Antonyms for laming


Grammar : Verb
Spell : leym
Phonetic Transcription : leɪm


Definition of laming

Origin :
  • 1520s, from lame (adj.) + -ness.
  • As in incapacitate : verb put out of action
  • As in maim : verb cripple, put out of action
  • As in mutilate : verb maim, damage
  • As in paralyze : verb immobilize
  • As in batter : verb strike and damage
  • As in cripple : verb disable; make lame
  • As in hamstring : verb disable
Example sentences :
  • The man got off, as a matter of habit, to know what was laming his Horse.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton
  • This differs from the case of laming the horse with a nail in two respects.
  • Extract from : « The Common Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • I've got such a character that I'm perfectly capable of laming you for life!
  • Extract from : « Plays by Chekhov, Second Series » by Anton Chekhov
  • Laming's Christian zeal did not induce him to forget the duties of hospitality.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Bush » by George Dunderdale
  • Bowling, a good excercise for women: castinge of the barre and camping, I accompt rather a laming of legges, then an exercise.
  • Extract from : « The Sweating Sickness » by John Caius
  • In North America the same story of the trapping and laming of the sun is told, and attributed to a hero named Tcha-ka-betch.
  • Extract from : « Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 » by Andrew Lang
  • This is a form of laming or crippling of certain muscles in childhood known as infantile paralysis.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of Health » by Woods Hutchinson
  • Those Lancashire operatives, laming and killing each other at football, turning a game into a battle.
  • Extract from : « The Whirlpool » by George Gissing
  • It is no use going on till your feet get really hard, for you would only be laming yourself again.
  • Extract from : « Condemned as a Nihilist » by George Alfred Henty
  • There is no real sport in shooting at and laming an inoffensive creature, one that cannot be made use of for food.
  • Extract from : « Six Little Bunkers at Mammy June's » by Laura Lee Hope

Synonyms for laming

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