Definitions for maim
meɪmmaim

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. maimverb

   injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation

   "people were maimed by the explosion"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. maimverb

   To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.

2. Etymology: maymen, mahaymen, from maheimer, mahaigner; see mayhem.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Maimnoun

   Etymology: from the verb.

   1. Privation of some essential part; lameness, produced by a wound or amputation.

   Surely there is more cause to fear, least the want thereof be a maim, than the use a blemish. Richard Hooker, b. v.

   Humphry, duke of Glo’ster, scarce himself,
   That bears so shrewd a maim; two pulls at once;
   A lady banish’d, and a limb lopt off? William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

   2. Injury; mischief.

   Not so deep a maim,
   As to be cast forth in the common air,
   Have I deserved. William Shakespeare, Rich. II.

   3. Essential defect.

   A noble author esteems it to be a maim in history, that the acts of parliament should not be recited. John Hayward.

2. To MAIMverb

   To deprive of any necessary part; to cripple by loss of a limb.

   Etymology: maitan, Gothick, to cut off; mehaigner, to maim, old French; mehaina, Armorick; mancus, Lat.

   You wrought to be a legate; by which power
   You maim’d the jurisdiction of all bishops. William Shakespeare.

   The multitude wondered when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, and the lame to walk; and they glorified God. Matth. xv. 31.

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1. maim

   Maim refers to the action of injuring or wounding someone severely, often causing permanent damage or disfigurement. It can also be used metaphorically to indicate extreme damage or harm to objects, concepts or situations.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Maimverb

   to deprive of the use of a limb, so as to render a person on fighting less able either to defend himself or to annoy his adversary

2. Maimverb

   to mutilate; to cripple; to injure; to disable; to impair

3. Maim

   the privation of the use of a limb or member of the body, by which one is rendered less able to defend himself or to annoy his adversary

4. Maim

   the privation of any necessary part; a crippling; mutilation; injury; deprivation of something essential. See Mayhem

5. Etymology: [OF. mehaing. See Maim, v.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Maim

   mām, n. a bruise: an injury: a lameness: the loss of any essential part.—v.t. to bruise: to disfigure: to injure: to lame or cripple: to render defective.—n. Maim′edness, the state of being maimed or injured. [O. Fr. mehaing, a bruise.]

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1. MAIM

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of maim in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of maim in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of maim in a Sentence

1. Jan Kubis:

   Despite their steady losses to pro government forces, the scourge of ISIL continues to kill, maim and displace Iraqi civilians in the thousands and to cause untold suffering.

2. Phil Robertson:

   Myanmar's military, and its accomplices in Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government, are taking advantage of the world's distraction with Covid-19 to press forward with military atrocities to try and break the back of the Arakan Army resistance, and they don't care who they kill or maim to do it.

3. President Trump:

   Theyre allowed to kill our people. Theyre allowed to torture and maim our people. Theyre allowed to use roadside bombs and blow up our people. And were not allowed to touch their cultural sites? It doesnt work that way.

4. Valerie Amos:

   The government, armed and terrorist groups, continue to kill, maim, rape, torture and take Syria to new lows that seemed unimaginable a few years ago, we need the numbness to the senseless violence and the apparent apathy to end.

5. Marco Rubio:

   As Palestinian terrorists continue to murder and maim Israelis, the Obama administration is spreading malicious falsehoods about the attacks.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=maim
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Maim
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=maim
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maim
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=maim