MEANING
To inflict an injury that seriously impairs a body's function, often permanently.
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Words that belong together
- maim a victim
- maimed in an accident
On the page
The explosion maimed survivors who had been far from the window.
She feared the trap would maim whoever opened the door.
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Word forms
- Base
- maim
- Past tense
- maimed
- Past participle
- maimed
- Present participle
- maiming
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- maim
- Present continuous
- am/is/are maiming
- Present perfect
- have/has maimed
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been maiming
- Past
- maimed
- Past continuous
- was/were maiming
- Past perfect
- had maimed
- Past perfect continuous
- had been maiming
- Future
- will maim
- Future continuous
- will be maiming
- Future perfect
- will have maimed
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been maiming
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: maim; maims; maimed; maimed; maiming Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: maims.
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