Jul 10, 2004 19:18
20 yrs ago
English term
The arm was giving in a way
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A woman from Cameroon talking about gas burns:
When I wake up I had burns on my left arm. By then I was feeling no pains. The arm was giving in a way that it was nearly having rotten because of the wounds.
When I wake up I had burns on my left arm. By then I was feeling no pains. The arm was giving in a way that it was nearly having rotten because of the wounds.
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referring to gangrene?
decaying
GANGRENE - Meaning and Definition of the Word
... Definition: Seeing someone affected with gangrene in your dream, foretells of grief ... black because bacteria make iron sulfide from the iron in decaying hemoglobin ...
www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/gangrene
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Gangrene is the medical term for death of tissue (necrosis) in part of the body. It\'s a serious condition that requires immediate medical care. There are several types of gangrene.
www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ00737 - 33k
GANGRENE - Meaning and Definition of the Word
... Definition: Seeing someone affected with gangrene in your dream, foretells of grief ... black because bacteria make iron sulfide from the iron in decaying hemoglobin ...
www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/gangrene
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Note added at 20 mins (2004-07-10 19:39:00 GMT)
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Gangrene is the medical term for death of tissue (necrosis) in part of the body. It\'s a serious condition that requires immediate medical care. There are several types of gangrene.
www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ00737 - 33k
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Comment: "Thank you very much."
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Kim Metzger
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the condition of her arm
As I'm sure you know, lim0nka, it's hard to be sure what the speaker means. I think she's trying to say that the condition of her arm was very poor because of the wounds. Nearly "half" rotten.
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Tea Fledderus
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Her arm was in very poor condition.
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Milena Sahakian
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pike
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Nanny Wintjens
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Jörgen Slet
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Rabeya Akhter
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The arm was giving an impression that it was nearly having rotten because of the wounds.
The arm wasgiving an impression that it was nearly having rotten because of the wounds.
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David Jessop
: What does "having rotten" mean to you? To me... nothing. Sorry.
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Thanks.
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pike
: David, Trini was just paraphrasing the original - OK, maybe she should have put quotation marks on the gangrene affected part of the original sentence...
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Thanks Pike.
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rangepost
: with this in mind, a revision...
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Thanks rangepost
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Randa Farhat
: was looking like, as if, already rotten
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Thanks randa2
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Craft.Content
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Thanks Sanjay
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the arm had the consistency of / felt (to the touch)
She might mean "to give" as in:
Breadfruit
... Choose a hard, firm, evenly colored specimen. If you want the fruit to reach the
soft, creamy stage, ripen it at room temperature until **it gives to the touch**. ...
www.wholehealthmd.com/refshelf/ foods_view/1,1523,234,00.html - 25k - Cached - Similar pages
Breadfruit
... Choose a hard, firm, evenly colored specimen. If you want the fruit to reach the
soft, creamy stage, ripen it at room temperature until **it gives to the touch**. ...
www.wholehealthmd.com/refshelf/ foods_view/1,1523,234,00.html - 25k - Cached - Similar pages
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pike
: mhmm, didn't notice that this is more or less the same as my idea...sorry
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Thanks :)
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Catherine Bolton
: That's how I read "giving": soft consistency rather than firm.
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Thanks :)
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chica nueva
: give (stretch) = If something gives, it stretches, bends or breaks, or becomes less firm or tight, under pressure (Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary) => become less firm or tight eg The rope gave under/with the weight of the load.nearly gone rotten
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it was losing it's function
Just a small adition to all of the ideas we already have - if you pound on the door, it will eventually give (way).
"... He went to the back door and started picking the lock. A few tense moments later the door latch gave way and the door swung open."
"The latch gave slightly, but the doors refused to come apart."
Might be a bit far-fetched, but considering the overall poor grammar of the sentence...
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talk about grammar...ouch...it was losing its function
"... He went to the back door and started picking the lock. A few tense moments later the door latch gave way and the door swung open."
"The latch gave slightly, but the doors refused to come apart."
Might be a bit far-fetched, but considering the overall poor grammar of the sentence...
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talk about grammar...ouch...it was losing its function
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David Knowles
: I'm sure this is what it means. The arm was "giving way" "in a way" (after a fashion), that is, it was bending in an unnatural way, presumably because the bone was no longer rigid.
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thanks!
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Jörgen Slet
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an idea
Because of the wounds, the arm looked as if it had rotted.
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Randa Farhat
: was giving in a way = was looking in a way as if were rotten already because of the many wounds
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lose firmness
e.g.
this elastic doesn't give properly
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\'give\' can also be used as a noun with similar meaning:
The quality or condition of resilience; springiness: “Fruits that have some give... will have more juice than hard ones”
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Note added at 16 hrs 23 mins (2004-07-11 11:42:15 GMT)
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3. To become soft or moist. [Obs.] --Bacon .
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[Try Merriam-Webster Unabridged.]
Source: Webster\'s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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basically the hand was slowly decomposing and losing it\'s firmness
this elastic doesn't give properly
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Note added at 16 hrs 20 mins (2004-07-11 11:38:56 GMT)
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\'give\' can also be used as a noun with similar meaning:
The quality or condition of resilience; springiness: “Fruits that have some give... will have more juice than hard ones”
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Note added at 16 hrs 23 mins (2004-07-11 11:42:15 GMT)
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3. To become soft or moist. [Obs.] --Bacon .
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Note added at 16 hrs 25 mins (2004-07-11 11:44:03 GMT)
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[Try Merriam-Webster Unabridged.]
Source: Webster\'s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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basically the hand was slowly decomposing and losing it\'s firmness
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Paul Dixon
Brazil
Brazil
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Brazil
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the arm was losing its grip and getting gangrenous
This would appear to be plausible, as normally if we say something is "giving" this means it is losing grip on a situation. In the case of an arm, this could be by the arm going numb. At the same time, the phrase gives the idea that the arm was infected by the wounds, going gangrenous.
A correction of the phrase would appear to be:
"When I woke up I had burns on my left arm. By then I wasn't feeling any pain. The arm was giving, and had nearly gone rotten because of the wounds.
A correction of the phrase would appear to be:
"When I woke up I had burns on my left arm. By then I wasn't feeling any pain. The arm was giving, and had nearly gone rotten because of the wounds.
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