noun Download 🔗Share (sometimes offensive) a person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body. Examples : "He returned from war a cripple." person body medicine human suffering condition ability Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A shortened wooden stud or brace used to construct the portion of a wall above a door or above and below a window. Examples : "The carpenter used a cripple to frame the wall above the new window. " architecture building structure Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Scrapple. Examples : "The recipe called for a large batch of scrapple for the potluck. " food Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share (among lumbermen) A rocky shallow in a stream. Examples : "The lumberjack carefully navigated the swift current, avoiding the dangerous cripple in the stream. " geography environment Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To make someone a cripple; to cause someone to become physically impaired Examples : "The car bomb crippled five passers-by." medicine body action human condition suffering Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To damage seriously; to destroy Examples : "My ambitions were crippled by a lack of money." disaster medicine war condition ability suffering Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To release a product (especially a computer program) with reduced functionality, in some cases, making the item essentially worthless. Examples : "The word processor was released in a crippled demonstration version that did not allow you to save." technology computing business item function Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To nerf something which is overpowered Examples : "The game developers crippled the overpowered character by reducing its attack damage. " game computing technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Crippled. Examples : "The accident left the young boy with a crippled leg. " medicine condition body Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading