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Lame

adj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs. especially

    "With the years, this horse has little by little gone lame."

  2. 2
    Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.; That cannot be moved properly. especially
  3. 3
    Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.; Physically disabled. dated, especially, offensive

    "a lame man"

  4. 4
    Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect. broadly, dated

    "a lame endeavour"

  5. 5
    Unconvincing or unbelievable. colloquial

    "He had a really lame excuse for missing the birthday party."

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  1. 6
    Uncool, uninteresting, or unfunny. colloquial

    "He kept telling these extremely lame jokes all night."

Adjective
  1. 1
    disabled in the feet or legs wordnet
  2. 2
    pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A stupid or undesirable person. slang

    "You lames tryna clone my style and run wit it."

  2. 2
    A thin layer or plate of material, as in certain kinds of armor.

    "This rim involved a raised rolled edge on the rerebrace that was inserted into a raised lip on the lower lame of the pauldron. This lip allows the arm to rotate without the need for leather straps and can be clearly seen carved on to the effigy […]"

  3. 3
    a fabric interwoven with threads of metal wordnet
  4. 4
    A set of joined overlapping metal plates. in-plural
  5. 5
    someone who doesn't understand what is going on wordnet
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  1. 6
    A kitchen tool for scoring bread dough before baking.
Verb
  1. 1
    To cause (a person or animal) to become lame. transitive

    "And if you don't want to lame your horse, you must look sharp and get them [stones stuck in hooves] out quickly."

  2. 2
    deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English lame, from Old English lama (“lame”), from Proto-West Germanic *lam, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz (“lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃lemH- (“to tire; to break”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English lame, from Old English lama (“lame”), from Proto-West Germanic *lam, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz (“lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃lemH- (“to tire; to break”).

Etymology 3

From Middle English lame, from Old English lama (“lame”), from Proto-West Germanic *lam, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz (“lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃lemH- (“to tire; to break”).

Etymology 4

From Middle French lame, from Latin lāmina. Doublet of lamina.

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