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# lame

«lame» in Mova's school dictionary: **Unable to walk normally because of a hurt leg or foot…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (lame, lamer, lamest); verb (lame — rare)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Unable to walk normally because of a hurt leg or foot (used mostly about animals, especially horses). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lame/#m1)

2) (informal, slang) Boring, weak or not cool: «That joke is lame». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lame/#m2)

3) A lame excuse is a weak one that no one believes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lame/#m3)

4) (Bible) Old word for people who cannot walk; Jesus healed the lame. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lame/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In stories a lame horse cannot carry its rider. Children use «lame» as slang for «boring» or «uncool». Using «lame» about a disabled person is old-fashioned and can be hurtful; say «has a limp» or «cannot walk». Phrases: «lame excuse», «a lame duck» (a weak leader or business), «so lame».

### examples

- The horse went lame after it hurt its hoof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lame/#x1)
- «The dog ate my homework» is a lame excuse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lame/#x2)
- That film was so lame! (slang) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lame/#x3)
- In the Bible story, Jesus made the lame man walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lame/#x4)
- The President was a lame duck in his last months. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lame/#x5)
- His jokes are lame but we laugh anyway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lame/#x6)
- Now I am lame for life! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lame/#x7)

### note

Comparative lamer, lamest. The slang meaning can hurt people with disabilities; be careful. Do not confuse with «lamé» (shiny fabric).

### In the corpora

- [Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.115/)
- [And when ye offer the lame and sick, is it no evil!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/MAL.11/)
- [The legs hang limp from the lame; so is a parable in the mouth of fools.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.756/)
- [I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.738/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lame» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lame/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.