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Antonyms for limped

Grammar : Verb
Spell : limp
Phonetic Transcription : lɪmp

Definition of limped

Origin :
  • 1560s, of unknown origin, perhaps related to Middle English lympen "to fall short" (c.1400), which is probably from Old English lemphealt "halting, lame, limping," which has a lone cognate in the rare Middle High German limphin, and perhaps is from a PIE root meaning "slack, loose, to hang down" (cf. Sanskrit lambate "hangs down," Middle High German lampen "to hang down"). Related: Limped; limping. As a noun, 1818, from the verb.
  • verb walk with faltering step
Example sentences :
  • He limped about on his crutches, collected all things needful, and sat down to work.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • After a little, he slid to the ground and limped over to her.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • He limped up the hill to her, and sat down on the top step of the porch.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • The man turned the handle of the Break of Day door, and limped in.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • He limped a little, for Von Holzen had in the struggle kicked him on the ankle.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • I used to say of him that he limped audaciously, and it was true.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • He limped along in such a pitiable state that Jean's sympathy was aroused.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • Captain Sears opened the gate and limped on under the apple trees.
  • Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • He was slight of figure and low of stature, and limped on one leg.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • She said no, and she was right, for it seems he limped frightfully.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 » by Various

Synonyms for limped

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