cripple
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- lame derivation
Sense 2 verb
deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless
This measure crippled our efforts
Types & categories
- weaken hypernym
Sense 3 verb
deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
The accident has crippled her for life
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- cripple derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lame |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | crookback |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | weaken |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | cripple |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | maim |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | hamstring |