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A n to walk with ou have a limp boiter ; to have a slight limp in one's left leg boiter légèrement du pied gauche.B adj [material, gesture, handshake, style] mou/molle ; the lettuce is limp la salade n'est plus croquante ; the flowers look a bit limp les fleurs n'ont plus l'air très fraîches ; to let oneself go limp relâcher ses muscles ; her right arm had gone limp elle n'avait plus aucune force dans le bras droit ; I felt his body go limp j'ai senti tous les muscles de son corps se relâcher.C vi to limp along boiter ; to limp in/away entrer/s'éloigner en boitant ; the trawler limped into port le chalutier regagna le port tant bien que mal. -
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limp [lɪmp]1 noun∎ to walk with a limp, to have a limp boiter;∎ the accident left him with a limp depuis son accident il boite;∎ a man with a limp un boiteux∎ the plants had gone limp through lack of water les plantes s'étaient étiolées faute d'être arrosées;∎ his body went completely limp il s'affaissa;∎ to feel limp (person) se sentir mou ou sans énergie;∎ to be limp with exhaustion tomber d'épuisement(b) (book → cover, binding) soupleboiter; (slightly) clopiner;∎ he limped into the room il entra dans la pièce en boitant;∎ she limped along the corridor elle remonta le couloir en boitant;∎ she was limping badly elle boitait beaucoup;∎ figurative the ship limped into harbour le navire gagna le port tant bien que mal
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