Lam Synonyms

lăm
To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. abscond
  2. break out
  3. decamp
  4. escape
  5. flee
  6. fly
  7. get away
  8. run away
  9. absquatulate
The act or an instance of escaping, as from confinement or difficulty
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. getaway
  2. break
  3. breakout
  4. decampment
  5. escape
  6. escapement
  7. flight
Give a thrashing to; beat hard
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. thrash
  2. thresh
  3. flail

Words Related to Lam

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. free
  2. chung
  3. lau
  4. kwan
  5. wu
  6. wang
  7. chang
  8. wong
  9. cheng
  10. leong
  11. lim

Lam Sentence Examples

  • The police were in hot pursuit of the convicts on the lam.

  • The family tried to lam from the path of the incoming tropical storm by driving as far from the coast as possible.

  • They had to lam loudly on the door before someone came to answer it.

  • On the death of King Eric Lam in 1147 Valdemar came forward as one of the three pretenders to the Danish crown, Jutland falling to his portion (compact of Roskilde, 9th of August 1157).

  • This road, called the Chang lam or " northern road," was much used by traders till the middle of the 19th century, when the Mahommedan rebellions in northwestern China practically closed it.

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