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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
limp
the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg
• Syn:
hitch, hobble
• Derivationally related forms:
hobble (for: hobble), hitch (for: hitch)
• Hypernyms:
gait
1. walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury (Freq. 3)
- The old woman hobbles down to the store every day
• Syn:
gimp, hobble, hitch
• Derivationally related forms:
hitch (for: hitch), hobble (for: hobble), hobbler (for: hobble), gimp (for: gimp), limper
• Hypernyms:
walk
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- They limp up the hill
2. proceed slowly or with difficulty (Freq. 1)
- the boat limped into the harbor
• Hypernyms:
proceed, go forward, continue
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
- They limp up the hill
1. not firm (Freq. 3)
- wilted lettuce
• Syn:
wilted
• Similar to:
stale
2. lacking in strength or firmness or resilience
- gave a limp handshake
- "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton
- a slack grip
• Similar to:
lax
• Derivationally related forms:
limpness
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