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rippling
(encz) | rippling, |
Rippling
(gcide) | Ripple \Rip"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rippled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rippling.] [Cf. Rimple, Rumple.]
1. To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when
agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered
with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain.
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2. To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough
bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
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rippling
(wn) | rippling
n 1: a small wave on the surface of a liquid [syn: ripple,
rippling, riffle, wavelet] |
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crippling
(encz) | crippling,zmrzačení n: Zdeněk Brož |
cripplingly
(encz) | cripplingly, |
Crippling
(gcide) | Crippling \Crip"pling\ (-pl?ng), n.
Spars or timbers set up as a support against the side of a
building.
[1913 Webster]Cripple \Crip"ple\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crippled (-p'ld); p.
pr. & vb. n. Crippling (-pl?ng).]
1. To deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or
foot; to lame.
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He had crippled the joints of the noble child. --Sir
W. Scott.
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2. To deprive of strength, activity, or capability for
service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as,
to be financially crippled.
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More serious embarrassments . . . were crippling the
energy of the settlement in the Bay. --Palfrey.
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An incumbrance which would permanently cripple the
body politic. --Macaulay.
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Rippling
(gcide) | Ripple \Rip"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rippled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rippling.] [Cf. Rimple, Rumple.]
1. To become fretted or dimpled on the surface, as water when
agitated or running over a rough bottom; to be covered
with small waves or undulations, as a field of grain.
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2. To make a sound as of water running gently over a rough
bottom, or the breaking of ripples on the shore.
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Ripplingly
(gcide) | Ripplingly \Rip"pling*ly\, adv.
In a rippling manner.
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crippling
(wn) | crippling
adj 1: that cripples or disables or incapacitates; "a crippling
injury" [syn: crippling, disabling, incapacitating] |
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