"hamble" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: hambles [present, singular, third-person], hambling [participle, present], hambled [participle, past], hambled [past]
Etymology: From Middle English hamelen, from Old English hamelian (“to hamstring, mutilate”), from Proto-Germanic *hamalōną, *hamlōną (“to mutilate”), from Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“mutilated, hornless”). Cognate with German hammeln, hämmeln (“to geld”), Icelandic hamla (“to mutilate, maim”), Dutch hamel (“wether”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|hamelen}} Middle English hamelen, {{inh|en|ang|hamelian||to hamstring, mutilate}} Old English hamelian (“to hamstring, mutilate”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*hamalōną}} Proto-Germanic *hamalōną, {{der|en|ine-pro|*kem-||mutilated, hornless}} Proto-Indo-European *kem- (“mutilated, hornless”), {{cog|de|hammeln}} German hammeln, {{cog|is|hamla||to mutilate, maim}} Icelandic hamla (“to mutilate, maim”), {{cog|nl|hamel||wether}} Dutch hamel (“wether”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} hamble (third-person singular simple present hambles, present participle hambling, simple past and past participle hambled)
  1. (obsolete, transitive) To mutilate; hamstring; cut away. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-hamble-en-verb-KeAVEgZW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 40 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 33 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 25 35
  2. (transitive) To cut out the balls of the feet of (dogs) so as to render them unfit for hunting. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-hamble-en-verb-gLvL8EpI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 40 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 33 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 25 35
  3. (intransitive) To walk lame; limp. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Gaits
    Sense id: en-hamble-en-verb-RNn4NksY Disambiguation of Gaits: 19 25 56 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 40 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 33 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 40 25 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hammel, hamel, hammle

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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