lame
lame · lames · lamed · laming
вимикати, відключати, деактивувати
калечить, увечить
außer Stand setzen, außer Stande setzen, behindern
To cause to become lameTo cause (a person or animal) to become lame.
/leɪm/
» I don't want to hear your lame excuses.
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo cause (a person or animal) to become lame.
калечитьkalečitʹ, увечитьuvečitʹ
More definitions
- deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
Examples
61 sentencesI don't want to hear your lame excuses.
Can you believe how lame this is?
That's a lame excuse.
ruЭто неудачная отмазка. — odexed
That's so lame.
This is lame.
Translations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
to cause a person or animal to become lame:
Origin
From Middle English lame, from Old English lama (“lame”), from Proto-West Germanic *lam, fFrom Middle English lame, from Old English lama (“lame”), from Proto-West Germanic *lam, from Proto-Germanic *lamaz (“lame”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃lemH- (“to tire; to break”).
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Forms
lames, laming, lamed, lamedSynonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle