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lame
lame is a 4-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, noun, verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 8 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1superlative
Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle.
- 2superlative
To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; as, a lame man.
- 3superlative
Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
- 4transitive verb
To make lame.
- 5noun
a fabric interwoven with threads of metal
"she wore a gold lame dress"
- 6noun
someone who doesn't understand what is going on
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- 7verb
deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
"The accident has crippled her for life"
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- 8adjective
disabled in the feet or legs
"a crippled soldier"
"a game leg"
- 9adjective
pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
"a feeble excuse"
"a lame argument"
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