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lamb definition

lamb (lam)

noun

  1. a young sheep
  2. the flesh of a young sheep, used as food
  3. lambskin
  4. a gentle or innocent person, particularly a child
  5. a loved person; dear
  6. 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

to give birth: said of a ewe
lamb Idioms

the Lamb

Jesus
Lamb definition

Lamb (lam)

  1. Lamb, Charles (pen name Elia) 1775-1834; Eng. essayist & critic
  2. Lamb, Mary (Ann) 1764-1847; Eng. writer: sister of Charles & coauthor with him of Tales from Shakespeare
  3. Lamb, Willis Eugene 1913-; U.S. physicist

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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