(especially of an animal) unable to walk without difficulty as the result of an injury or illness affecting the leg or foot

his horse went lame

(of something intended to be entertaining) uninspiring and dull

I found the programme pretty lame and not very informative

I made really stupid posters with lame slogans

(of verse or metrical feet) halting; metrically defective

make (a person or animal) lame

he was badly lamed during the expedition

fabric with interwoven gold or silver threads

a gold lamé suit