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# hobble

«hobble» in Mova's school dictionary: **To walk with short, slow, unsteady steps, often because…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (hobble, hobbles, hobbled, hobbling)

### meaning for a pupil

To walk with short, slow, unsteady steps, often because you are hurt, tired or old. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobble/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

a character who pretends to be lame, or an old woman walking home

### examples

- The old dog hobbled to his bed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobble/#x1)
- He hurt his foot and had to hobble home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobble/#x2)
- She hobbled off, grumbling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobble/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hobble» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobble/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.