lame

US /lem/

UK /leɪm/

B2

adjective

  • Having a damaged leg/foot making walking painful
  • Unable to walk normally due to an injury or disability affecting the legs or feet.
  • Socially awkward or inept.
  • Unfashionable or uncool.
  • Dull; boring; uninteresting.
  • Unconvincing; weak; inadequate.

verb

  • To cause to become incapable of walking

other

  • To make (a person or animal) lame.
  • To make someone or something lame.

other

  • To walk with difficulty, typically as the result of damage to the leg or foot.

Examples

His horse had gone lame.

an accident which had left him lame