Lame meaning
The definition of lame is being physically disabled causing a limp or something that is weak and unsatisfactory.
An example of lame is a person who has trouble walking.
An example of lame is a poor excuse for missing an important occasion.
adjective
Dull or unsatisfactory.
That movie was so lame!
adjective
Weak, unconvincing, inadequate, etc.
A lame excuse.
adjective
Socially inappropriate; foolish.
adjective
A shiny fabric woven with metallic threads, often of gold or silver.
noun
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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.
adjective
Marked by pain or rigidness.
A lame back.
adjective
Weak or ineffectual.
A lame attempt to apologize.
adjective
To cause to become lame; cripple.
verb
A thin metal plate, especially one of the overlapping steel plates in medieval armor.
noun
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Crippled; disabled; esp., having an injured leg or foot that makes one limp.
adjective
Stiff and very painful.
A lame back.
adjective
Inept, ineffectual, pathetic, etc.
adjective
To make lame.
verb
A thin metal plate.
noun
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The thin, overlapping metal plates in a piece of armor.
noun
A fabric of silk, wool, or cotton interwoven with metallic threads, as of gold or silver.
noun
Disabled so that movement, especially walking, is difficult or impossible.
adjective
Marked by pain or rigidness.
A lame back.
adjective
To cause to become lame; cripple.
verb
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Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect or temporary obstruction of a function.
A lame leg, arm or muscle.
adjective
(by extension) Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
adjective
(slang) Unconvincing or unbelievable.
He had a really lame excuse for missing the birthday party.
adjective
To cause a person or animal to become lame.
verb
(in the plural) A set of joined, overlapping metal plates.
noun
Origin of lame
From Old English lama, from the Proto-Germanic *lama-, from Proto-Indo-European *lem- (“to crush; fragile”). Akin to German lahm and Dutch lam, Old Norse lami, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian lam, akin to Old Church Slavonic ломити (lomiti, “to break”).