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- DictionaryMaim/mām/
verb
- 1. wound or injure (someone) so that part of the body is permanently damaged: "100,000 soldiers were killed or maimed"
To maim something is to disfigure it through force or violence. Wartime battles have a tendency to maim soldiers. The verb maim is related to mayhem, which, historically, was the act of hurting another person so badly that they couldn’t defend themselves.
tr.v. maimed, maim·ing, maims. 1. To injure, disable, or disfigure, usually by depriving of the use of a limb or other part of the body. See Synonyms at mangle. 2. To make imperfect or defective; impair: "The presumption of innocence has already been maimed ... for foreign Muslims" (Nicholas D. Kristof).
Definition of maim verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
3 days ago · an injury or defect; blemish; lack. SYNONYMS 1. maim, lacerate, mangle, mutilate indicate the infliction of painful and severe injuries on the body. To maim is to injure by giving a disabling wound, or by depriving a person of one or more body parts or their use: maimed in an accident.
Maim, lacerate, mangle, mutilate indicate the infliction of painful and severe injuries on the body. To maim is to injure by giving a disabling wound, or by depriving a person of one or more members or their use: maimed in an accident.
2 days ago · 1. to deprive of the use of some part of the body by wounding or the like. The explosion maimed him for life. 2. to impair; make essentially defective. The essay was maimed by deletion of important paragraphs. noun obsolete. 3. a physical injury, esp. a loss of a limb. 4. an injury or defect; blemish; lack.
MAIM definition: to injure someone permanently: . Learn more.
