Lame

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  • noun. A thin metal plate, especially one of the overlapping steel plates in medieval armor.
  • adjective. Disabled so that movement, especially walking, is difficult or impossible.
  • adjective. Marked by pain or rigidness.
  • adjective. Weak or ineffectual.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Dull or unsatisfactory.
  • adjective. Socially inappropriate; foolish.
  • transitive verb. To cause to become lame; cripple.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. In armor, a plate of metal.
  • noun. Earthenware.
  • noun. A broken piece of earthenware; a potsherd.
  • Earthen: used of pottery: as, a lame pig (an earthen vessel).
  • To make lame; cripple or disable; render imperfect or unsound: as, to lame an antagonist; to lame an arm or a leg.
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function.
  • adjective. To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled.
  • adjective. Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
  • adjective. Any office holder who is serving out a term after a replacement has been selected.
  • transitive verb. To make lame.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To shine.
  • noun. A lamina.
  • noun. A set of joined, overlapping metal plates.
  • adjective. Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
  • adjective. Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect or temporary obstruction of a function.
  • adjective. Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
  • adjective. Unconvincing or unbelievable.
  • adjective. Failing to be cool, funny, interesting or relevant.
  • verb. to cause a person or animal to become lame
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. disabled in the feet or legs
  • verb. deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
  • noun. someone who doesn't understand what is going on
  • noun. a fabric interwoven with threads of metal
  • adjective. pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
  • Word Usage
    "He gives the term lame duck a completely new meaning."
    cross-reference
    lame duck  
    Equivalent
    unfit  weak  
    Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ame  Boehme  Graeme  Mayme  Sejm  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    deaf  dear  deform  dumb  feeble  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    abortive  awkward  bad  bootless  bugger  
    verb-form
    lamed  lames  laming