I 1. прилагательное 1) а) хромой; увечный; парализованный Например: to be lame in one leg — хромать на одну ногу Синоним(ы): halt, crippled, hamstrung, hobbled б) неправильный, "хромающий" (о стиле, размере) 2) неубедительный, неудовлетворительный Синоним(ы): unconvincing, unsatisfactory Например: lame under the hat — глупый, несообразительный 2. глагол 1) калечить, увечить Синоним(ы): maim, cripple 2) лишать способности что-либо делать Синоним(ы): disable II имя существительное тонкая металлическая пластинка; тонкий слой, лист Синоним(ы): lamina
I. adjective (lamer; lamest) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lama; akin to Old High German lam lame, Lithuanian limti to break down 1. a. having a body part and especially a limb so disabled as to impair freedom of movement b. marked by stiffness and soreness Example: a lame shoulder 2. lacking needful or desirable substance; weak, ineffectual Example: a lame excuse 3. slang not being in the know; square 4. a. inferior Example: a lame school b. contemptible, nasty Example: lame racist jokes • lamely adverb • lameness noun II. transitive verb (lamed; laming) 1. to make lame; cripple 2. to make weak or ineffective; disable III. noun slang a person who is not in the know; square IV. noun Etymology: Middle French, from Latin lamina 1. a thin plate especially of metal; lamina 2. plural small overlapping steel plates joined to slide on one another (as in medieval armor)
noun Etymology: French a brocaded clothing fabric made from any of various fibers combined with tinsel filling threads