lame meaning
[ leim ] Pronunciation: "lame" in a sentence
Adjective: lame (lamer,lamest) leym
- Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
"a lame argument"
- feeble, wussy - Disabled in the feet or legs
- crippled, halt [archaic], halting, gimpy [N. Amer], game
- Someone who doesn't understand what is going on
- square
- Deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
- cripple
- A fabric interwoven with threads of metal
"she wore a gold lamé dress"
Derived forms: lamest, lamer, lames, lamed, laming
See also: lamely, lameness, unfit, weak
Type of: cloth, fabric, maim, material, simple, simpleton, textile
Encyclopedia: Lame
[American slang]
mod. inept; inadequate; undesirable.
• That guy's so lame, it's pitiful.
• This mark is about as laine as they come.
[Medicine]
adj
Examples
More: Next- the soldier is lame from an old wound.
- when i next saw him, he was lame.
- the lame child lagged far behind.
- the lame child lagged far behind.
- i started the lame engine ahead.