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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Can't offer to do so myself, as I have lamed my foot with the tooth of a dead king, also my arms are full of torches.
From Queen Sheba's Ring by Henry Rider Haggard
And just such a paralysis seems for six long weeks to have lamed the highest powers of America.
From The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe by Various
C. killed a buck. several of the men have lamed themselves by various accedents in working the canoes through this difficult part of the river, and Capt.
From The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by Meriwether Lewis
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
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
