different between disable vs maul

English

Etymology

dis- +? able

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): [d?s?e?b??]
• Rhymes: -e?b?l

Verb

disable (third-person singular simple present disables, present participle disabling, simple past and past participle disabled)

1. (transitive) To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.
2. (chiefly of a person) To impair the physical or mental abilities of; to cause a serious, permanent injury.

   Falling off the horse disabled him.

3. (chiefly electronics, computing) To deactivate, to make inoperational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).

   The pilot had to disable the autopilot of his airplane.

Synonyms

• unable (non-standard), see also Thesaurus:disable
• deactivate

Antonyms

• enable

Derived terms

• disablement

Translations

Adjective

disable (comparative more disable, superlative most disable)

1. (obsolete) Lacking ability; unable.

   • Our disable and unactive force.

Anagrams

• baldies, bidales, diables, labside

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?sebl/, /?d??ebl/

Verb

disable (third-person singular present disables, present participle disablein, past disablet, past participle disablet)

1. disable, disqualify

English

Etymology

From Middle English malle (“mace, maul”), from Anglo-Norman mail, from Old French mail, from Latin malleus (“hammer”). Doublet of malleus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??l/
• Rhymes: -??l
• Homophone: mall (one pronunciation)
• Homophone: moll (some accents)

Noun

maul (plural mauls)

1. A heavy long-handled hammer, used for splitting logs by driving a wedge into them, or in combat.
2. (rugby) A situation where the player carrying the ball, who must be on his feet, is held by one or more opponents, and one or more of the ball carrier's team mates bind onto the ball carrier.

Synonyms

• (weapon): club, mace

Hyponyms

• (long-handled hammer): post maul, spike maul, splitting maul
• (rugby): rolling maul

Translations

See also

• ruck
• scrum

Verb

maul (third-person singular simple present mauls, present participle mauling, simple past and past participle mauled)

1. To handle someone or something in a rough way.
2. To savage; to cause serious physical wounds (usually used of an animal).

3. (figuratively) To criticise harshly.

4. (transitive) To beat with the heavy hammer called a maul.

Translations

Related terms

• mall
• mallet

References

• maul at OneLook Dictionary Search
• maul in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Lamu, alum, luma, malu, mula

Cimbrian

Noun

maul n

1. mouth

References

• “maul” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Estonian

Noun

maul

1. adessive singular of magu

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

maul

1. imperative of maule