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im·mo·bile
(ĭ-mō′bəl, -bēl′, -bīl′)adj.
1. Immovable; fixed: an immobile rock formation.
2. Not moving; motionless: The patient in the coma was immobile.
3. Not very mobile or agile; capable of moving only slowly: an immobile quarterback.
im′mo·bil′i·ty (-bĭl′ĭ-tē) n.
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immobile
(ɪˈməʊbaɪl)adj
1. not moving; motionless
2. not able to move or be moved; fixed
immobility n
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im•mo•bile
(ɪˈmoʊ bəl, -bil)adj.
1. incapable of moving or being moved.
2. motionless.
im`mo•bil′i•ty, n.
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Adj. | 1. | immobile - not capable of movement or of being moved mobile - moving or capable of moving readily (especially from place to place); "a mobile missile system"; "the tongue is...the most mobile articulator" |
2. | immobile - securely fixed in place; "the post was still firm after being hit by the car" fixed - securely placed or fastened or set; "a fixed piece of wood"; "a fixed resistor" |
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immobile
adjective
1. motionless, still, stationary, fixed, rooted, frozen, stable, halted, stiff, rigid, static, riveted, lifeless, inert, at rest, inanimate, immovable, immobilized, at a standstill, unmoving, stock-still, like a statue, immotile He remained as immobile as if carved out of rock.
motionless mobile, portable, on the move, movable
motionless mobile, portable, on the move, movable
2. crippled, paralysed, incapacitated, laid up (informal), bedridden, housebound, enfeebled A riding accident had left him immobile.
crippled active, vigorous
crippled active, vigorous
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immobile
adjective2. Not moving:
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Translations
ساكِن، غَيْر مُتَحَرِّكغَير قادِر على الحَرَكَه
nehybnýnepohyblivý
immobilubevægelig
megmozdíthatatlan
hreyfingarlaus, grafkyrróbifanlegur, óhreyfanlegur
atimti galimybę judėtinegalintis judėtinegalintis vaikščiotinejudamumasnejudantis
nekustīgs
nepohyblivý
hareketsizkımıldamayansabit
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
immobile
adj (= not moving) → unbeweglich; (= not able to move) person (through injury etc) → bewegungslos; (through lack of transport) → unbeweglich, immobil; to render somebody immobile → jdn bewegungsunfähig machen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
immobile
(iˈməubail) adjective1. not able to move or be moved. His leg was put in plaster and he was immobile for several weeks.
2. not moving; motionless. He crouched there immobile until they had gone.
ˌimmoˈbility (-ˈbi-) nounimˈmobilize, imˈmobilise (-bi-) verb
to make immobile. He immobilized the car by removing part of the engine.
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immobile
a. inmóvil, estable, fijo-a; que no se puede mover.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
immobile
adj inmóvilEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.