IMMOBILE


Meaning of IMMOBILE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪmoʊbaɪl, AM -b(ə)l ]

1.

Someone or something that is immobile is completely still.

Joe remained as immobile as if he had been carved out of rock.

= motionless

ADJ : usu v-link ADJ

• im‧mo‧bil‧ity

Hyde maintained the rigid immobility of his shoulders.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

Someone or something that is immobile is unable to move or unable to be moved.

A riding accident left him immobile.

ADJ : usu v-link ADJ

• im‧mo‧bil‧ity

Again, the pain locked me into immobility.

N-UNCOUNT

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