Definitions for lameds

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lameds la·med

Spelling: [lah-mid, -med]

IPA: /ˈlɑ mɪd, -mɛd/

Lameds is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 187 anagrams from letters in lameds (adelms).

Definitions for lameds

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 lameds

1655-65; Hebrew lāmēdh; cf. lambda

Examples for lameds

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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