Encyclo - De online Nederlandstalige encyclopedieën in één oogopslag
Encyclopedia Sources Categories About Encyclo      Enzyklopädie-DE Encyclopedie-NL
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Index
Agriculture and Industry
Animals and Nature
Architecture and Buildings
Arts
Business and Law
Earth and Environment
Economy and Finance
Education
Electronics and Engineering
Film and Animation
Food and Drink
General
General technical and industrial
Government and organisations
Health and Medicine
History and Culture
Hobbies and Crafts
Language and Literature
Legal
Management
Mathematics and statistics
Meteorology and astronomy
Military and Defence
Music and Sound
People and society
Sciences
Sport and Leisure
Technical and IT
Travel and Transportation

Look up: lame

  1. lame
    [adj] - (of horses) disabled in the feet or legs 2. [n] - a fabric interwoven with threads of metal
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Lamé
    a metallic vest/jacket used to detect valid touches in foil and sabre
    Found on http://www.hpfc.org.uk/glossary.htm

  3. lame
    any fabric woven with flat metallic threads of the tinsel variety, which form either the ground or pattern. May also beabrocade. Category: Various industries and crafts • cloth produced from flat,so-called metallic yarns.They were originally produced with actual metal yarns but now man-made fibres are used.They have a shiny,brightly coloured appearance:from gold to silver.It can be int...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Lame
    Lame (lām) adjective [ Compar. Lamer ; superl. Lamest .] [ Middle English lame , Anglo-Saxon lama ; akin to Dutch lam , German lahm ,OHG., Dan., & Swedish lam , Icelandic lami , Russian lomate to break, lomota rheumatism.] 1. (a) Moving with pain or dif ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/8

  5. Lame
    Lame transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Lamed ; present participle & verbal noun Laming .] To make lame. « If you happen to let child fall and lame it.» Swift.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/8

  6. lame
    1. Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle. To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; as, a lame man. 'Lame of one leg.' . 'Lame in both his feet.' . 'He fell, and became lame.' . ... 2. Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficie ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  7. lame
    noun a fabric interwoven with threads of metal; `she wore a gold lame dress`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. lame
    adjective pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness; `a feeble excuse`; `a lame argument`
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. lame
    noun someone who doesn`t understand what is going on
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  10. Lame
    `Lame` means moving with pain or difficulty, or colloquially, an unconvincing argument, or failing to be cool. Articles in wikipedia include: *Lameness (equine), on lameness in horses. Other uses for lame and lamé (derived from the French) are: *lacking `coolness` (see Lamer) *Lamé (fencing), name of the electrically conductive jacket worn by foil and sabre fencers *Lamé (fabric), a fabric with metallic threads *Lamé (armor), an unarticulated...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lame

  11. lame
    (lām) incapable of normal locomotion; deviation from the normal gait. See also claudication.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns

  12. Lame
    • (superl.) Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect. • (superl.) Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle. • (v. t.) To make lame. • (superl.) To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; as, a la...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  13. lame
    1. someone who doesn't understand what is going on
    2. a fabric interwoven with threads of metal

    Found on

  14. Lame
    A metallic-looking material that has the appearance of metal. Some have a sparkle or glitter affect, some is more metallic. It properly has an accent over the e and is pronounced “La-mayâ€.
    Found on http://www.labeshops.com/news/?page_id=9


We are now searching for
• words containing `lame`;
• Alternative spelling;
• Wider definitions.

One moment please...

22 November 2009

This day in history:
On Friday, November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was shot as he rode in a motorcade through the streets of Dallas, Texas. At his death, the 35th president was 46 years old and had served less than three years in office. Despite this intimate experience of events surrounding the death of John F. Kennedy, the nation failed to achieve closure. Oswald never confessed, and the facts of the case remain mysterious. The Warren Commission's conclusion Oswald acted alone failed to satisfy the public. In 1976, the House of Representatives' Select Committee on Assassinations reopened investigation of the murder. The Committee reported that Lee Harvey Oswald probably was part of a conspiracy that may have involved organized crime. read more

Encyclo in your browser

Encyclo in the search bar of your browser? Click for more info! Would you like to use Encyco more often? Add an (extra) search option to the search field of your browser. Installed in 3 seconds, easy to remove.
More info

What is Encyclo?

Encyclo is a search engine for terms and definitions. Hundreds of websites contain wordlists, each with their own speciality. Encyclo brings those lists together and makes searching for definitions a lot easier.

Statistics

Encyclo has been online since october 15th 2007. It currently contains 3,264,100 words from 1007 sources. The words are listed in 32 categories.

Search

Type a word and press the `Search` button.

Recent searches

The most recent searches on Encyclo. Between brackets you will find the number of results and number of related results.
wether (7/24)
spf (10/1)
B (2/25)
Arab (2/25)
Azcapotzalco (2/0)
Extro (3/25)
Ma (10/25)
Mi-8 (25/0)
Casuistry (9/0)
Psalterium (7/4)
AT-11 (4/1)
Avalon (6/25)
Carpal (9/25)
Micah (9/25)
Snead (4/7)
MTR (3/11)
LCSAJ (2/4)
DST (9/15)
propitious (5/0)
Au (16/25)
circumambulate (5/0)
DDO (3/6)
Meadowy (2/0)
lingulectomy (4/0)

© Encyclo MMIX
Contact Privacy