lame

adjective

1. 1

   Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.

   With the years, this horse has little by little gone lame.

   Alone, alone, to where he sits, The Shadow cloak’d from head to foot Who keeps the keys of all the creeds, ⁠I wander, often falling lame, And looking back to whence I came, Or on to where the pathway leads; […]

2. 2

   Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs. That cannot be moved properly.

3. 3

   datedUnable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs. Physically disabled.

   a lame man

4. 4

   datedHobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.

   a lame endeavour

   O, most lame and impotent conclusion![…]

   The ی consonant is our English y[…] It is really a sad mistake for us, who possess this useful consonant, to adopt the lame expedient to which other languages are forced to have recourse, namely, the use of the vowel i, with or without the diaresis over it.

5. 5

   Unconvincing or unbelievable.

   He had a really lame excuse for missing the birthday party.

6. 6

   Uncool, uninteresting, or unfunny.

   He kept telling these extremely lame jokes all night.

verb

1. 1

   To cause (a person or animal) to become lame.

   And if you don't want to lame your horse, you must look sharp and get them [stones stuck in hooves] out quickly.

   Now her soul felt lamed in itself. It was her hope that was struck.

noun

1. 1

   slangA stupid or undesirable person.

   You lames tryna clone my style and run wit it.

noun

1. 1

   A thin layer or plate of material, as in certain kinds of armor.

   This rim involved a raised rolled edge on the rerebrace that was inserted into a raised lip on the lower lame of the pauldron. This lip allows the arm to rotate without the need for leather straps and can be clearly seen carved on to the effigy […]

   These pauldrons are generally asymmetrical with the left pauldron wider than the right, which is cut away for the passage of the lance. It would be attached to the shoulder by points through a restored leather tab on the top lame at the apex […]

2. 2

   A set of joined overlapping metal plates.

3. 3

   A kitchen tool for scoring bread dough before baking.

Forms

plural

lames

comparative

lamer

superlative

lamest

past tense

lamed

past participle

lamed

present participle

laming

third person singular

lames