Associations to the word «Immobilize»

Wiktionary

IMMOBILIZE, verb. To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.

Dictionary definition

IMMOBILIZE, verb. Hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital.
IMMOBILIZE, verb. To hold fast or prevent from moving; "The child was pinned under the fallen tree".
IMMOBILIZE, verb. Make defenseless.
IMMOBILIZE, verb. Convert (assets) into fixed capital.
IMMOBILIZE, verb. Prohibit the conversion or use of (assets); "Blocked funds"; "Freeze the assets of this hostile government".
IMMOBILIZE, verb. Cause to be unable to move; "The sudden storm immobilized the traffic".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats