The meaning of Maul

Maul – definition

verb
(of an animal) wound (a person or animal) by scratching and tearing.
Usage examples:
A man was mauled by a lion at london zoo
Synonims:
Savage Attack Tear to pieces Lacerate Claw Mutilate Mangle Scratch

noun
(in rugby union) a loose scrum formed around a player with the ball off the ground.
Usage examples:
The grounding of the ball in a driven maul satisfied the touch judge, but not the referee, and anot…
noun
Another term for beetle2 (sense 1 of the noun).

verb
Injure badly

Maul translation into English

Maul: translate from English into Chinese

打伤, 抨击, 大槌

Maul: translate from English into Dutch

Maul, Toetakelen, Beuken, Moker, Slaan, Beukhamer, Kneuzen, Ranselen

Maul: translate from English into French

Malmener, Mutiler, Écraser, Déchiqueter, Frapper, Lacérer, Pile, Éreinter, Frappe-devant

Maul: translate from English into German

Maul, Übel zurichten, Verreißen, Rohe behandlung, Schlegel

Maul: translate from English into Hindi

आलोचना करना, पीटना, मॉल, मारना, नुकताचीनी करना, पीट देना

Maul: translate from English into Italian

Maglio, Bistrattare, Malmenare, Percuotere, Battere

Maul: translate from English into Korean

큰 나무 망치, 떠들썩한 싸움, 쳐부수다

Maul: translate from English into Russian

Молот, Терзать, Кувалда, Избивать, Жестоко критиковать, Грубо обращаться, Неумело обращаться, Калечить, Жестоко избивать

Maul: translate from English into Spanish

Mazo, Estropear, Maltratar, Magullar

Word origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘hammer or wooden club’, also ‘strike with a heavy weapon’): from Old French mail, from Latin malleus ‘hammer’.

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Maul – similar words

mauled

verb
(of an animal) wound (a person or animal) by scratching and tearing.
Usage examples:
A man was mauled by a lion at london zoo

noun
(in rugby union) a loose scrum formed around a player with the ball off the ground.
Usage examples:
The grounding of the ball in a driven maul satisfied the touch judge, but not the referee, and anot…

All meanings and translations of Mauled

Maul synonims

attack

verb
Take aggressive military action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force.
Usage examples:
In february the germans attacked verdun

noun
An aggressive and violent act against a person or place.
Usage examples:
He was killed in an attack on a checkpoint

verb
An offensive against an enemy

All meanings and translations of Attack

claw

noun
A curved pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot in birds, lizards, and some mammals.
Usage examples:
Stalls sold everything from dried lizards and birds' claws to spanners, nails and toothpaste.

verb
Scratch or tear something with the claws or the fingernails.
Usage examples:
The kitten was clawing at lowell's trouser leg

noun
One of the sharp, curved nails at the end of each of the toes of some animals and birds
Usage examples:
Our cat likes to sharpen her claws on the legs of the dining table., watch out – the lobster’s claw…

All meanings and translations of Claw

lacerate

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…

All meanings and translations of Lacerate

mangle

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…

All meanings and translations of Mangle

mutilate

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.

All meanings and translations of Mutilate

savage

adjective
(of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.
Usage examples:
Packs of savage dogs roamed the streets

noun
A brutal or vicious person.
Usage examples:
The mother of one of the victims has described his assailants as savages

verb
(especially of a dog or wild animal) attack ferociously and maul.
Usage examples:
Police are rounding up dogs after a girl was savaged

All meanings and translations of Savage

scratch

verb
Score or mark the surface of (something) with a sharp or pointed object.
Usage examples:
The car's paintwork was battered and scratched

noun
A mark or wound made by scratching.
Usage examples:
The scratches on her arm were throbbing

adjective
Assembled or made from whatever is available, and so unlikely to be of the highest quality.
Usage examples:
City were fielding a scratch squad

All meanings and translations of Scratch

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