Definition of lame

• superl. - Moving with pain or difficulty on account of injury, defect, or temporary obstruction of a function; as, a lame leg, arm, or muscle.
• superl. - To some degree disabled by reason of the imperfect action of a limb; crippled; as, a lame man.
• superl. - Hence, hobbling; limping; inefficient; imperfect.
• v. t. - To make lame.