walk+lamely

  • 1Lamely — Lame ly, adv. [See {Lame}.] In a lame, crippled, disabled, or imperfect manner; as, to walk lamely; a figure lamely drawn. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 2limp — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. limber, flaccid, flabby, soft. See softness. v. t. hobble, hitch; drag. See failure. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Without stiffness] Syn. pliant, soft, flaccid, flabby, formative, supple, pliable,… …

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  • 3hobble — [häb′əl] vi. hobbled, hobbling [ME hobelen (akin to Du hobbelen, Ger dial. hobbeln) < base of hoppen (see HOP1) + freq. suffix] 1. to go unsteadily, haltingly, etc. 2. to walk lamely or awkwardly; limp vt. 1. to cause to go haltingly or …

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  • 4hobble — v. & n. v. 1 intr. a walk lamely; limp. b proceed haltingly in action or speech (hobbled lamely to his conclusion). 2 tr. a tie together the legs of (a horse etc.) to prevent it from straying. b tie (a horse s etc. legs). 3 tr. cause (a person… …

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  • 5limp — I 1. verb she limped out of the house Syn: hobble, walk with a limp, walk lamely, walk unevenly, walk haltingly, hitch, falter, stumble, lurch 2. noun walking with a limp Syn: lameness, a hobble, an uneven gait; Medicine c …

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  • 6limp — A lame walk with a yielding step; asymmetrical gait. SEE ALSO: claudication. * * * limp limp vi 1) to walk lamely esp to walk favoring one leg 2) to go unsteadily limp n a limping movement or gait …

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  • 7hobble — verb Luke hobbled into the post office Syn: limp, walk with difficulty, walk lamely, move unsteadily, walk haltingly; shamble, totter, dodder, stagger, falter, stumble, lurch …

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  • 8limp — [adj] not stiff; weak bending, debilitated, drooping, droopy, ductile, enervated, exhausted, feeble, flabby, flaccid, flexible, flexuous, flimsy, floppy, impressible, infirm, languid, languishing, lax, lethargic, limber, listless, loose, plastic …

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  • 9limp — limp1 [limp] vi. [ME lympen < OE limpan, to befall, occur (in a specialized sense, to walk lamely), akin to MHG limpfen, to walk with a limp, OHG limfan, to befall, happen < IE * (s)lemb < base * leb , to hang down, be limp > SLUMP,… …

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  • 10limp — I. intransitive verb Etymology: probably from Middle English lympen to fall short; akin to Old English limpan to happen, lemphealt lame Date: circa 1570 1. a. to walk lamely; especially to walk favoring one leg b. to go unsteadily ; falter 2. to… …

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