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lame
la·mé L0028100 (lă-mā′)n. A shiny fabric woven with metallic threads, often of gold or silver.
[French, spangled, laminated, lamé, from Old French lame, thin metal plate; see lame2.]
lame 1 L0027900 (lām)adj. lam·er, lam·est 1. Disabled so that movement, especially walking, is difficult or impossible: Lame from the accident, he walked with a cane. A lame wing kept the bird from flying.2. Marked by pain or rigidness: a lame back.3. Weak or ineffectual: a lame attempt to apologize.4. a. Informal Dull or unsatisfactory: That movie was so lame!b. Slang Socially inappropriate; foolish.tr.v. lamed, lam·ing, lames To cause to become lame; cripple.
[Middle English, from Old English lama.]
lame′ly adv.lame′ness n.
lame 2 L0027900 (lām)n. A thin metal plate, especially one of the overlapping steel plates in medieval armor.
[French, from Old French, from Latin lāmina, thin plate.]lame (leɪm) adj1. (Pathology) disabled or crippled in the legs or feet2. painful or weak: a lame back. 3. weak; unconvincing: a lame excuse. 4. not effective or enthusiastic: a lame try. 5. slang US conventional or uninspiringvb (tr) to make lame[Old English lama; related to Old Norse lami, German lahm] ˈlamely adv ˈlameness n
lame (leɪm) n (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) one of the overlapping metal plates used in armour after about 1330; splint[C16: via Old French from Latin lāmina a thin plate, lamina]
lamé (ˈlɑːmeɪ) n (Textiles) a. a fabric of silk, cotton, or wool interwoven with threads of metalb. (as modifier): a gold lamé gown. [from French, from Old French lame gold or silver thread, thin plate, from Latin lāmina thin plate]lame1 (leɪm)
adj. lam•er, lam•est, adj. 1. crippled or physically disabled, esp. in the foot or leg so as to cause limping. 2. being stiff and sore: a lame arm from playing tennis. 3. weak; inadequate: a lame excuse. 4. Slang. square; ineffectual. v.t. 5. to make lame or defective. [before 900; Middle English; Old English lama, c. Old Saxon lamo, Old High German lam, Old Norse lami] lame′ly, adv. lame′ness, n. lame2 (leɪm, læm)
n. one of a number of overlapping steel plates joined in a suit of armor. [1580–90; < Middle French < Latin lāmina; see lamina] la•mé (læˈmeɪ, lɑ-)
n. an ornamental fabric in which metallic threads, as of gold or silver, are woven with silk, wool, rayon, or cotton. [1920–25; < French, =lame lame2 + -é < Latin -ātus -ate1] lame - A material consisting of silk or other yarns interwoven with metallic threads.See also related terms for silk.lame
Past participle: lamed
Gerund: laming
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| I lame | | you lame | | he/she/it lames | | we lame | | you lame | | they lame |
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| I lamed | | you lamed | | he/she/it lamed | | we lamed | | you lamed | | they lamed |
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| I am laming | | you are laming | | he/she/it is laming | | we are laming | | you are laming | | they are laming |
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| I have lamed | | you have lamed | | he/she/it has lamed | | we have lamed | | you have lamed | | they have lamed |
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| I was laming | | you were laming | | he/she/it was laming | | we were laming | | you were laming | | they were laming |
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| I had lamed | | you had lamed | | he/she/it had lamed | | we had lamed | | you had lamed | | they had lamed |
| Future |
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| I will lame | | you will lame | | he/she/it will lame | | we will lame | | you will lame | | they will lame |
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| I will have lamed | | you will have lamed | | he/she/it will have lamed | | we will have lamed | | you will have lamed | | they will have lamed |
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| I will be laming | | you will be laming | | he/she/it will be laming | | we will be laming | | you will be laming | | they will be laming |
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| I have been laming | | you have been laming | | he/she/it has been laming | | we have been laming | | you have been laming | | they have been laming |
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| I will have been laming | | you will have been laming | | he/she/it will have been laming | | we will have been laming | | you will have been laming | | they will have been laming |
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| I had been laming | | you had been laming | | he/she/it had been laming | | we had been laming | | you had been laming | | they had been laming |
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| I would lame | | you would lame | | he/she/it would lame | | we would lame | | you would lame | | they would lame |
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| I would have lamed | | you would have lamed | | he/she/it would have lamed | | we would have lamed | | you would have lamed | | they would have lamed |
laméA fabric with metallic threads, usually gold or silver, woven into it.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | lame - someone who doesn't understand what is going onsquaresimpleton, simple - a person lacking intelligence or common sense | | 2. | lame - a fabric interwoven with threads of metal; "she wore a gold lame dress"cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" | | Verb | 1. | lame - deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg; "The accident has crippled her for life"cripplemaim - injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"hamstring - cripple by cutting the hamstring | | Adj. | 1. | lame - pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"feebleweak - wanting in physical strength; "a weak pillar" | | 2. | lame - disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"crippled, game, gimpy, halt, haltingunfit - not in good physical or mental condition; out of condition; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service" |
lameadjective1. disabled, handicapped, crippled, limping, defective, hobbling, game, halt (archaic) He had to pull out of the Championships when his horse went lame.2. unconvincing, poor, pathetic, inadequate, thin, weak, insufficient, feeble, unsatisfactory, flimsy He mumbled some lame excuse about having gone to sleep.Translationslame (leim) adjective1. unable to walk properly. He was lame for weeks after his fall. 跛的 跛的2. not satisfactory; unacceptable. a lame excuse. 差勁的 差劲的，站不住脚的 verb to make unable to walk properly. He was lamed by a bullet in the ankle. 使跛 使跛ˈlamely adverb 一瘸一拐地 一瘸一拐地ˈlameness noun 跛行 跛行lame
lame jokeA joke that is deemed (often by the listener) to be corny or otherwise not amusing. A: "Come on, isn't that funny?" B: "It's kind of a lame joke, Mom." My date clearly thinks he's hilarious, but all I heard was a bunch of lame jokes.See also: joke, lamelame duck1. Someone or something that needs help. The company started as a lame duck that was saved by an innovative entrepreneur who decided to take some risks and go in a new direction.2. An elected official serving their last term in office, usually so-called after a successor has been elected. The opposing party was angry at the president's intention to name a Supreme Court replacement while he was a lame duck.See also: duck, lamehelp a lame dog over a stileobsolete To help or assist someone in need in some fundamental or basic way. He has so much money that it would be no effort at all for him to help a lame dog over a stile, but the man is adamant that not a penny of his fortune be used toward charity of any kind.See also: dog, help, lame, overlame1. Not at all cool, trendy, or fashionable; undesirable or unlikable. I know you think it's lame to get dropped off to school by your mom each morning, but I'm not letting you walk the whole way on your own. All kids come to think their parents are lame at some point or another, and you're fooling yourself if you think you're going to be the exception.2. Utterly weak, ineffectual, or inept; completely unimpressive or incompetent. With such lame special effects and a cookie-cutter plot, the movie was a complete waste of time.lamebrain1. adjective Utterly foolish or poorly thought out. He's always got some lamebrain scheme to get rich.2. noun A fool, idiot, or buffoon. I heard that lamebrain Terry cost us yet another client with the idiotic things he says.lamebrainedUtterly foolish or poorly thought out. He's always got some lamebrained scheme to get rich.See also: lamebrainlame duck 1. Fig. someone who is in the last period of a term in an elective office and cannot run for reelection. You can't expect much from a lame duck. As a lame duck, there's not a lot I can do. 2. Fig. having to do with someone in the last period of a term in an elective office. (Used as an adjective; sometimes lame-duck.) You don't expect much from a lame-duck president. Lame-duck Congresses tend to do things they wouldn't dare do otherwise.See also: duck, lamelame duckAn elected officeholder whose term of office has not yet expired but who has failed to be re-elected and therefore cannot garner much political support for initiatives. For example, You can't expect a lame duck President to get much accomplished; he's only got a month left in office . This expression originated in the 1700s and then meant a stockbroker who did not meet his debts. It was transferred to officeholders in the 1860s. The Lame Duck Amendment, 20th to the U.S. Constitution, calls for Congress and each new President to take office in January instead of March (as before), thereby eliminating the lame-duck session of Congress. See also: duck, lamea lame duck COMMON1. If a politician or a government is a lame duck, they have little real power, for example because their period of office is coming to an end. The government is headed by a president who looks like a lame duck. The last thing people needed was to feel that the government was a lame duck. Note: You can also use lame-duck before a noun. He's already seen widely as a lame-duck Prime Minister. He would have found himself leading a lame-duck administration to near-certain defeat.2. If someone or something is a lame duck, they are in a very weak position and in need of support. The company has completed its transformation from the lame duck of the motor industry into a quality car maker. Moira considers all single people lame ducks. Note: You can also use lame-duck before a noun. It is not right to use taxpayers' money to support lame-duck industries. Note: This expression is usually used to criticize someone or something. Note: The image here is of a duck that has been shot and wounded, and so cannot move properly and is likely to die. See also: duck, lamehelp a lame dog over a stile come to the aid of a person in need.See also: dog, help, lame, overlame duck a person or thing that is powerless or in need of help. informal In the mid 18th century, lame duck was used in a stock-market context, with reference to a person or company that could not fulfil their financial obligations. Later, from the mid 19th century, it was used specifically with reference to US politicians in the final period of office, after the election of their successor. 1998 Spectator At some point in his second and final term, every president becomes a lame duck: as the man himself matters less, so does the office. See also: duck, lamea ˌlame ˈduck (informal) a person or an organization that is not very successful and needs help: My uncle is a bit of a lame duck. The family has to help him all the time. ♢ The shipping industry had become a lame duck.See also: duck, lamelame and laine and lane1. mod. inept; inadequate; undesirable. That guy’s so lame, it’s pitiful. 2. n. a square person. (Streets. Underworld.) Let’s see if that lame over there has anything we want in his pockets. 3. n. an inept person. The guy turned out to be a lame, and we had to fire him. lame duck1. n. someone who is in the last period of a term in an elective office. You can’t expect much from a lame duck. 2. mod. having to do with someone in the last period of a term in an elective office. You don’t expect much from a lame duck president. See also: duck, lamelamebrain and lame-brain1. n. a fool. Please don’t call me a lamebrain. I do my best. 2. and lamebrained mod. foolish. No more of your lamebrained ideas! lame-brain verbSee lamebrainlamebrained verbSee lamebrainSee also: lamebrainlame duck, aA person finishing a term of office, employment, or other engagement, and soon to be supplanted by another. This term had quite another meaning in eighteenth-century Britain. Then it denoted a stock-exchange jobber (broker) who could not pay his debts and therefore was struck from the members’ list, forced to “waddle away” from the Exchange. In the nineteenth century, however, the term began to be used for any ineffectual person, on both sides of the Atlantic. Some decades thereafter it began to be used in its present meaning in the United States, that is, for government officials who have failed to be reelected but must serve out their term of office, even though their endeavors are hampered because they are about to be replaced. See also: lamelame
lame disabled or crippled in the legs or feet What does it mean when you dream about limping?A dream about limping could represent feelings of weakness, inadequacy, or uncertainties about a particular situation. A dream about lameness might also be alluding to the metaphorical use of “lame” as being pathetic or unoriginal. lamé[la′mā] (textiles) A fabric, usually of silk, rayon, or polyester, ornamented with flat metal threads. lame
lame [lām] incapable of normal locomotion; deviation from the normal gait. See also claudication.lame (lām)adj. lamer, lamest 1. Disabled so that movement, especially walking, is difficult or impossible: Lame from the accident, he walked with a cane. A lame wing kept the bird from flying.2. Marked by pain or rigidness: a lame back.tr.v. lamed, laming, lames To cause to become lame; cripple.
lame′ly adv.lame′ness n.Patient discussion about lameQ. My two years old boy started to limp and to complain about foot pain. what can it be? My two years boy is complaining about a left foot pain. the pain starts in his thigh and radiates down. He doesn't have fever or any other symptom. He started waking in the age of 1.5 years and he never walked well. He seems like he is never balanced on his left leg. His labor was traumatic, and I needed a C-section.what can be the source of his complaints? A. Hello...has your son been seen by a pediatric orthopedist? There are many things this could be...including flat feet, no arches (have the child step in water and then walk on concrete...see if you can see an arch there or is there nothing but the water with no indication of an arch. Just in case of something more serious, and not to frighten you, but let's say things are out there today, ? a rare syndrome or even Charcot? Only a pediatric orthopedist could address those types of issues and no mom ever wants to see her son or daughter suffer...
it hurts us as much as them I think! If it continues or gets worse, please do not delay in seeing the pediatric orthopedist to be sure.
I hope this was helpful and blessings your way. BARBS Q. is the one first question i asked here a lame one? it's just that it's been 15 days. i think i put some real effort in confronting myself so as to benefit, not waste anyones or my time. i don't know i figured more feedback would be offered. hey if it's kind of a i don't know hopeless question maybe any answer, really any answer at all would be appreciated? thanks...A. Thank you! Q. My arms go limp And my chest hurts. There is no way I can lift my arms. It lasts 10 min. This eposode comes on every few days. Its scary. Drs. have no clue. Thanks bettyA. well, i'm not a Dr...but there is a web site that might give you a clue on what's wrong and what questions to ask the Dr. sometimes it's important to know what kind of Dr. you need:
http://symptoms.webmd.com/symptomchecker
good luck! i hope you'll get a lead! More discussions about lameLAME
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lame
Synonyms for lameadj disabledSynonyms- disabled
- handicapped
- crippled
- limping
- defective
- hobbling
- game
- halt
adj unconvincingSynonyms- unconvincing
- poor
- pathetic
- inadequate
- thin
- weak
- insufficient
- feeble
- unsatisfactory
- flimsy
Synonyms for lamenoun someone who doesn't understand what is going onSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun a fabric interwoven with threads of metalRelated Words- cloth
- fabric
- textile
- material
verb deprive of the use of a limb, especially a legSynonymsRelated Wordsadj pathetically lacking in force or effectivenessSynonymsRelated Wordsadj disabled in the feet or legsSynonyms- crippled
- game
- gimpy
- halt
- halting
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