Dictionary entry details
• IMMOBILISE (verb)
Meaning:
Hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
immobilise; immobilize
Hypernyms (to "immobilise" is one way to...):
keep back; withhold (hold back; refuse to hand over or share)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
To hold fast or prevent from moving
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
pin; immobilise; immobilize; trap
Context example:
The child was pinned under the fallen tree
Sentence frames:
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Meaning:
Make defenseless
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
immobilize; immobilise
Hypernyms (to "immobilise" is one way to...):
beat; beat out; crush; shell; trounce; vanquish (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict)
Sentence frames:
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Meaning:
Convert (assets) into fixed capital
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
immobilise; immobilize
Hypernyms (to "immobilise" is one way to...):
change over; convert (change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
immobilise; immobilize; freeze; block
Context examples:
Blocked funds / Freeze the assets of this hostile government
Hypernyms (to "immobilise" is one way to...):
keep back; withhold (hold back; refuse to hand over or share)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Cause to be unable to move
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
immobilise; immobilize
Context example:
The sudden storm immobilized the traffic
Hypernyms (to "immobilise" is one way to...):
curb; curtail; cut back; restrict (place restrictions on)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "immobilise"):
paralyse; paralyze (cause to be paralyzed and immobile)
stun; stupefy (make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow)
Sentence frames:
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