Lame /(lām)/

Lame

a.
  1. Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle.
  2. Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect; as, a lame answer.
    O, most lame and impotent conclusion!

Phrases & Compounds
Lame duck
a person who can not fulfill his contracts.

Lame

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Lamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Laming

  1. To make lame.
    If you happen to let child fall and lame it.