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# infirm

«infirm» in Mova's school dictionary: **weak in body, often because of old age or illness** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

Infirm means weak in body, often because of old age or illness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infirm/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

an old king or a sick crew who are too weak to do their work

### examples

- My grandad is infirm now and walks with a stick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infirm/#x1)
- The old king was too infirm to ride. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infirm/#x2)
- The sailors were infirm and sickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infirm/#x3)
- Many infirm people need help to cross the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infirm/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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