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# limping

«limping» in Mova's school dictionary: **walking unevenly because a leg or foot hurts** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb form (-ing of limp: he is limping); adjective (a limping dog); noun (limping, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Limping is walking unevenly because a leg or foot hurts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limping/#m1)

2) A limping animal or person is one who walks that way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limping/#m2)

3) Figuratively, limping means going on slowly and badly, like a limping business. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limping/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it signals injury or tiredness; in safety lessons, a limping child should stop playing and tell an adult. Phrases: "limping badly", "came limping back", "limping along".

### examples

- The puppy was limping, so we took it to the vet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limping/#x1)
- Sam came limping into class after football. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limping/#x2)
- A limping horse should not be ridden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limping/#x3)
- She was limping because her new shoes hurt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limping/#x4)
- The bird was limping across the grass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limping/#x5)
- Grandpa has been limping since his knee operation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limping/#x6)
- The old bus went limping up the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limping/#x7)
- She picked up the leg sulkily and led her cow away, the poor animal limping on three legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/limping/#x8)

### note

Spelled with one p: limp + ing = limping. Use "is/was limping" for an action going on. Not to be confused with "limbing" (not a word).

### Trees and pragmatics

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