[lam] 
verb, lammed, lam⋅ming. Slang.| 1. | to beat; thrash. |
| 2. | to beat; strike; thrash (usually fol. by out or into). |
[lam] noun, verb, lammed, lam⋅ming. Slang.| 1. | a hasty escape; flight. |
| 2. | to run away quickly; escape; flee: I'm going to lam out of here as soon as I've finished. |
| 3. | on the lam, escaping, fleeing, or hiding, esp. from the police: He's been on the lam ever since he escaped from jail. |
| 4. | take it on the lam, to flee or escape in great haste: The swindler took it on the lam and was never seen again. |
[lahm, lam] | Wi⋅fre⋅do [wi-frey-doh] or Wil⋅fre⋅do [wil-frey-doh] , 1902–82, Cuban painter in Europe. |
| Lamentations. |
[lam-uh
n-tey-shuhn] | 1. | the act of lamenting or expressing grief. |
| 2. | a lament. |
| 3. | Lamentations, (used with a singular verb) a book of the Bible, traditionally ascribed to Jeremiah. Abbreviation: Lam. |
| lam 1 (lām) v. lammed, lam·ming, lams Slang v. tr. To give a thorough beating to; thrash. v. intr. To strike; wallop. [Probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse lemja, to cripple by beating, flog.] |
| lam 2 (lām) intr.v. lammed, lam·ming, lams To escape, as from prison. n. Flight, especially from the law: escaped convicts on the lam. [Origin unknown.] |
| LAM lymphagioleiomyomatosis |