Lame

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Disabled so that movement, especially walking, is difficult or impossible: Lame from the accident, he walked with a cane. A lame wing kept the bird from flying.
  • adj. Marked by pain or rigidness: a lame back.
  • adj. Weak and ineffectual; unsatisfactory: a lame attempt to apologize; lame excuses for not arriving on time.
  • v. To cause to become lame; cripple.
  • n. A thin metal plate, especially one of the overlapping steel plates in medieval armor.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A lamina.
  • n. A set of joined, overlapping metal plates.
  • v. To shine.
  • adj. Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
  • adj. Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect or temporary obstruction of a function.
  • adj. Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
  • adj. Unconvincing or unbelievable.
  • adj. Failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant.
  • v. to cause a person or animal to become lame
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj.
  • adj. Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function.
  • adj. To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled.
  • adj. Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
  • v. To make lame.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Crippled or disabled by injury to or defect of a limb or limbs; specifically, walking with difficulty; halting; limping: as, a lame man or horse.
  • Inefficient from injury or defect; unsound or impaired in strength; crippled: as, a lame leg or arm.
  • Figuratively, imperfect; lacking finish or completeness; defective in quality or quantity; halting; insufficient; hobbling: as, lame verse; lame rimes; a lame excuse.
  • To make lame; cripple or disable; render imperfect or unsound: as, to lame an antagonist; to lame an arm or a leg.
  • n. Earthenware.
  • n. A broken piece of earthenware; a potsherd.
  • Earthen: used of pottery: as, a lame pig (an earthen vessel).
  • n. In armor, a plate of metal.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. disabled in the feet or legs
  • v. deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
  • n. someone who doesn't understand what is going on
  • n. a fabric interwoven with threads of metal
  • adj. pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
  • Equivalent
    unfit    weak   
    Verb Form
    lamed    lames    laming   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    simpleton    simple    cloth    fabric    material    textile   
    Cross Reference
    lame duck   
    Form
    lamed    laming    lamestream    lameness    lame-o    lamely    lamebrain    lamage    lame duck   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    crippled    limping    inefficient    imperfect    disabled    ineffectual    disable    cripple   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ame    Boehme    Graeme    Mayme    Sejm    acclaim    aflame    aim    ashame    ballgame   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    deaf    feeble    maim    poor    deform    sick    stupid    dumb    shaky    unsatisfactory