noun
Meaning 1
plural of lame
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Standard Lemma guide
lames
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/leɪmz/
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rhymes with -eɪmz
noun
Meaning 2
Small steel plates combined so as to slide one upon other and form a piece of armour: plural of lame.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-normally
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verb
Meaning 3
third-person singular simple present indicative of lame
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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History
Etymology
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Borrowed from French lame (“a thin plate”), from Latin lāmina.