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Traditional English :: mobilize
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mobilizer.html - v. (also -ise) 1 a tr. organize for service or action (esp. troops in time of war). b intr. be organized in this way. 2 tr. render movable; bring into circulation. mobilizable adj. mobilization n. mobilizer n. [F mobiliser (as MOBILE)] |
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Traditional English :: mobile
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mobilizer.html - adj. & n. --adj. 1 movable; not fixed; free or able to move or flow easily. 2 (of the face etc.) readily changing its expression. 3 (of a shop, library, etc.) accommodated in a vehicle so as to serve various places. 4 (of a person) able to change his or her social status. --n. a decorative structure that may be hung so as to turn freely. mobile home a large caravan permanently parked and used as a residence. mobile sculpture a sculpture having moving parts. mobility n. [ME f. F f. L mobilis f. movere move] |
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Traditional English :: mobilize
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mobilizer.html - v. (also -ise) 1 a tr. organize for service or action (esp. troops in time of war). b intr. be organized in this way. 2 tr. render movable; bring into circulation. mobilizable adj. mobilization n. mobilizer n. [F mobiliser (as MOBILE)] |
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Traditional English :: mobile
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mobilizer.html - adj. & n. --adj. 1 movable; not fixed; free or able to move or flow easily. 2 (of the face etc.) readily changing its expression. 3 (of a shop, library, etc.) accommodated in a vehicle so as to serve various places. 4 (of a person) able to change his or her social status. --n. a decorative structure that may be hung so as to turn freely. mobile home a large caravan permanently parked and used as a residence. mobile sculpture a sculpture having moving parts. mobility n. [ME f. F f. L mobilis f. movere move] |
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Traditional English :: mobilize
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mobilizer.html - v. (also -ise) 1 a tr. organize for service or action (esp. troops in time of war). b intr. be organized in this way. 2 tr. render movable; bring into circulation. mobilizable adj. mobilization n. mobilizer n. [F mobiliser (as MOBILE)] |
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Traditional English :: mob
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mobilizer.html - n. & v. --n. 1 a disorderly crowd; a rabble. 2 (prec. by the) usu. derog. the populace. 3 colloq. a gang; an associated group of persons. 4 Austral. a flock or herd. --v.tr. & intr. (mobbed, mobbing) 1 tr. a crowd round in order to attack or admire. b (of a mob) attack. c US crowd into (a building). 2 intr. assemble in a mob. mob law (or rule) law or rule imposed and enforced by a mob. mobber n. & adj. [abbr. of mobile, short for L mobile vulgus excitable crowd: see MOBILE] |
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