DISABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disable mean? 

• DISABLE (verb)
  The verb DISABLE has 2 senses:

1. make unable to perform a certain action

2. injure permanently

  Familiarity information: DISABLE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISABLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they disable    ... he / she / it disables   
Past simple: disabled   
Past participle: disabled   
-ing form: disabling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make unable to perform a certain action

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

disable; disenable; incapacitate

Context example:

disable this command on your computer

Hypernyms (to "disable" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disable"):

lay up (disable or confine, as with an illness)

nobble (disable by drugging)

pinion (cut the wings off (of birds))

confine; constrain; hold; restrain (to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Antonym:

enable (render capable or able for some task)

Derivation:

disablement (the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Injure permanently

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

disable; handicap; incapacitate; invalid

Context example:

He was disabled in a car accident

Hypernyms (to "disable" is one way to...):

injure; wound (cause injuries or bodily harm to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disable"):

hock (disable by cutting the hock)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

disablement (the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness)

 Context examples 

Cytokine-activated serine phosphorylation of IKBs by IKBKA/IKBKB disables the NFKB inhibition by dissociation; promotes polyubiquitinated proteasome-dependent IKB degradation; and allows NFKB nuclear translocation, binding at kappa-B DNA motifs, and target gene transcription.

(I Kappa B, NCI Thesaurus)

NFKBIA tyrosine phosphorylation leads to dissociation from NFKB, disabling inhibition of NFKB DNA-binding.

(I Kappa B-Alpha Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Severely disabled; hospitalization is indicated, although death not imminent.

(Karnofsky Performance Status 30, NCI Thesaurus)

A person trained to for provide personal patient care and related services for ill or disabled patients, and elderly in home or home-like settings to get patients needs met.

(Home Health Aid, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about whether an individual's fatigue is or was among their most disabling symptoms.

(Fatigue among Most Disabling Symptoms, NCI Thesaurus)

Disabled homolog 2 (770 aa, ~82 kDa) is encoded by the human DAB2 gene.

(Disabled Homolog 2, NCI Thesaurus)

Disabled homolog 2-interacting protein (1189 aa, ~132 kDa) is encoded by the human DAB2IP gene.

(Disabled Homolog 2-Interacting Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Disabled; requires special care and assistance.

(Karnofsky Performance Status 40, NCI Thesaurus)

A common method of producing disabled genes using recombinant DNA technology is by inserting an antibiotic resistance gene into the normal DNA sequence of a clone of the gene being studied.

(Knock-Out Mouse, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A health professional trained to care for people who are ill or disabled.

(Nurse, NCI Dictionary)