lame
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone who doesn't understand what is going on
Types & categories
- simpleton hypernym
Sense 2 verb
deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg
The accident has crippled her for life
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- cripple derivation
Sense 3 adjective
pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
a feeble excuse
Related & opposite
- feebleness derivation
- lameness derivation
- weak similar to
Sense 4 noun
a fabric interwoven with threads of metal
she wore a gold lame dress
Types & categories
- fabric hypernym
Sense 5 adjective
disabled in the feet or legs
a crippled soldier
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | simpleton |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cripple |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | maim |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hamstring |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | feebleness |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lameness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | weak |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fabric |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | lameness |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | unfit |