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# lameness

«lameness» in Mova's school dictionary: **the state of being unable to walk well because a leg or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (lameness)

### meaning for a pupil

Lameness is the state of being unable to walk well because a leg or foot is hurt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lameness/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales a creature's lameness is a clue; a lame animal walks with a limp

### examples

- The wolf asked the cause of his lameness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lameness/#x1)
- His lameness made him slow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lameness/#x2)
- The vet treated the horse's lameness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lameness/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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