Crossword clues for immobile
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Immobile \Im*mo"bile\, a. [L. immobilis: cf. F. immobile. See
Immobility.]
Incapable of being moved; immovable; fixed; stable.
--Prof.
Shedd.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., from Old French immoble "immovable, fixed, motionless," from Latin immobilis "immovable" (also, figuratively, "hard-hearted"), from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + mobilis (see mobile (adj.)). Hence, immobilism "policy of extreme conservatism" (1949, from French immobilisme).
Wiktionary
a. 1 not mobile, not movable 2 fixed, unable to be moved
WordNet
Wikipedia
Immobile, an album by Autour de Lucie, was released in 1998 on the Nettwerk label. Total running time is 41:33.
Immobile may refer to:
- Ciro Immobile (born 1990), Italian footballer
- Immobile (album), a 1998 rock album
- "Immobile" (song), a 2009 pop song
Immobile is the second single by Italian pop singer Alessandra Amoroso. The song's public debut was in 2008 on the television talent show Amici di Maria De Filippi and appeared on the show's compilation album Scialla in January 2009. Later that year it was also released on Amoroso's debut EP Stupida.
Immobile is one of the most commercially successful songs from the Amici television show. It reached number one in the national singles charts and was certified platinum by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry for selling over 30,000 units.
Usage examples of "immobile".
They seemed to have no limbs or bodies at all, but were mere immobile giant heads with dull staring eyes.
He glanced up and saw that bunches of bees filled the trees - soundless, immobile bees.
His face, no longer immobile, writhed demoniacally and his eyes glowed like coals of black fire.
Herds had gathered around this shallow lake, a bewildering, brightly colored array of them, and Purga and Second had to creep past forests of their great, immobile legs, like refugees in an immense sculpture park.
A deceptively thin helmetlike device cupped his head, holding it immobile.
He tried to fling himself at the Hurrian and had to be caught virtually in mid-air by one of the Mauvs, who held him immobile with an effortless constriction of biceps.
Any Malerrisi attempting to use one of those Ladders would be kept immobile until Cailet or another Mage arrived.
Gone were all the characteristics of the political Czar and the Mng of the Tenderloin and in their place, now that he was safe from the prying eyes of his henchmen, appeared the immobile slant eyed features of a Chinaman.
The Ordovician extinction of 440 million years ago cleared the oceans of a lot of immobile filter feeders and, somehow, created conditions that favored darting fish and giant aquatic reptiles.
His eyes were fastened on Plautus, who sat immobile, side on to him, still looking at me as though the two of us were alone.
The ground heaved, more turtles were stirring about the immobile ones he had already shot.
The two powerful arms still held him immobile while someone quickly undid his pants totally exposing him.
Jeep, when I realized that Asher was still sitting in the car, immobile.
Blood Savages held immobile inside globes of chain mail, was the time to try.
Our Mesozoic scene has a curiously vampiric quality with the carnivorous reptiles hunting the smart sleeping mammals by day, and the carnivorous mammals hunting the stupid immobile reptiles by night.