Usually means: Impaired or ineffective due to injury.
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We found 43 dictionaries that define the word lame:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. lame: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lame, the lame: Merriam-Webster
  3. lame: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lame, lame: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. lame: Collins English Dictionary
  6. lame: Vocabulary.com
  7. Lame, l'ame, lame: Wordnik
  8. lame: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. lame: Wiktionary
  10. lame: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. lame: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. lame: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. lame: Dictionary.com
  14. lame (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. lame: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. LAME, Lame (album), Lame (armor), Lame (kitchen tool), Lame (song), Lame: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Lame: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. lame: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. lame: Rhymezone
  20. lame, lame (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. lame: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. LAME: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. lame: FreeDictionary.org
  24. lame: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. lame: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Jazz Humor (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lame: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lame: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. lame: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. lame: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. LAME: Acronym Finder
  3. lame: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Bryological (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. lame, lame: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. lame: ESL Slang page
  3. the lame: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Farrier & Hoofcare (No longer online)
  2. Textile (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (especially of an animal) Unable to walk properly because of a problem with one's feet or legs.
adjective:  (of a limb, especially a foot or leg) That cannot be moved properly.
adjective:  (dated, now offensive) Physically disabled.
adjective:  (by extension, dated) Hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
adjective:  (colloquial) Unconvincing or unbelievable.
adjective:  (colloquial) Uncool, uninteresting, or unfunny.
verb:  (transitive) To cause (a person or animal) to become lame.
noun:  (prison slang) A stupid or undesirable person.
noun:  A thin layer or plate of material, as in certain kinds of armor.
noun:  (in the plural) A set of joined overlapping metal plates.
noun:  A kitchen tool for scoring bread dough before baking.

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