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amay [รก.may.] : lame (adj.); bone marrow (n.); marrow (n.)

Derivatives of amay


Glosses:
lame
n. (person)1. lame, squaresomeone who doesn't understand what is going on.
~ simpleton, simplea person lacking intelligence or common sense.
n. (artifact)2. lamea fabric interwoven with threads of metal.; "she wore a gold lame dress"
~ cloth, fabric, textile, materialartifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers.; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
v. (body)3. cripple, lamedeprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg.; "The accident has crippled her for life"
~ maiminjure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation.; "people were maimed by the explosion"
~ hamstringcripple by cutting the hamstring.
adj. 4. feeble, lamepathetically lacking in force or effectiveness.; "a feeble excuse"; "a lame argument"
~ weakwanting in physical strength.; "a weak pillar"
adj. 5. crippled, game, gimpy, halt, halting, lamedisabled in the feet or legs.; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"
~ unfitnot in good physical or mental condition; out of condition.; "fat and very unfit"; "certified as unfit for army service"; "drunk and unfit for service"
bone marrow
n. (body)1. bone marrow, marrowthe fatty network of connective tissue that fills the cavities of bones.
~ bone, osrigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates.
~ red bone marrow, red marrowbone marrow of children and some adult bones that is required for the formation of red blood cells.
~ yellow bone marrow, yellow marrowbone marrow that is yellow with fat; found at the ends of long bones in adults.
~ connective tissuetissue of mesodermal origin consisting of e.g. collagen fibroblasts and fatty cells; supports organs and fills spaces between them and forms tendons and ligaments.
~ immune systema system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response.
n. (food)2. bone marrow, marrowvery tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones.
~ dainty, goody, kickshaw, treat, delicacysomething considered choice to eat.
~ marrowbonea bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soup.
marrow
n. (plant)1. marrow, marrow squash, vegetable marrowany of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh.
~ vegetable marrow, marrowlarge elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins.
~ cucurbita pepo melopepo, summer squash, summer squash vineany of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden.
~ courgette, zucchinimarrow squash plant whose fruit are eaten when small.
~ cocozelle, italian vegetable marrowsquash plant having dark green fruit with skin mottled with light green or yellow.
n. (food)2. marrow, vegetable marrowlarge elongated squash with creamy to deep green skins.
~ summer squashany of various fruits of the gourd family that mature during the summer; eaten while immature and before seeds and rind harden.
~ marrow squash, vegetable marrow, marrowany of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh.
n. (cognition)3. center, centre, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sumthe choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
~ cognitive content, mental object, contentthe sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned.
~ bare bones(plural) the most basic facts or elements.; "he told us only the bare bones of the story"
~ hypostasis(metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality.
~ haecceity, quidditythe essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other.
~ quintessencethe purest and most concentrated essence of something.
~ stuffa critically important or characteristic component.; "suspense is the very stuff of narrative"