lamed


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.]

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.]

lamed

(ˈlɑːmɪd; Hebrew ˈlamɛd) n (Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) the 12th letter in the Hebrew alphabet (ל), transliterated as l. Also: lamedh [from Hebrew, literally: ox goad (from its shape)]

la•med

(ˈlɑ mɪd, -mɛd)

n. the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. [1655–65; < Hebrew lāmēdh; compare lambda]