Definitions for lamed

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lamed la·med

Spelling: [lah-mid, -med]

IPA: /ˈlɑ mɪd, -mɛd/

Lamed is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 88 anagrams from letters in lamed (adelm).

Definitions for lamed

noun

1. the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
2. the consonant sound represented by this letter.
3. Slang. a person who is out of touch with modern fads or trends, especially one who is unsophisticated.

adjective

1. crippled or physically disabled, especially in the foot or leg so as to limp or walk with difficulty.
2. impaired or disabled through defect or injury:
3. weak; inadequate; unsatisfactory; clumsy:
4. Slang. out of touch with modern fads or trends; unsophisticated.

verb (used with object)

1. to make lame or defective.

Origin of lamed

1655-65; Hebrew lāmēdh; cf. lambda

Examples for lamed

"Jim Hooker lamed him with a shotgun, and he fell over," said Clarence timidly.

Nettie fell from her horse, and we were frightened for a time, but she was only lamed.

How sorry I was for them, they were so bruised and lamed by their first lessons in horsemanship.

Simba stared at me doubtfully, then began to whisper into the ear of the lamed diviner.

It was not long after this that he struck his foot with the axe and lamed himself for life.

He buckled on the spurs, and began to examine the three horses which he had not lamed.

It was not long after this that he struck his foot with the ax and lamed himself for life.

He was the best jumper in the west of Ireland; and they tell me you've lamed him for life.

He forgot about everything else until he had lamed one of the forelegs.

The poor fellow has lamed his horse, which fell near Rambouillet.