English Explanatory Dictionary

lame

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
  2. That cannot be moved properly.
  3. Physically disabled.
  4. Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
  5. Unconvincing or unbelievable.
  6. Uncool, uninteresting, or unfunny.
verb
  1. To cause (a person or animal) to become lame.
noun
  1. A stupid or undesirable person.
noun
  1. A thin layer or plate of material, as in certain kinds of armor.
  2. A set of joined overlapping metal plates.
  3. A kitchen tool for scoring bread dough before baking.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

lame lamer lamest lames laming lamed

Etymology

From Middle English lame, from Old English lama (“lame”), from Proto-West Germanic *lam, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz (“lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃lemH- (“to tire; to break”).

Synonyms

crippled gammy weak cripple disable lamella lamina

Antonyms

efficient perfect convincing believable

Related words

lamé lamellar lamellate lamellation lamination

Derived words

crutches for lame ducks help a lame dog over a stile lamage lameass lamebrain lamebrained lame duck lame-head lamehead lamely lameness lame-o lameo lameoid lamesauce lame sickness lamester lamestream lame-stream lametastic lamewad lamish unlame

Translations

Abkhaz: а́цыркь Abkhaz: а́цыркьзаара Abkhaz: ацыркьыԥа Abkhaz: аҭуԥа́л Abkhaz: акәылԥаа́ Aghwan: 𐕄𐔰𐔾𐔰 Albanian: çalë Gheg Albanian: shkep Arabic: أَعْرَج Arabic: أَكْسَح Arabic: أَشَلّ Arabic: أعرج Arabic: سخيف Arabic: بايخ Aragonese: coixo Armenian: կաղ Aromanian: shcljop Asturian: coxu Azerbaijani: topal Bashkir: аҡһаҡ Bashkir: сатан Belarusian: кульга́вы Bhojpuri: लंगड़ Bulgarian: куц Bulgarian: скучен Bulgarian: безинтересен Catalan: coix Catalan: ranc Catalan: sonso Literary Chinese: 蹇 Chinese Mandarin: 瘸腿 Chinese Mandarin: 跛 Chinese Mandarin: 跛足 Chinese Mandarin: 瘸 Chinese Mandarin: 遜 /逊 Czech: chromý Dalmatian: zuap Danish: lam Danish: lamt Dutch: lam Dutch: verlamd Dutch: kreupel Dutch: mank Dutch: mankend Dutch: flauw Esperanto: lama Esperanto: kripla Esperanto: malmojosa Finnish: rampa Finnish: heikko Finnish: ontuva Finnish: typerä Finnish: tyhmä Finnish: laimea French: boiteux French: boiteuse French: nul French: naze French: poche French: ringard West-Frisian: mank Friulian: çuet Galician: coxo Galician: rengo Georgian: კოჭლი Georgian: ბანძი Old Georgian: მკელობელი German: lahm German: ätzend German: öde Greek: χωλός Greek: κουτσός Ancient Greek: χωλός Ancient Greek: σκιμβός Pontic Greek: κοτσός Pontic Greek: ξεροπόδαρος Hebrew: צוֹלֵעַ Hindi: लंग Hindi: अपंग Hindi: पंगु Hindi: लँगड़ा Hungarian: sánta Hungarian: nyomorék Hungarian: béna Icelandic: lamaður Ingrian: rampa Interlingua: claude Irish: bacach
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