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Definition of Lame

Lame
Lame 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
Lame 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.

Meaning of Lame from wikipedia

- Look up lame in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lame or LAME may refer to: Lame (song) by The Beaches (band) "Lame" (song) by Unwritten Law Lame (album)...
- LAME is a software encoder that converts digital audio into the MP3 audio coding format. LAME is a free software project that was first released in 1998...
- Khabane "Khaby" Lame (French: [kabi lam], Italian: [ˈkaːbi ˈlam]; born 9 March 2000) is a Senegal-born Italian social media personality. He is known for...
- Look up lamé in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lamé may refer to: Lamé (fabric), a clothing fabric with metallic strands Lamé (fencing), a jacket used...
- Jennifer Lame (born 1981/1982) is an American film editor. She is known for her work on Manchester by the Sea, Hereditary, Tenet, Black Panther: Wakanda...
- industries are liquid lamé, tissue lamé, hologram lamé, and pearl lamé. Lamé is used in the sport of fencing to make the jackets (called lamés) that facilitate...
- In continuum mechanics, Lamé parameters (also called the Lamé coefficients, Lamé constants or Lamé moduli) are two material-dependent quantities denoted...
- In politics, a lame duck or outgoing politician is an elected official whose successor has already been elected or will be soon. An outgoing politician...
- A superellipse, also known as a Lamé curve after Gabriel Lamé, is a closed curve resembling the ellipse, retaining the geometric features of semi-major...
- Amy Lamé (née Caddle; born 3 January 1971) is an American-British performer, writer, and TV and radio presenter, known for her one-woman shows, her performance...