limp : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: limp	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for limp
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
limp adj not firm; "wilted lettuce" Synonym(s): limp, wilted lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip" n the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg Synonym(s): hitch, hobble, limp v walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day" Synonym(s): limp, gimp, hobble, hitch proceed slowly or with difficulty; "the boat limped into the harbor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Limp \Limp\ (l[icr]mp), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Limped} (l[icr]mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Limping}.] [Cf. AS. lemphealt lame, OHG. limphen to limp, be weak; perh. akin to E. lame, or to limp, a [root]120.] To halt; to walk lamely. Also used figuratively. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Limp \Limp\, n. A halt; the act of limping.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Limp \Limp\, n. (Ore Washing) A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Limp \Limp\, a. [Cf. Icel. limpa limpness, weakness, and E. lap, n., lop, v. t. Cf. {Limber}, a.] 1. Flaccid; flabby, as flesh. --Walton. 2. Lacking stiffness; flimsy; as, a limp cravat.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
LIMP ["Messages in Typed Languages", J. Hunt et al, SIGPLAN Notices 14(1):27-45 (Jan 1979)].