The meaning of Maim

verb

Distort the shape or form of; make misshapen.

Usage examples:

He was physically deformed by a rare bone disease

verb

To change the shape or structure, esp. by using great pressure

Usage examples:

Heat generated by intense pressure deforms the rock.

verb

(of a disease, injury, or accident) limit (someone) in their movements, senses, or activities.

Usage examples:

It's an injury that could disable somebody for life

verb

To make something or someone unable to act in the correct or usual way

Usage examples:

Thieves disabled the museum’s alarm system.

verb

To turn off a part of a computer system, or stop it from working in the normal way

Usage examples:

To disable a program or device, right-click its listing under the appropriate category and choose '…

verb

Spoil the appearance of.

Usage examples:

Litter disfigures the countryside

verb

To spoil completely the appearance of someone or something

Usage examples:

She was horribly disfigured by burns.

verb

Cause pain or injury to.

Usage examples:

Ow! you're hurting me!

adjective

Physically injured.

Usage examples:

He complained of a hurt leg and asked his trainer to stop the fight

noun

Physical injury; harm.

Usage examples:

Rolling properly into a fall minimizes hurt

verb

Weaken or damage (something, especially a faculty or function).

Usage examples:

A noisy job could permanently impair their hearing

verb

To damage or weaken something so that it is less effective

Usage examples:

Lack of sleep impaired her ability to think clearly., [ c ] the law bans discrimination against any…

verb

Prevent from functioning in a normal way.

Usage examples:

He was incapacitated by a heart attack

verb

To remove someone’s ability to do something

Usage examples:

The accident incapacitated me for seven months., an incapacitating illness, the novel tells the sto…

verb

Do physical harm or damage to (someone).

Usage examples:

The explosion injured several people

verb

Cause bodily harm to

verb

Tear or make deep cuts in (flesh or skin).

Usage examples:

The point had lacerated his neck

verb

To cut or tear something, esp. flesh

Usage examples:

His face and hands were lacerated by the flying glass., [ c ] justina was treated for a scalp lacer…

verb

Destroy or severely damage by tearing or crushing.

Usage examples:

The car was mangled almost beyond recognition

noun

A machine having two or more rollers turned by a handle, between which wet laundry is squeezed to remove excess moisture.

Usage examples:

‘if i wasn't at school, i had to turn the handle on the mangle while mum put the sheets through,’ p…

verb

Press or squeeze with a mangle.

Usage examples:

The hard household labour often involved pounding clothes in a dolly tub and mangling them with a h…

verb

Impair the quality or appearance of; spoil.

Usage examples:

Violence marred a number of new year celebrations

abbreviation

March.

verb

To spoil something, making it less good or less enjoyable

Usage examples:

Water will mar the finish of polished wood.

verb

Inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on.

Usage examples:

Most of the prisoners had been mutilated

verb

Destroy or injure severely

verb

To damage very seriously, esp. by violently removing a part

Usage examples:

[ u ] creatures living in the woods were blamed for the mutilation of animals in the village.

noun

An injury to living tissue caused by a cut, blow, or other impact, typically one in which the skin is cut or broken.

Usage examples:

A knife wound

verb

Inflict a wound on.

Usage examples:

The sergeant was seriously wounded

verb

Past and past participle of wind2.