English to English
verb
- hold as reserve or withdraw from circulation; of capital
source: WordNet 3.0
- to hold fast or prevent from moving
The child was pinned under the fallen tree.
source: WordNet 3.0
- make defenseless
source: WordNet 3.0
- convert (assets) into fixed capital
source: WordNet 3.0
- prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
Blocked funds.
Freeze the assets of this hostile government.
source: WordNet 3.0
- cause to be unable to move
The sudden storm immobilized the traffic.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To make immovable; in surgery, to make immovable (a naturally mobile part, as a joint) by the use of splints, or stiffened bandages.
source: Webster 1913
