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adjective | verb lamelame1 /leɪm/ adjective ETYMOLOGYlame1Origin: Old English lama 1unable to walk well because your leg or foot is injured or weak: a lame dog2informal a lame explanation or excuse does not sound very believable: I don’t want to hear any of your lame excuses for being late. → see also lamely3slang boring or not very good: The party was lame.—lameness noun [uncountable] adjective | verb lamelame2 verb [transitive usually passive] VERB TABLElame |
Present | I, you, we, they | lame | | he, she, it | lames | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | lamed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have lamed | | he, she, it | has lamed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had lamed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will lame | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have lamed |
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Present | I | am laming | | he, she, it | is laming | | you, we, they | are laming | Past | I, he, she, it | was laming | | you, we, they | were laming | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been laming | | he, she, it | has been laming | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been laming | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be laming | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been laming |
to make a person or animal unable to walk well |