Antonyms for lam


Grammar : Verb
Spell : lam
Phonetic Transcription : læm


Definition of lam

Origin :
  • "flight," as in on the lam, 1897, from a U.S. slang verb meaning "to run off" (1886), of uncertain origin, perhaps somehow from the first element of lambaste, which was used in British student slang for "beat" since 1590s; if so, it would give the word the same etymological sense as the slang expression beat it.
  • verb escape
Example sentences :
  • Mrs. McKee drew a long breath and entered the lam stew in a book.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • I've got Jeems Henery to stop gamblin',” he whispered, “an' I didn't have to lam' him.
  • Extract from : « In Happy Valley » by John Fox
  • A trader, coming into this camp, represented that lam Khn had let Sl.
  • Extract from : « The Bbur-nma in English » by Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
  • A genus formed for the reception of Isocardia semi-sulcata, Lam.
  • Extract from : « A Conchological Manual » by George Brettingham Sowerby
  • Those which depart furthest from this type are the Grypha, Lam.
  • Extract from : « A Conchological Manual » by George Brettingham Sowerby
  • A family belonging to the first section of the order Gasteropoda, Lam.
  • Extract from : « A Conchological Manual » by George Brettingham Sowerby
  • A family of the first section of the order Trachelipoda, Lam.
  • Extract from : « A Conchological Manual » by George Brettingham Sowerby
  • There were often times when I wanted to turn in and lam his head.
  • Extract from : « Curly » by Roger Pocock
  • Well, we let them get a good look at us taking it on the lam.
  • Extract from : « Dave Dawson on the Russian Front » by R. Sidney Bowen
  • If any feller tries to play a trick on you, you just tell me, and I'll lam him.
  • Extract from : « Paul the Peddler » by Horatio Alger, Jr.

Synonyms for lam

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