Lames [verb]
Definition of Lames:
put out of action
Synonyms of Lames:
● Paralyze
● Disable
● Cripple
● Maim
● Hinder
● Hog-tie
● Lame
● Disarm
● Damage
● Hurt
● Weaken
● Lay up
● Take out
Opposite/Antonyms of Lames:
Sentence/Example of Lames:
The Gorget (Fig. 30) is made in two halves, each composed of a single plate or, sometimes, of two or three horizontal lames.
But alcohol does both; it lames the power of a whole nation and leads to the degeneration of the race, as does opium in China.
"Thought expands but lames," said Goethe—unless it is constantly controlled by fact.
It warps my political sympathies; it distorts my judgment; it obscures my eloquence, and it lames my logic!
Son tissu parait aussi lamelleux, et les lames semblent affecter une sorte de divergence.
Were it not for this wound, which lames me, I would spring upon you and crush the life from your miserable carcass.
Enviable stoicism that mislays the keepsake of some poor widow, or lames the old curate's cob, the fond companion of many rambles.
I think it more often lames than strengthens the memory and observation.
Their art lames and cripples them with a thousand meticulous scruples.
It always lames me for a few hours, though, when I do anything to it.