verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To render motionless; to stop moving or stop from moving.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
It is best to immobilize the injury until a doctor can examine it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To render incapable of action.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To modify a surface such that things will not stick to it
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To tie up a capital: make a capital investment that makes that capital unavailable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: business, finance
Examples
Don't immobilize your capital in aging accounts.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
cause to be unable to move
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The sudden storm immobilized the traffic
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: immobilise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: restrict, curtail, curb, cut back
Narrower terms: paralyze, paralyse, stun, stupefy
6
verb
Meaning 6
prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Blocked funds
Freeze the assets of this hostile government
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: freeze, block, immobilise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: withhold, keep back
7
verb
Meaning 7
convert (assets) into fixed capital
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: immobilise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: convert
8
verb
Meaning 8
make defenseless
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.