Real Dictionary

cabbage
If someone refers to a very sick person or someone with a disability as a cabbage, they are saying in an offensive way that the sick person is so badly brain-damaged or ill that they cannot do anything.
variable noun: A cabbage is a round vegetable with white, green, or purple leaves that is usually eaten cooked.

cabbage in American English 1
a common vegetable (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) of the crucifer family, with thick leaves formed into a round, compact head on a short, thick stalk: cultivated as early as 2000 b. c.
noun: any of several cultivated varieties of a plant, Brassica oleracea capitata, of the mustard family, having a short stem and leaves formed into a compact, edible head

cabbage in American English 2
cloth snippets appropriated by a tailor when cutting out clothes
to steal
to steal; pilfer
noun: cloth scraps that remain after a garment has been cut from a fabric and that by custom the tailor may claim

cabbage in British English 1
noun: any of various cultivated varieties of the plant Brassica oleracea capitata, typically having a short thick stalk and a large head of green or reddish edible leaves: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)

cabbage in British English 2
noun: snippets of cloth appropriated by a tailor from a customer's material
verb: to steal; pilfer

cabbage in Hospitality
noun: Cabbage is a round vegetable with white, green, or purple leaves that is usually eaten cooked.