Immobilize

Definitions: Immobilize

Immobilize

Verb

1. Hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital.

2. To hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree".

3. Make defenseless.

4. Convert (assets) into fixed capital.

5. Prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government".

6. Cause to be immobile; "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic".

Note: Immobilize \Im*mob"i*lize\, transitive verb. [Prefix im- in mobilize; compare to f. immobiliser.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Immobilize

Synonyms: block (v), freeze (v), immobilise (v), pin (v), trap (v). (additional references)

Antonym: unblock (v). (additional references)

Crosswords: Immobilize

English words defined with "immobilize": pin ♦ sea snake, splint. (references)

Specialty definitions using "immobilize": antitank mine ♦ CARPENTER, PROTOTYPE ♦ Land Disposal Restrictions ♦ sayre, Sayre splint ♦ to immobilize a feeder way, to immobilize switching or sectioning equipment. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You're scared of mice and spiders, but oh-so-much greater is your fear that one day the two species will cross-breed to form an all-powerful race of mice-spiders who will immobilize human beings in giant webs in order to steal cheese. (Spaced; writing credit: Simon Pegg; Jessica Stevenson)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		In some cases, an eye patch may be used to immobilize the eyelids. (references)
		They may patch the eye to immobilize it, or prescribe lubricating eye drops and ointments. (references)
		The care and treatment of persons with a suspected spinal cord injury begins with emergency medical services personnel, who must evaluate and immobilize the patient. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Immobilize" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 86.67% of the time. "Immobilize" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	86.67%	13	97,576
Lexical Verb (base form)	13.33%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	15	N/A

Expressions using "immobilize": immobilize by fire ♦ to immobilize a feeder way ♦ to immobilize switching or sectioning equipment. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "immobilize"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		ngujoj, bllokoj (block, blockade, clog, close up, freeze, jam, lay up, lock, obstruct, occlude, stop, tie up). (various references)

Arabic		‏جمد في مكانه, ‏جمد (block, congeal, freeze, frost, make frozen, set, solidify), ‏شل الحركة. (various references)

Bulgarian		слагам шина, спирам (arrest, bit, block, brake, bring to, bring to rest, bring up, call a halt, cease, check, come to a halt, come to rest, cut, cut off, cut short, die, discontinue, draw up, drive up, dwell, end, fix, go phut, halt, hang up, heave to, hold back, hold in, impede, inhibit, intervene, keep off, kill, leave off, lock, occlude, preclude, prevent, pull in, pull up, put in, quash, quit, run down, snub, stint, stop, suppress, suspend, trammel, trig, withhold), заковавам (board, board up, fasten with nails, fix, nail, nail down, transfix), задържам (apprehend, arrest, can, contain, detain, deter, entrap, hold, hold back, hold off, hold over, hold up, inhibit, keep, keep away, keep back, keep down, occlude, press back, reserve, restrain, retain, trig), приковавам (chain, enchain, root, stud). (various references)

Chinese		固定 (FIX, fixate, fixed, fixedly, immobile, immobilise, immobilizing, immovable). (various references)

Czech		imobilizovat, znehybnit, zastavit (arrest, call a halt, call off, cease, check, discontinue, draw up, halt, hock, pawn, pull back, put in, quit, stay, stem, stop, suspend, tackle), ochromit (hamstring, palsy, paralyze). (various references)

Danish		metode til immobilisering af affaldsstoffer i gasform (process to immobilize gaseous waste), blokere koblingsmateriel (to immobilise switching or sectioning equipment, to immobilize switching or sectioning equipment), blokere i åben stilling (to immobilise in open position, to immobilize in open position), blokere fjernkontrollen til en afbryder (to immobilise remote control of an item of plant, to immobilize remote control of an item of plant), blokere en fødeledning (to immobilise a feeder way, to immobilize a feeder way), anordning til fastholdelse af trawlskovlene (device to immobilize the otter boards). (various references)

Dutch		voorziening voor het blokkeren van de visborden (device to immobilize the otter boards), methode voor de immobilisering van gasvormig afval (process to immobilize gaseous waste), een schakelaar blokkeren (to immobilise switching or sectioning equipment, to immobilize switching or sectioning equipment), blokkering van de scheiders van een afgaand veld tegen inschakeling (to immobilise a feeder way, to immobilize a feeder way), blokkeren van de verrebediening van een schakelaar (to immobilise remote control of an item of plant, to immobilize remote control of an item of plant), blokkeren tegen inschakeling (to immobilise in open position, to immobilize in open position). (various references)

Farsi		مدتی دربستربی حرکت ماندن , جمع کردن (Add, Agglomerate, Aggregate, Callup, Cluster, Collect, Constrict, Convene, Eke, Gather, Gross, In, Purse, Reef, Rollup, Total, Tote), ازجنبش وحرکت بازداشتن , ثابت کردن (Clinch, Evidence, Freeze, Posit, Prover, Stable), بی بسیج کردن . (various references)

Finnish		ottaa pois käytöstä auki-asennossa (to immobilise in open position, to immobilize in open position), ottaa laitoksen osan kauko-ohjaus pois käytöstä (to immobilise remote control of an item of plant, to immobilize remote control of an item of plant), kytkeä syöttö jännitteettömäksi (to immobilise a feeder way, to immobilize a feeder way), katkaisijan lukitseminen (to immobilise switching or sectioning equipment, to immobilize switching or sectioning equipment). (various references)

French		immobiliser. (various references)

German		festlegen (appoint, arrange, determine, determines, establish, fix, fixed, lay down, pin down, schedule, scotching, set, settle, state, stipulate, tie, to state). (various references)

Greek		ακινητοποιώ (becalm, overpower, tie up), θέτω εισ ακινησία. (various references)

Hebrew		ליצב (consolidate, stabilize, steady), ל�"קפיא (congeal, freeze), ל� יח. (various references)

Hungarian		rögzít (ascertain, fasten, fix, stabilize, tie down, to anchor, to clog, to dung, to engrain, to ingrain, to lock, to make fast, to record, to secure, to tackle, to tie), megmozdíthatatlanná tesz, megbénít (benumb, cripple, hamstring, lame, palsy, paralyse, paralyze, to benumb, to disable, to hamstring, to hock, to inhibit, to lame, to maim, to palsy, to tie up), leköt (absorb, held, obligate, to arrest, to engage, to engross, to hold, to obligate, to peg down, to pledge, to take up, to tie, to tie up), befagyaszt (to block). (various references)

Italian		immobilizzare (immobilise, impale, pinion). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		押さえ込む (to immobilize, to pin down). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		おさえ�"む (to crowd into, to immobilize, to pin down, to push into). (various references)

Korean		� � �시키십시�" (immobilise). (various references)

Manx		jannoo neughleashagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		immobilizeay.(various references)

Portuguese		imobilizar (paralyse, paralyze), imobilidade (immobility, immovability, inactivity, rest, time out), tornar imóvel, reter (abstract, contain, detain, hold, hold back, keep company, occlusion, preserve, restrain, retain, withhold), prender (apprehend, arrest, attract, bind, bond, cage, capture, clip, confine, coop, cop, detain, drop behind, embay, fasten, gaol, get fast, gift shop, grapple, handsel, hoop, incarceration, jail, jug, kennel, knit, lag, linkage, lock in, mewl, nab, pin, prison, quod, run in, secure, seize, shut, snaffle bit, take, take up, to apprehend, to arrest, to hang-up, to lodge, to seize), paralisar (benumb, block, choke, palsy, paralyse, paralyze, petrochemical, shrivel). (various references)

Romanian		imobiliza (hold, transfix), retrage din circulaţie (Burke, call in), fixa (accommodate, adapt, adjust, affix, anchor, appoint, arrange, arrest, ascertain, assess, assign, attach, attune, bed, bind, bond, brace, clamp, clasp, define, determine, dog, establish, fasten, find, fit, fix, hitch, impact, imprint, indicate, ingrain, lay, make fast, mount, nail, nail down, name, nominate, pin, pin down, place, put on, recognize, regulate, schedule, secure, settle, stamp, state, stick, stiffen, stipulate, strengthen, tie, trace, tune). (various references)

Russian		изымать из обращения (demonetize), делать неподвижным. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		imobilizovati, učiniti nepokretnim. (various references)

Spanish		inmovilizar (lock up, pin down, tie up). (various references)

Swedish		göra orörlig. (various references)

Turkish		tedavülden kaldırmak (call in, demonetize, retire, withdraw from circulation), sabitlemek (fasten, fasten up, stay), hareketsiz hale getirmek, bloke etmek (arrest, block, lock, lock up, tie up). (various references)

Ukranian		сковувати (chain, fetter, gyve, tether, tie), накладати шину, позбавляти рухливості. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "immobilize": immobilized, immobilizer, immobilizers, immobilizes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Immobilize" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: immobili, immobilizer, immobilze, immoblize, immoilize. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "immobilize" (pronounced 'Im*mob"i*lize'): Alkalize, Artilize, Balize, Cabalize, Carbolize, Civilize, Cross-fertilize, Decivilize, Demobilize, Diabolize, Epistolize, Fabulize, fertilize, Formulize, Gallize, Gargalize, Latibulize, metabolize, Metallize, Miraculize, mobilize, monopolize, Naphthalize, Nebulize, Obelize, Obolize, Pettifogulize, Recrystallize, Regulize, Ridiculize, Scruou-lize, Similize, Syphilize, tantalize, Unmonopolize. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-i-i-i-l-m-m-o-z"
	-2 letters: immobile, mobilize.
	-4 letters: emboli, mobile, zombie.
	-5 letters: bezil, biome, limbi, limbo, mimeo, obeli, zombi.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-i-i-i-l-m-m-o-z"
	+1 letter: immobilized, immobilizer, immobilizes.
	+2 letters: immobilizers.
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