Thesaurus: lame
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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Definitions
- superl. Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle.
- superl. To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; as, a lame man.
- superl. Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
- v. t. To make lame.
- adj. pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
- adj. disabled in the feet or legs
- n. someone who doesn't understand what is going on
- n. a fabric interwoven with threads of metal
- v. deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
- To make lame.If you happen to let child fall and lame it. Swift.
- j:92/v:8 n. a fabric interwoven with threads of metal