'LAME' definitions:

Definition of 'lame'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument" [syn: feeble, lame]
adjective
Disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg" [syn: crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, game]
noun
Someone who doesn't understand what is going on [syn: square, lame]
noun
A fabric interwoven with threads of metal; "she wore a gold lame dress"
verb
Deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The accident has crippled her for life" [syn: cripple, lame]

Definition of 'Lame'

From: GCIDE
  • Lame \Lame\ (l[=a]m), a. [Compar. Lamer (l[=a]m"[~e]r); superl. Lamest.] [OE. lame, AS. lama; akin to D. lam, G. lahm, OHG., Dan., & Sw. lam, Icel. lami, Russ. lomate to break, lomota rheumatism.] 1. (a) Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle. (b) To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; as, a lame man. "Lame of one leg." --Arbuthnot. "Lame in both his feet." --2 Sam. ix. 13. "He fell, and became lame." --2 Sam. iv. 4. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect; as, a lame answer. "A lame endeavor." --Barrow. [1913 Webster]
  • O, most lame and impotent conclusion! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Lame duck (a) (Stock Exchange), a person who can not fulfill his contracts. [Cant] (b) An elected politician who is completing a term after having been defeated at an election; also, an office holder who cannot or chooses not to run again for the same office; -- So called from the presumed lack of political power of one who is soon to be out of office. (b) Any office holder who is serving out a term after a replacement has been selected. [1913 Webster +PJC]

Definition of 'Lame'

From: GCIDE
  • Lame \Lame\ (l[=a]m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lamed (l[=a]md); p. pr. & vb. n. Laming.] To make lame. [1913 Webster]
  • If you happen to let child fall and lame it. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

Acronyms for 'lame'

From: V.E.R.A.
  • LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder (MP3)