lame
adjective
physically disabled, especially in the foot or leg so as to limp or walk with difficulty.
have lamed
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present perfectof lame.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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"In truth," said Wilhelm, "I was very much afraid we should be obliged to leave this passage out: the omission would have lamed the whole play."
From Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It was nothing of the kind; it was a put-up job, and if I hadn't sailed in it might have lamed you so that you couldn't jump.
From Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale by Burt L. Standish
“Poor Erminet cannot be quiet even here,” said Mrs. Penryn, angrily: “I wish, Fred, you would look before you lie down: I dare say you have lamed my pretty Erminet.”
From Samboe; or, The African Boy by Mary Ann Hedge
Nino caught each fragment in the air with a snap that would have lamed a horse for a month.
From Whosoever Shall Offend by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
It became a game of follow-my-leader, with Knight and Blue Bonnet heading the procession and putting their horses through a performance that would have lamed anything but a Western cow-pony.
From Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party by John Goss
