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lamb (lam)
noun
- a young sheep
- the flesh of a young sheep, used as food
- lambskin
- a gentle or innocent person, particularly a child
- a loved person; dear
- a person easily tricked or outwitted, as an inexperienced speculator
Etymology: ME < OE, akin to Ger lamm (OHG lamb) < IE *lonbhos (< base *el-: see elk) > Goth lamb
intransitive verb
the Lamb
Lamb (lam)
- Lamb, Charles (pen name Elia) 1775-1834; Eng. essayist & critic
- Lamb, Mary (Ann) 1764-1847; Eng. writer: sister of Charles & coauthor with him of Tales from Shakespeare
- Lamb, Willis Eugene 1913-; U.S. physicist
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Object
- ewe: Nobody should be allowed near lambing ewes or allowed to handle newly born lambs.
Converse of object
- mince: Meat mains include interesting offerings such as minced lamb with parsley, pine kernels & onions or whole quail seasoned with coriander.
Adjective modifier
- sacrificial: He was to be the sacrificial lamb, slain for the sins of the world.
Modifies a noun
- shank: However the luscious lamb shank with its thick gloopy sauce did manage to see a few chips dipped into it.
Noun used with modifier
- ewe: Ewe lambs intended for breeding may be vaccinated from five months of age.
Preposition: without
- blemish: We are " redeemed with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot.
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Till the wolf and the lamb be united.
My son,God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering.
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year.
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