lame

lame
[[t]le͟ɪm[/t]]
lamer, lamest
1) ADJ-GRADED If someone is lame, they are unable to walk properly because of damage to one or both of their legs.

He was aware that she was lame in one leg...

David had to pull out of the Championships when his horse went lame.

Derived words:
lameness N-UNCOUNT

Persistent damage or inadequate healing may lead to chronic lameness.

N-PLURAL: the N
The lame are people who are lame.

... the wounded and the lame of the last war.

2) ADJ-GRADED If you describe an excuse, argument, or remark as lame, you mean that it is poor or weak.

He mumbled some lame excuse about having gone to sleep...

All our theories sound pretty lame.

Derived words:
lamely ADV-GRADED ADV with v

`Lovely house,' I said lamely.


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  • lamé — lamé …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • lame — [ lam ] n. f. • lamme v. 1112; lat. lamina I ♦ 1 ♦ Bande plate et mince d une matière dure (métal, puis verre, bois). Lame de cuivre, de verre, de bois. Petite lame. ⇒ lamelle. Réduire en lames. ⇒ laminer. Lames de parquet, de bois, allongées. ⇒… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • lamé — lame [ lam ] n. f. • lamme v. 1112; lat. lamina I ♦ 1 ♦ Bande plate et mince d une matière dure (métal, puis verre, bois). Lame de cuivre, de verre, de bois. Petite lame. ⇒ lamelle. Réduire en lames. ⇒ laminer. Lames de parquet, de bois,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • LAME — Basisdaten Entwickler Das LAME Team Aktuelle Version …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • lame — LAME. s. f. Table de metal fort platte. Lame de cuivre. lame d estain. un arrest, une inscription, une epitaphe gravée sur une lame de cuivre, &c. On appelle aussi, Lames, Certains clinquants d argent ou d or, desquels on couvre quelquefois des… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Lame — means moving with pain or difficulty, or colloquially, an unconvincing argument. Lame and lamé (derived from the French) may also refer to:*Lameness (equine), lameness in horses. *Lamé (fencing), name of the electrically conductive jacket worn by …   Wikipedia

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lame — steht für: einen Berg auf Java, Indonesien, siehe Berg Lame einen Berg in Osttimor, siehe Berg Lame LAME steht für: LAME, eine Audiosoftware Lamé ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Gabriel Lamé (1795 1870), einen französischen Mathematiker… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • lame — LAMÉ, lameuri, s.n. Material textil din mătase, bumbac sau lână cu fire metalice. – Din fr. lamé. Trimis de tavilis, 24.05.2002. Sursa: DEX 98  lamé s. n., art. laméul; (sorturi) pl. laméuri Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar… …   Dicționar Român

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