Meaning of LAME
| Pronunciation: | | leym
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- [n] a fabric interwoven with threads of metal; "she wore a gold lame dress"
- [n] someone who doesn't understand what is going on
- [adj] disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
- [adj] (of horses) disabled in the feet or legs
- [adj] pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"
- [v] deprive of the use of a limb, esp. a leg; "The accident has crippled her for life"
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| | Synonyms: | | cripple, crippled, feeble, game, halt, halting, spavined, square, unfit, weak |
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| | See Also: | | cloth, fabric, hamstring, maim, material, simple, simpleton, textile | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Lame\, a. [Compar. {Lamer}; 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.
2. Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect. ``A lame
endeavor.'' --Barrow.
O, most lame and impotent conclusion! --Shak.
{Lame duck} (stock Exchange), a person who can not fulfill
his contracts. [Cant]
\Lame\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lamed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Laming}.]
To make lame.
If you happen to let child fall and lame it. --Swift.
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming that someone is lame means failure in realizing your hopes and desires and much disappointments. As yourself who or what is holding you back. |
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| | Related Terms: | | abortive, awkward, bad, bootless, bugger, burden, castrate, castrated, clumsy, cramp, cripple, crippled, cumber, debilitate, de-energize, 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 |
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