What does LAM mean?
Definitions for LAM
læmlam
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word LAM.
Princeton's WordNet
getaway, lamverb
a rapid escape (as by criminals)
"the thieves made a clean getaway"; "after the expose he had to take it on the lam"
scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break awayverb
flee; take to one's heels; cut and run
"If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"
thrash, thresh, lam, flailverb
give a thrashing to; beat hard
Wiktionary
lamnoun
The twenty-third letter of the Arabic alphabet, . It is preceded by and followed by .
Etymology: From lemja.
ChatGPT
lam
Depending on the context, "LAM" could refer to several different things: 1) LAM (Lymphangioleiomyomatosis): It's a rare lung disease that tends to affect women of childbearing age. In LAM, muscle cells that line the lungs' airways and blood vessels begin to multiply abnormally. 2) LAM: It's also an abbreviation for Local Area Network Manager in computer science. 3) Lam: A slang term originating from the 1920s underworld, it means to escape or run away, often from the law. 4) LAM (Laboratory of Applied Mechanics): A research institution that focuses on various aspects of applied mechanics. 5) LAM: It can also refer to the South African currency, the Mozambican Metical, whose ISO 4217 code is MZN. You'll need to provide more context for a more specific definition.
Webster Dictionary
Lamverb
to beat soundly; to thrash
Etymology: [Icel. lemja to beat, or lama to bruise, both fr. lami, lama, lame. See Lame.]
Wikidata
Lam
Lam is a municipality in the district of Cham in Bavaria in Germany.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Lam
lam, v.t. to beat. [Ice. lemja, to beat.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
LAM
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lam is ranked #611 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Lam surname appeared 55,554 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 19 would have the surname Lam.
87.9% or 48,882 total occurrences were Asian.
6.8% or 3,800 total occurrences were White.
2.5% or 1,422 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.9% or 1,106 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.5% or 317 total occurrences were Black.
0% or 28 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Anagrams for LAM »
mal
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of LAM in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of LAM in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of LAM in a Sentence
Hong Kong authorities should be working to create a political environment in which protesters do not feel the need for masks - not banning the masks, and deepening restrictions on freedom of expression, chief Executive Carrie Lam needs to agree to an examination of excessive force by police and to resume the process toward universal suffrage. Additional restrictions are only likely to inflame tensions.
Carrie Lam is continuing to lie, we hope the people of Hong Kong can unite with us ... to keep working hard to withdraw the evil law.
The government, Carrie Lam, some legislators in functional constituencies are not elected by the people, so there are many escalating actions in different districts to reflect different social issues, if political problems are not solved, social well-being issues will continue to emerge endlessly.
Women with LAM who become pregnant often experience an acute worsening of their disease, and women who take estrogen therapeutically in birth control pills or in the past with hormonal supplementation for menopausal women, we saw LAM would accelerate in [those groups].
Carrie Lam used Carrie Lam image to justify certain actions and present Carrie Lam as a good mother, as if by virtue of being a mother that [ a positive ] implication is there, but then of course people really don't think she's motherly at all, she is somebody who we think is against ethics of care.
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