maim  (mm) tr.v. maimed, maim·ing, maims 1. To injure, disable, or disfigure, usually by depriving of the use of a limb or other part of the body. See Synonyms at batter1. 2. To make imperfect or defective; impair. [Middle English maimen, from Old French mahaignier; see mayhem.] maimer n.

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maim [meɪm]

vb (tr)

1. to mutilate, cripple, or disable a part of the body of (a person or animal)

2. to make defective

n

Obsolete an injury or defect

[from Old French mahaignier to wound, probably of Germanic origin]

maimedness  [ˈmeɪmɪdnɪs] n

maimer  n

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maim (meɪm) 

v.t.

1. to deprive of the use of some part of the body, esp. by wounding.

2. to impair; disfigure.

n.

3. Obs. an injury, esp. loss of a limb.

[1250–1300; < Anglo-French, Old French mahaignier, perhaps < Frankish *maithanjan to castrate]

maim′er, n.

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1.

maim - injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion" injure, wound - cause injuries or bodily harm to mar, mutilate - destroy or injure severely; "mutilated bodies" lame, cripple - deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The accident has crippled her for life"

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maim

verb cripple, hurt, injure, wound, mar, disable, hamstring, impair, lame, mutilate, mangle, incapacitate, put out of action One man has lost his life; another has been maimed.

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maim (meim) verb

mu·ti·late  (mytl-t) tr.v. mu·ti·lat·ed, mu·ti·lat·ing, mu·ti·lates 1. To deprive of a limb or an essential part; cripple. 2. To disfigure by damaging irreparably: mutilate a statue. See Synonyms at batter1. 3. To make imperfect by excising or altering parts. [Latin mutilre, mutilt-, from mutilus, maimed.] muti·lation n. muti·lative adj. muti·lator n.

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mutilate [ˈmjuːtɪˌleɪt]

vb (tr)

1. (Medicine / Pathology) to deprive of a limb, essential part, etc.; maim; dismember

2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) to mar, expurgate, or damage (a text, book, etc)

[from Latin mutilāre to cut off; related to mutilus maimed]

mutilation  n

mutilative  adj

mutilator  n

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mu•ti•late (ˈmyut lˌeɪt) 

v.t. -lat•ed, -lat•ing.

1. to injure or disfigure by removing or irreparably damaging parts: to mutilate a painting.

2. to deprive (a person or animal) of a limb or other essential part.

[1525–35; < Latin mutilātus, past participle of mutilāre to maim, derivative of mutilus mutilated; see -ate¹]

mu`ti•la′tion, n.

mu′ti•la`tor, n.

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Verb	1.	mutilate - destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work" cut up, mangle damage - inflict damage upon; "The snow damaged the roof"; "She damaged the car when she hit the tree"
	2.	mutilate - alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language" murder, mangle distort, falsify, garble, warp - make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story
	3.	mutilate - destroy or injure severely; "mutilated bodies" mar maim - injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion" gouge, force out - force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes"

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mutilate

verb

1. maim, damage, injure, disable, butcher, cripple, hack, lame, cut up, mangle, dismember, disfigure, lacerate, cut to pieces He tortured and mutilated six young men.

2. distort, cut, damage, mar, spoil, butcher, hack, censor, adulterate, expurgate, bowdlerize The writer's verdict was that his screenplay had been mutilated.

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tap·is  (tp, tps, t-p) n. Obsolete Tapestry or comparable material used for draperies, carpeting, and furniture covering. Idiom: on the tapis Under consideration. [Middle English, from Old French; see tapestry.]

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tapis [ˈtæpiː ˈtæpɪ (French) tapi]

n pl tapis

(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) tapestry or carpeting, esp as formerly used to cover a table in a council chamber

[from French, from Old French tapiz, from Greek tapētion rug, from tapēs carpet]

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tap•is (ˈtæp i, ˈtæp ɪs, tæˈpi) 

n., pl. tap•is.

Obs. a carpet, tapestry, or other covering.

Idioms:

on the tapis, under consideration or discussion.

[1485–95; < Middle French; Old French tapiz « Greek tapḗtion]

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Noun

1.

tapis - a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery tapestry cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"

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tap·es·try  (tp-str) n. pl. tap·es·tries 1. A heavy cloth woven with rich, often varicolored designs or scenes, usually hung on walls for decoration and sometimes used to cover furniture. 2. Something felt to resemble a richly and complexly designed cloth: the tapestry of world history. tr.v. tap·es·tried (--strd), tap·es·try·ing, tap·es·tries (--strz) 1. To hang or decorate with tapestry. 2. To make, weave, or depict in a tapestry. [Middle English tapiceri, tapstri, from Old French tapisserie, from tapisser, to cover with carpet, from tapis, carpet, from Greek taption, diminutive of taps, perhaps of Iranian origin.]

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tapestry [ˈtæpɪstrɪ]

n pl -tries

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a heavy ornamental fabric, often in the form of a picture, used for wall hangings, furnishings, etc., and made by weaving coloured threads into a fixed warp

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Knitting & Sewing) another word for needlepoint

3. a colourful and complicated situation the rich tapestry of London life

[from Old French tapisserie carpeting, from Old French tapiz carpet; see tapis]

tapestried  adj

tapestry-like  adj

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tap•es•try (ˈtæp ə stri) 

n., pl. -tries, n.

1. a fabric consisting of a warp upon which colored threads are woven by hand to produce a reversible design, often pictorial, used for wall hangings, furniture coverings, etc.

2. a machine-woven, nonreversible reproduction of this.

v.t.

3. to furnish, cover, or adorn with tapestry.

4. to represent or depict in a tapestry.

[1400–50; late Middle English tapst(e)ry, tapistry < Middle French tapisserie carpeting. See tapis]

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Noun	1.	tapestry - something that resembles a tapestry in its complex pictorial designs; "the tapestry of European history" complexity, complexness - the quality of being intricate and compounded; "he enjoyed the complexity of modern computers"
	2.	tapestry - a heavy textile with a woven design; used for curtains and upholstery tapis cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
	3.	tapestry - a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric with pictorial designs arras edging - border consisting of anything placed on the edge to finish something (such as a fringe on clothing or on a rug) hanging, wall hanging - decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window; "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"

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tapestry (ˈtӕpəstri) – plural ˈtapestries – noun

(a piece of) cloth into which a picture or design has been sewn or woven, hung on a wall for decoration or used to cover eg the seats of chairs. Four large tapestries hung on the walls.

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