meaning of lame
1. Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle.
2. To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; as, a lame man.
3. Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
4. To make lame.
5. a fabric interwoven with threads of metal; "she wore a gold lame
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