely or dutifully firm and unwavering.

Usage examples:

Steadfast loyalty

adjective

Staying the same for a long time; not changing or losing purpose

Usage examples:

Steadfast beliefs, a steadfast friend

adjective

Not easily bent or changed in shape; rigid.

Usage examples:

A stiff black collar

noun

A dead body.

Usage examples:

When the bodies of various stiffs start disappearing from the local morgue, the police are baffled …

verb

Cheat (someone) out of something, especially money.

Usage examples:

Several workers were stiffed out of their pay

adjective

Having or showing dogged determination not to change one's attitude or position on something, especially in spite of good arguments or reasons to do so.

Usage examples:

A stubborn refusal to learn from experience

adjective

Opposed to change or suggestion

Usage examples:

He’s sick, but he’s too stubborn to see a doctor., stubborn stains, a stubborn problem

verb

Push a sharp or pointed object into or through (something).

Usage examples:

He stuck his fork into the sausage

noun

A thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.

Usage examples:

Hayes picked up a fallen stick and twirled it idly between his fingers.

noun

A long, thin piece of something.

Usage examples:

a stick of dynamite

adjective

Tending to keep a firm hold of something; clinging or adhering closely.

Usage examples:

A tenacious grip

adjective

Unwilling to accept defeat or stop doing or having something

Usage examples:

Seles is a tenacious opponent – she never gives in., they cling with admirable tenacity to their tr…

adjective

Reserved, formal, or strict in one's behaviour or attitudes; austere and inflexible.

Usage examples:

He was so unbending and uncompromising

verb

Make or become straight from a bent or twisted form or position.

Usage examples:

I had trouble unbending my cramped knees

adjective

If someone is unbending, they often make fixed judgments and decisions that they are unwilling to change

Usage examples:

He has earned a reputation as a stern and unbending politician.

adjective

Not able to be moved.

Usage examples:

The cypresses stand tall and unbudgeable in the blustery wind

adjective

Showing an unwillingness to make concessions to others, especially by changing one's ways or opinions.

Usage examples:

His uncompromising stance on the issue

adjective

(of a person or a person's opinions) fixed and not easily changed

Usage examples:

People are intimidated by her uncompromising ways.

adjective

Without error or fault.

Usage examples:

His unfailing memory for names

adjective

(of a positive quality of someone’s character) showing itself at all times

Usage examples:

She was known for her unfailing good humor.

adjective

Not yielding in strength, severity, or determination.

Usage examples:

The heat was unrelenting

adjective

Extremely determined; never weakening or ending

Usage examples:

Unrelenting toughness/opposition, unrelenting neglect/pollution

adjective

(of a belief, feeling, or opinion) strongly felt and unable to be changed.

Usage examples:

My unshakeable faith in the goodness of mankind

adjective

If someone's trust or belief is unshakeable, it is firm and cannot be made weaker or destroyed

Usage examples:

She was blessed with an unshakeable belief in her own abilities.

adjective

Not changing or becoming weaker; steady or constant.

Usage examples:

Unswerving loyalty

adjective

Not wavering; steady or resolute.

Usage examples:

She fixed him with an unwavering stare

adjective

Never moving or looking away from something

Usage examples:

She met his unwavering stare., her belief in the project has been unwavering.

adjective

(of a mass or structure) not giving way to pressure; hard or solid.

Usage examples:

The atlantic hurled its waves at the unyielding rocks

adjective

Not giving up control or responsibility for (something) as a result of influence or persuasion

Usage examples:

The economist showed an unyielding commitment to tough financial stability.