'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
Synonyms of 'lame'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abortive,
- awkward,
- bad,
- bootless,
- bugger,
- burden,
- castrate,
- castrated,
- clumsy,
- cramp,
- cripple,
- crippled,
- cumber,
- de-energize,
- debilitate,
- disable,
- disabled,
- disenable,
- drain,
- emasculate,
- emasculated,
- embarrass,
- encumber,
- enfeeble,
- enmesh,
- ensnarl,
- entangle,
- entoil,
- entrammel,
- entrap,
- entwine,
- failed,
- failing,
- feeble,
- fetter,
- flimsy,
- fruitless,
- futile,
- game,
- half-baked,
- halt,
- halting,
- hamper,
- hamstring,
- hamstrung,
- handicap,
- handicapped,
- hobble,
- hobbled,
- hobbling,
- hors de combat,
- impaired,
- impede,
- inactivate,
- incapacitate,
- incapacitated,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- involve,
- kibosh,
- lime,
- limping,
- lumber,
- maim,
- maimed,
- manque,
- miscarried,
- miscarrying,
- net,
- of no effect,
- poor,
- press down,
- put,
- queer,
- queer the works,
- sabotage,
- saddle with,
- shackle,
- snarl,
- spavined,
- spike,
- stickit,
- stillborn,
- successless,
- tangle,
- thin,
- toil,
- trammel,
- unconvincing,
- unfit,
- unfortunate,
- unsuccessful,
- useless,
- weak,
- weaken,
- weigh down,
- wing,
- wreck
Acronyms for 'LAME'
From: V.E.R.A.
- LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder (MP3)