Meaning

1 senses

  1. British standard spelling of paralyze.

More definitions
  • cause to be paralyzed and immobile
  • make powerless and unable to function

Examples

6 sentences

  1. Many venomous animals paralyse their prey.

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  2. I should act, yet I am paralysed by fear.

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  3. I can only think of my wife as an half-paralysed animal.

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  4. Tom is partially paralysed.

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  5. He was paralysed with fear.

    ruОн был парализован страхом. — marafon

    deEr erstarrte vor Entsetzen. — mhr

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · sundown · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Forms

paralyses, paralysing, paralysed, paralysed
Base formparalyse · to paralyse
3rd person singularparalyses
Present participleparalysing
Past simpleparalysed
Past participleparalysed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyparalyse
he, she, itparalyses

Past simpleLesson

all personsparalysed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave paralysed
he, she, ithas paralysed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill paralyse

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • cause to be paralyzed and immobile:paralyze
  • make powerless and unable to function:paralyze

Word family

2 related words
Derivedparalysableparalysation

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
parallelparallelogramparalysisB2paralyticparalyzeB1
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