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Lame

Lame Meaning & Definition
Lame Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lame?

[n] a fabric interwoven with threads of metal; "she wore a gold lame dress"
[n] someone who doesn't understand what is going on
[adj] disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
[adj] (of horses) disabled in the feet or legs
[adj] pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"
[v] deprive of the use of a limb, esp. a leg; "The accident has crippled her for life"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lame: cripple | crippled | feeble | game | halt | halting | spavined | square | unfit | weak

Related Terms | Find terms related to Lame: abortive | awkward | bad | bootless | bugger | burden | castrate | castrated | clumsy | cramp | cripple | crippled | cumber | debilitate | de-energize | disable | disabled | disenable | drain | emasculate | emasculated | embarrass | encumber | enfeeble | enmesh | ensnarl | entangle | entoil | entrammel | entrap | entwine | failed | failing | feeble | fetter | flimsy | fruitless | futile | game | half-baked | halt | halting | hamper | hamstring | hamstrung | handicap | handicapped | hobble | hobbled | hobbling | hors de combat | impaired | impede | inactivate | incapacitate | incapacitated | ineffective | ineffectual | inefficacious | involve | kibosh | lime | limping | lumber | maim | maimed | manque | miscarried | miscarrying | net | of no effect | poor | press down | put | queer | queer the works | sabotage | saddle with | shackle | snarl | spavined | spike | stickit | stillborn | successless | tangle | thin | toil | trammel | unconvincing | unfit | unfortunate | unsuccessful | useless | weak | weaken | weigh down | wing | wreck

See Also | cloth | fabric | hamstring | maim | material | simple | simpleton | textile

Lame In Webster's Dictionary

\Lame\, a. [Compar. {Lamer}; superl. {Lamest}.] [OE. lame, AS. lama; akin to D. lam, G. lahm,OHG., Dan., & Sw. lam, Icel. lami, Russ. lomate to break, lomota rheumatism.] 1. (a) Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle. (b) To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; as, a lame man. ``Lame of one leg.'' --Arbuthnot. ``Lame in both his feet.'' --2 Sam. ix. 13. ``He fell, and became lame.'' --2 Sam. iv. 4. 2. Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect. ``A lame endeavor.'' --Barrow. O, most lame and impotent conclusion! --Shak. {Lame duck} (stock Exchange), a person who can not fulfill his contracts. [Cant]
\Lame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Laming}.] To make lame. If you happen to let child fall and lame it. --Swift.

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