Lam

Definitions: Lam

Lam

Noun

1. A rapid escape (as by criminals); "the thieves made a clean getaway"; "after the expose he had to take it on the lam".

Verb

1. Escape or flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!".

2. Give a thrashing to; beat hard.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "lam" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Note: Lam \Lam\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Lammed; present participle verb or noun Lamming.]. (Websters 1913)

LAM

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Lam

Crosswords: Lam

Afrikaan (lamb), Danish (lamb), Dutch (lamb), Maya (to push in), Norwegian (lamb), Swedish (crippled, lame, paralysed, paralyzed), Turkish (object plate, object slide, thin plate).

Winter's on the lam, no doubt. (Northern Exposure; writing credit: Khadijah Hashim)

On the Lam (1972)

Eight on the Lam (1967)

Nancy Lam (1997)

Kharag wa lam ya'ud (1984)

Wifredo Lam (1979)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Lam Research Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Lam Soon (Hong Kong) Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Lam Soon Food Industries Ltd: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• China Cry: The Nora Lam Story (reference)

• On the Lam (reference)

• The Professionals: History of the Phu Lam, Vietnam U.S. Army Communicatons Base (reference)

• Wilfredo Lam (reference)

• Wilfredo Lam and the International Avant Garde, 1923-1982 (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Tai Chi Music - Dr. Paul Lam (reference)

• Lam Vegas (reference)

• Laos: Lam Saravane Music for the Khen (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Health

The cause of LAM is not known. (references)

The precise number of people who have LAM is not known. (references)

The survival time following the diagnosis of LAM is uncertain. (references)

Civil Liberties

Hong Kong

The sudden departure from the SCMP in November 2000 of its long-time China observer Willy Wo-lap Lam continued to be described by human rights organizations as an example of media self-censorship related to a media owner's commercial interests in China. (references)

Human Rights

Burma

According to another SHRF report, army troops at Kho Lam village conscripted men and women to serve as forced laborers at their military outpost. (references)

Vietnam

In July the Chairman of the People's Committee of Lam Dong Province told visiting foreign diplomats that Phu had violated the law by denouncing the achievements of the country and its founding fathers. (references)

Minorities

Vietnam

Officials in Lam Dong Province reportedly have hired ethnic minority persons to teach minority languages to ethnic Kinh police. (references)

Trade

Thailand

Japan's Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF) merged with the Export-Import Bank of Japan (JEXIM) to become the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) in October 1999 . The JBIC loans to Thailand began in 1969, when the loan/agreements for Lam Dom Noi Hydroelectric Project (I) was signed under the first loan packages . The cumulative commitment amount of ODA loans to Thailand now (as of 03/00) stands at 1,783 billion yen, covering 226 projects. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "lam": lam into ♦ lam into smb. ♦ on the lam. Additional references.

Albanian

Ik Fshehurazi (slink off), Fshihem (disappear, efface oneself, elope, fade, Harbor, harbour, hide away, hide oneself, lurk, rub oneself, skulk), Arratis (escape, guy). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ضرب (batter, battery, beat, beat off, belabour, biff, buffet, chastise, connect, curry, description, drub, drubbing, fib, flap, flapping, form, galvanize, genre, go getter, grain, hit, hitting, impact, jabbing, kidney, kind, lace, lace into smb., larrup, let out, lock out, manner, multiplication, multiply, order, overtake, paddle, paste, pasting, patter, poke, pommel, pound, pummel, slash, slosh, sock, sort, stamp, strike, stripe, tan, tanning, thrash, thrashing, thresh, variety, wallop, whip). (various references)

Bulgarian 

Офейкване, Плюя Си На Петите, Напердашвам, Нападам, Бягство, Бия. (various references)

Czech

Bìdování (lamentation, moan, wail, whine). (various references)

Danish

pulsegarn (lam net). (various references)

Dutch

valnet (lam net), schriknet (lam net). (various references)

Farsi 

فرارکردن گریختن(ز.ع.), فرار (Breakaway, Desertion, Escape, Evasive, Guy, Scape), زدن (Abaction, Amputate, Attain, Beat, Bop, Bruise, Clout, Cut, Haze, Imprint, Inject, Koran, Light, Lodge, Mallet, Nail, Play, Poke, Pop, Shoot, Slap, Slat, Smite, Snip, Strike, Stroke, Whack). (various references)

Finnish

tarvontaverkko (lam net). (various references)

French

Rosser (lace, lambaste, lather). (various references)

German

Vermöbeln (beat up, shellac, thrash). (various references)

Greek 

ύυλοκοπώ, Φυγή, Φεύγω. (various references)

Hebrew 

ּ� וס. (various references)

Hungarian

Elnáspángol (belabor, cudgel, larrup, to belabor, to belabour, to lace, to lay it on sy, to wallop, trounce, wallop). (various references)

Italian

Colpire (affect, bang, beat, buffet, bump, catch, clout, damage, dazzle, hit, jab, knock, pelt, poke, pound, punch, rap, run across, shock, shoot, slap, smite, sock, spear, strike, strike down, swat, swipe, thwack), Bastonare (beat, beat up, belabor, belabour, cane, club, drub, thrash). (various references)

Pig Latin

amlay.(various references)

Portuguese

Lacustre (lacy), Fugir (abscond, bolt, break away, bunk, decamp, disjoin, dispersion, dodge, eloquence, elude, escape, flee, fleece, fleet, get away, get back at, make off, retreat, run, run away, scoot, up and away), Fuga (bolt, break, bunk, Chevy, escape, exfiltration, flight, flying, fulcrum, getter, leak, leakage, loophole, loss, scape, scurry, trail), Escondido (close, furtive, hidden, hidebound, hush hush, offscreen, privy, secret, stealthy, ulterior). (various references)

Romanian

Cotonogi (beat smb. black and blue, welt, whop), Bate Mãr (lay in, paste, smite hip and thigh). (various references)

Russian 

Пороть, Колотить, Бить. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

bekstvo (elopement, escape, escapement, getaway, rout). (various references)

Spanish

Ser Fugitivo, Pegar (affix, attach, beat, beat up on, belt, catch, cement, fasten, give, glue, hang, have, hit, knock about, live through, paste, paste up, plug, post, pump, put up, roam, sew, sew on, slap, slosh, slug, smack, sock, stick, stick down, stick on, stick together, strike, swipe, tag on, take, thrash, tie on, to glue, to stick, touch, trounce, welt), Justicia (execution, fairness, justice, justness, legitimacy, nemesis, rest, right, righteousness, rightness, start), Juida, huida (bolt, break, desertion, escape, exodus, flight, scurry, scuttle, shy), Golpear Fuertemente A, Fugitivo De La Policía, Dar Una Paliza (beat, beat up, do over, lace in, lash, lay into, lick, put across, put over, take apart, tank, thrash, thump, trounce, work over). (various references)

Swedish

Sticka (clear off, clear out, dig, hook it, jab, knit, knitting needle, knitting-needle, light out, match, pick, prick, prickle, prod, scoot, scram, sliver, spill, splinter, split, stab, stick, sticking, sting, take french leave, thrust, tingle, to stick, twinge, vamoose, welsh), Smitning (hit-and-run case), Smita (abscond, bunk, flit, levant, light out, run away, scrimshank, slink off, sneak, take french leave, vamoose, Welch, welsh), Klå Upp (bash, beat up, belabor, belabour, cane, chaw up, clout, dress down, lambaste, lather, paste, paste up, strafe, wallop, whop), Damma På. (various references)

Thai

การหนีอย่างเร็ว, หนีอย่างรว�"เร็ว (had it away on his toes). (various references)

Turkish

Kaçmak (abscond, blow, bolt, break, break away, bunk, clear off, decamp, defect, desert, elope, escape, fade, flee, fly, fly away, get away, go by, hook it, ladder, lapse, leg it, light out, make a bolt for it, make off, nip off, pack up, pull out, retreat, run, run away, run off, scamper away, scoot, scuttle, skip, skip it, skip out, slip, slip off, slope off, take flight, travel, walk off), Dayak Atmak (bash up, baste, beat, chastise, clobber, cudgel, curry, drub, flog, give a thrashing, give smb. the works, give the stick, hide, larrup, lather, lay in, lay into, lick, pelt, punish, spifflicate, spiflicate, thrash, trounce, whop), Dövmek (bash up, baste, batter, beat, beat out, beat up, belabor, belabour, Bray, bruise, cane, castigate, chastise, club, cudgel, drub, dust smb.'s jacket, flail, flog, forge, give a beating, give smb. a thrashing, give the stick, hammer, hide, knock about, knock around, lam into, lambaste, larrup, lather, lay in, lay into, lick, Mall, maul, pelt, pound, punish, scutch, slog, sock, spifflicate, spiflicate, swage, swinge, tan, thrash, thwack, trounce, wallop, whale, whip, whop). (various references)

Ukranian 

Ховатися �'ід Поліції, Утекти, Лупцювати, �'теча. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "lam": lama, lamas, lamaseries, lamasery, lamb, lambast, lambaste, lambasted, lambastes, lambasting, lambasts, lambda, lambdas, lambdoid, lambed, lambencies, lambency, lambent, lambently, lamber, lambers, lambert, lamberts, lambie, lambier, lambies, lambiest, lambing, lambkill, lambkills, lambkin, lambkins, lamblike, lambrequin, lambrequins, lambs, lambskin, lambskins, lamby, lame, lamebrain, lamebrained, lamebrains, lamed, lamedh, lamedhs, lameds, lamella, lamellae, lamellar, lamellas, lamellate, lamellately, lamellibranch, lamellibranchs, lamellicorn, lamellicorns, lamelliform, lamely, lameness, lamenesses, lament, lamentable, lamentableness, lamentablenesses, lamentably, lamentation, lamentations, lamented, lamentedly, lamenter, lamenters, lamenting, laments, lamer, lames, lamest, lamia, lamiae, lamias, lamina, laminae, laminal, laminar, laminaria, laminarian, laminarians, laminarias, laminarin, laminarins, laminary, laminas, laminate, laminated, laminates, laminating, lamination, laminations, laminator, laminators, laming, laminitis, laminitises, laminose, laminous, lamister, lamisters, lammed, lammergeier, lammergeiers, lammergeyer, lammergeyers, lamming, lamp, lampad, lampads, lampas, lampases, lampblack, lampblacks, lamped, lampers, lamperses, lamping, lampion, lampions, lamplight, lamplighter, lamplighters, lamplights, lampoon, lampooned, lampooner, lampooneries, lampooners, lampoonery, lampooning, lampoons, lamppost, lampposts, lamprey, lampreys, lamps, lampshell, lampshells, lampyrid, lampyrids, lams, lamster, lamsters. (additional references)

Words ending with "lam": bedlam, blam, clam, flam, flimflam, fullam, kalam, slam. (additional references)

Words containing "lam": acclamation, acclamations, acetazolamide, acetazolamides, acrylamide, acrylamides, aflame, alameda, alamedas, alamo, alamode, alamodes, alamos, beclamor, beclamored, beclamoring, beclamors, bedlamite, bedlamites, bedlamp, bedlamps, bedlams, beglamor, beglamored, beglamoring, beglamors, beglamour, beglamoured, beglamouring, beglamours, blamable, blamably, blame, blamed, blameful, blamefully, blameless, blamelessly, blamelessness, blamelessnesses, blamer, blamers, blames, blameworthiness, blameworthinesses, blameworthy, blaming, blams, calamander, calamanders, calamar, calamari, calamaries, calamaris, calamars, calamary, calami, calamine, calamined, calamines, calamining, calamint, calamints, calamite, calamites, calamities, calamitous, calamitously, calamity, calamondin, calamondins, calamus, catecholamine, catecholaminergic, catecholamines, chlamydes, chlamydia, chlamydiae, chlamydial, chlamydospore, chlamydospores, chlamys, chlamyses, clamant, clamantly, clambake, clambakes, clamber, clambered, clamberer, clamberers, clambering, clambers, clammed, clammer, clammers, clammier, clammiest, clammily, clamminess, clamminesses, clamming, clammy, clamor, clamored, clamorer, clamorers, clamoring, clamorous, clamorously, clamorousness, clamorousnesses, clamors, clamour, clamoured, clamouring, clamours, clamp, clampdown, clampdowns, clamped, clamper, clampers, clamping, clamps, clams, clamshell, clamshells, clamworm, clamworms, cobalamin, cobalamins, cyanocobalamin, cyanocobalamine, cyanocobalamines, cyanocobalamins, cyclamate, cyclamates, cyclamen, cyclamens, cyclohexylamine, cyclohexylamines, declamation, declamations, declamatory, deglamorization, deglamorizations, deglamorize, deglamorized, deglamorizes, deglamorizing, delaminate, delaminated, delaminates, delaminating, delamination, delaminations, diphenylamine, diphenylamines, disclamation, disclamations, eclampsia, eclampsias, eclamptic, enflame, enflamed, enflames, enflaming, epithalamia, epithalamic, epithalamion, epithalamium, epithalamiums, ethanolamine, ethanolamines, exclamation, exclamations, exclamatory, filament, filamentary, filamentous, filaments, flambe, flambeau, flambeaus, flambeaux, flambee, flambeed, flambeing, flambes, flamboyance, flamboyances, flamboyancies, flamboyancy, flamboyant, flamboyantly, flamboyants, flame, flamed, flamen, flamenco, flamencos, flamens, flameout, flameouts, flameproof, flameproofed, flameproofer, flameproofers, flameproofing, flameproofs, flamer, flamers, flames, flamethrower, flamethrowers, flamier, flamiest, flamines, flaming, flamingly, flamingo, flamingoes, flamingos, flammabilities, flammability, flammable, flammables, flammed, flamming, flams, flamy, flashlamp, flashlamps, flimflammed, flimflammer, flimflammeries, flimflammers, flimflammery, flimflamming, flimflams, footlambert, footlamberts, fullams, gallamine, gallamines, glamor, glamorise, glamorised, glamorises, glamorising, glamorization, glamorizations, glamorize, glamorized, glamorizer, glamorizers, glamorizes, glamorizing, glamorous, glamorously, glamorousness, glamorousnesses, glamors, glamour, glamoured, glamouring, glamourize, glamourized, glamourizes, glamourizing, glamourless, glamourous, glamours, headlamp, headlamps, hydroxylamine, hydroxylamines, hypothalami, hypothalamic, hypothalamus, inflame, inflamed, inflamer, inflamers, inflames, inflaming, inflammabilities, inflammability, inflammable, inflammableness, inflammablenesses, inflammables, inflammably, inflammation, inflammations, inflammatorily, inflammatory, interlaminar, kalams, llama, llamas, malamute, malamutes, mecamylamine, mecamylamines, melamdim, melamed, melamine, melamines, methylamine, methylamines, microfilament, microfilaments, millilambert, millilamberts, monofilament, monofilaments, multifilament, multifilaments, myofilament, myofilaments, naphthylamine, naphthylamines, nialamide, nialamides, nonfilamentous, nonflammabilities, nonflammability, nonflammable, nonglamorous, noninflammable, noninflammatory, oriflamme, oriflammes, overglamorize, overglamorized, overglamorizes, overglamorizing, penicillamine, penicillamines, phentolamine, phentolamines, phenylethylamine, phenylethylamines, phenylpropanolamine, phenylpropanolamines, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylethanolamines, polyacrylamide, polyacrylamides, preeclampsia, preeclampsias, preeclamptic, preflame, proclamation, proclamations, prolamin, prolamine, prolamines, prolamins, prothalamia, prothalamion, prothalamium, reclamation, reclamations, reclame, reclames, rolamite, rolamites, salamander, salamanders, salamandrine, salami, salamis, scopolamine, scopolamines, selamlik, selamliks, slammed, slammer, slammers, slamming, slams, streetlamp, streetlamps, sulfanilamide, sulfanilamides, sunlamp, sunlamps, taillamp, taillamps, telamon, telamones, thalami, thalamic, thalamus, ulama, ulamas, ultraglamorous, unblamed. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: al, am, la, ma.

+1 letter: alma, alme, alms, alum, amyl, balm, blam, calm, clam, flam, halm, lama, lamb, lame, lamp, lams, lima, loam, mail, male, mall, malm, malt, marl, maul, meal, mola, palm, slam.

+2 letters: alamo, alarm, album, algum, almah, almas, almeh, almes, almud, almug, alums, amble, amole, ample, amply, ampul, amyls, balms, balmy, blame, blams, calms, camel, claim, clamp, clams, comal, dolma, domal, email, flame, flams, flamy, fleam, gleam, gloam, halma, halms, hamal, haulm, hemal, kalam, lamas, lambs, lamby, lamed, lamer, lames, lamia, lamps, larum, leman, lemma, liman, limas, limba, limpa, llama, loams, loamy, macle, madly, maile, maill, mails, malar, males, malic, malls, malms, malmy, malts, malty, manly, maple, marls, marly, mauls, meals, mealy, medal, metal, miaul, milia, milpa, modal, molal, molar, molas, moola, moral, mulla, mural, palms, palmy, plasm, psalm, qualm, realm, salmi, slams, small, smalt, tamal, ulama, ulema.

+3 letters: abloom, aflame, agleam, aimful, alamos, alarms, alarum, albums, algums, allium, almahs, almehs, almner, almond, almost, almuce, almude, almuds, almugs, alumin, alumna, alumni, amatol, ambled, ambler, ambles, amidol, amoles, amoral, ampler, ampule, ampuls, amulet, amylic, amylum, animal, aplomb, armful, armlet, asylum, baalim, balsam, becalm, bedlam, beldam, blamed, blamer, blames, bromal, brumal, calami, calmed, calmer, calmly, camail, camels, camlet, chimla, claims, clammy, clamor, clamps, climax, copalm, cymbal, damply, damsel, dermal, dismal, dolman, dolmas, emails, embalm, empale, enamel, family, famuli, female, flambe, flamed, flamen, flamer, flames, fleams, flyman, formal, fulham, fullam, fulmar, gamble, gambol, gamely, gamily, gimbal, gimmal, glamor, gleams, gleamy, glioma, gloams, haemal, halmas, hamals, hamaul, hamlet, hammal, hamuli, haulms, haulmy, hiemal, hymnal, imbalm, impala, impale, jumbal, kalams, kalium, kalmia, kamala, labium, labrum, lactam, lambda, lambed, lamber, lambie, lamedh, lameds, lamely, lament, lamest, lamiae, lamias, lamina, laming, lammed, lampad, lampas, lamped, larums, lawman, lawmen, layman, laymen, legman, lemans, lemmas, limans, limbas, limina, limpas, lingam, lipoma, llamas, loamed, logjam, lumbar, lumina, mackle, macled, macles, macula, macule, magilp, maglev, mailed, mailer, mailes, maills, mainly, malady, malars, malate, malfed, malgre, malice, malign, maline, malkin, malled, mallee, mallei, mallet, mallow, maloti, malted, maltha, maltol, mamluk, mammal, manful, mangel, mangle, manila, mantel, mantle, manual, maples, marble, marbly, marcel, marled, marlin, marvel, mauled, mauler, mayfly, mazily, mealie, meanly, measle, measly, meatal, medals, medial, medlar, menial, mensal, mental, mescal, mesial, metals, mezcal, miauls, miladi, milady, milage, milpas, miskal, mislay, missal, mitral, molars, mollah, moolah, moolas, morale, morals, mortal, morula, muleta, mullah, mullas, murals, mutual, namely, napalm, normal, oilman, pablum, palmar, palmed, palmer, plasma, plasms, primal, psalms, qualms, qualmy, ramble, ramtil, realms, remail, salaam, salami, salmis, salmon, samiel, samlet, sample, shalom, slalom, smalls, smalti, smalto, smalts, smilax, stomal, talcum, tamale, tamals, tamely, timbal, tombal, tramel, tymbal, ulamas, ulemas, ultima, umbral, umlaut, wadmal, wadmel, wadmol, wamble, wambly, warmly.

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