LAME
\lˈe͡ɪm], \lˈeɪm], \l_ˈeɪ_m]\
Definitions of LAME
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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a fabric interwoven with threads of metal; "she wore a gold lame dress"
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someone who doesn't understand what is going on
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(of horses) disabled in the feet or legs
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deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The accident has crippled her for life"
By Princeton University
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a fabric interwoven with threads of metal; "she wore a gold lame dress"
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someone who doesn't understand what is going on
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(of horses) disabled in the feet or legs
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle.
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To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; as, a lame man.
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Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
By Oddity Software
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Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle.
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To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; as, a lame man.
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Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
By Noah Webster.
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Crippled or disabled in the limbs; not sound or effective; as, a lame excuse.
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To cripple or disable.
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Lamely.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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Lamely.
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Disabled in the limbs: hobbling: unsatisfactory: imperfect.
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To make lame: to cripple: to render imperfect.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Robley Dunglison
