As a verb maim
is to wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
As a noun mam is
diminutive of mother.
As a proper noun Mam is
a Mayan language spoken in the Mexican state of Chiapas and the Guatemalan departments of Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and Retalhuleu.
maim
English
Verb
(
en verb)
To wound seriously; to cause permanent loss of function of a limb or part of the body.
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*:Three chairs of the steamer type, all maimed , comprised the furniture of this roof-garden, with (by way of local colour) on one of the copings a row of four red clay flower-pots filled with sun-baked dust from which gnarled and rusty stalks thrust themselves up like withered elfin limbs.
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Anagrams
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mam
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(informal, and, colloquial) Diminutive of mother.
Usage notes
Used in place of mum or ma in Northumbrian dialects such as Geordie, as well as throughout Ireland and Liverpool.
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