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adj/ˈməʊ.baɪl//ˈmoʊ.bəl//ˈmoʊ.bil/
  1. 1

    Capable of being moved, especially on wheels.

    • mobile home; mobile library
  2. 2

    Able to move freely or easily.

    • She's mobile again after her skiing accident.
  3. 3

    Pertaining to or by agency of mobile phones.

    • mobile number
    • mobile internet
  4. 4

    Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom.

    • Mercury is a mobile liquid.
  5. 5

    Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle.

    • the quick and mobile curiosity of her disposition
  6. 6

    Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind.

    • mobile features
    • a mobile face
  7. 7

    Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.

noun/ˈməʊ.baɪl//ˈmoʊ.bəl//ˈmoʊ.bil/
  1. 1

    A kinetic sculpture or decorative arrangement made of items hanging so that they can move independently from each other.

  2. 2

    Ellipsis of mobile phone.IndiaIrelandUK

    • Mobiles squerking, mobiles chirping / Take the money and run
    • Pinned against my neighbours, I could feel small hands, fleeting as lizards, fluttering lightly through my pockets in search of money, mobile, wallet.
  3. 3

    The internet accessed via mobile devices; the version of a product seen on mobile devices.Internetuncountable

    • There are many business opportunities in mobile.
    • The bug affects mobile, but not desktop.
  4. 4

    One who moves or can move (e.g. to travel).

    • […] if the constrained "immobiles" are given the same transportation access as the unconstrained "mobiles". […] We concentrated on a mobile teenager population that had good public transportation or automobile access and a[…]
    • One ex-airwoman recalls meal times for both 'mobiles' and 'immobiles', when they sat on backless benches at long bare tables. The 'immobiles' brought in their own food, crockery and cutlery. A free-standing iron range was used[…]
  5. 5

    An object capable of moving under its own power.

  6. 6

    A creature or NPC that can navigate and interact with the game world (now often shortened to mob).broadlydated

    • MUD has a type of character called a mobile. These are monsters controlled by the program such as the Dragon and the Vampire. To kill these a band of adventurers need to hunt down the creature hurling a combined strength to vanquish it.
    • Even mundane mobiles are very advanced. They incorporate other expert systems that enable them to fight (often better than the players); […]

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