Crossword-Solution: LAME
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Lame | superl. | Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle. |
| Lame | superl. | To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; as, a lame man. |
| Lame | superl. | Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect. |
| Lame | v. t. | To make lame. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| LAME | anagram | ALEM, ALME, AMEL, ELAM, ELMA, EMLA, LAEM, LEAM, LEMA, MAEL, MALE, MEAL, MELA |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with LAME (5)
The Ass and the Wolf AN ASS feeding in a meadow saw a Wolf approaching to seize him, and immediately pretended to be lame.
Hiller, who was crippled with rheumatism and had only her son, the lame shoemaker, to take care of her; and she went to the French Church, whatever the weather.
That matters should continue pleasant Maryann spoke, who, what with her brown complexion, and the working wrapper of rusty linsey, had at present the mellow hue of an old sketch in oils—notably some of Nicholas Poussin’s:— “Do anybody know of a crooked man, or a lame, or any second-hand fellow at all that would do for poor me?” said Maryann.
She certainly now deserved the name of “the happiest woman in Europe.” “It is a case of the blind leading the lame, sweetheart, is it not?” he said with his good-natured smile of old.
The discourse was resumed presently, but it went lame and halting, all possibility of impressiveness being at an end; for even the gravest sentiments were constantly being received with a smothered burst of unholy mirth, under cover of some remote pew-back, as if the poor parson had said a rarely facetious thing.
Quotes with LAME (3)
Saying 'I notice you're a nerd' is like saying, 'Hey, I notice that you'd rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you'd rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. Why is that?' In fact, it seems to me that most contemporary insults are pretty lame. Even 'lame' is kind of lame. Saying 'You're lame' is like saying 'You walk with a limp.' Yeah, whatever, so does 50 Cent, and he's done all right for himself.
It was a lame excuse, and I knew that wasn't the reason he was canceling. If he wanted to avoid me, I would have preferred he made up something about how he and the other guardians had to up Moroi security or practice top-secret ninja moves.
Sick of lame ducks, use Cosmic Ordering and your ducks will lay golden eggs.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, S&S, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 696 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).