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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"
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).
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.
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.
Definition of maim verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
5 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 deprive of the use of some necessary part of the body; cripple; mutilate; disable. To make imperfect or defective; impair. An injury causing the loss or crippling of some necessary part of the body; mutilation; disablement.
MAIM definition: to injure someone permanently: . Learn more.
