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# immobilise

«immobilise» in Mova's school dictionary: **To stop someone or something from moving or working** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (immobilise, immobilises, immobilised, immobilising; US spelling immobilize)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To stop someone or something from moving or working. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobilise/#m1)

2) (first aid) To keep an injured body part still, for example with a splint or sling, so it does not get worse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobilise/#m2)

3) To stop a vehicle from being started, as with a car alarm or wheel clamp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobilise/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In first-aid and safety lessons, you immobilise a broken arm with a sling and do not move someone who may have a neck injury. In science stories, a spider's venom immobilises its prey. In everyday life cars have immobilisers to stop thieves. Phrases: immobilise the injury, immobilise the prey, immobilise a car.

### examples

- The first-aider used a sling to immobilise my broken arm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobilise/#x1)
- The spider's bite immobilises the fly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobilise/#x2)
- Snow and ice immobilised the whole town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobilise/#x3)
- The car has a device that immobilises the engine if it's stolen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobilise/#x4)
- Don't move someone who might have hurt their neck; paramedics will immobilise it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobilise/#x5)
- The cold immobilised the lizard until the sun warmed it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/immobilise/#x6)

### note

UK «immobilise», US «immobilize». Noun: «immobilisation»; a car's anti-theft device is an «immobiliser». Related adjective «immobile».

### Trees and pragmatics

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