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lamb
1[ lam ]
noun
- a young sheep.
- the meat of a young sheep.
- a person who is gentle, meek, innocent, etc.:
Their little daughter is such a lamb.
- a person who is easily cheated or outsmarted, especially an inexperienced speculator.
- the Lamb, Christ.
verb (used without object)
- to give birth to a lamb.
Lamb
2[ lam ]
noun
- Charles Elia, 1775–1834, English essayist and critic.
- Harold A., 1892–1962, U.S. novelist.
- Mary Ann, 1764–1847, English author who wrote in collaboration with her brother Charles Lamb.
- William, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, 1779–1848, English statesman: prime minister 1834, 1835–41.
- Willis E(ugene), Jr., 1913–2008, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1955.
lamb
1/ æ /
noun
- the young of a sheep
- the meat of a young sheep
- a person, esp a child, who is innocent, meek, good, etc
- a person easily deceived
- like a lamb to the slaughter
- without resistance
- innocently
verb
- Alsolamb down intr (of a ewe) to give birth
- tr; used in the passive (of a lamb) to be born
- intr (of a shepherd) to tend the ewes and newborn lambs at lambing time
Lamb
2/ æ /
noun
- the Lamba title given to Christ in the New Testament
Lamb
3/ æ /
noun
- LambCharles17751834MEnglishWRITING: essayistWRITING: critic Charles, pen name Elia. 1775–1834, English essayist and critic. He collaborated with his sister Mary on Tales from Shakespeare (1807). His other works include Specimens of English Dramatic Poets (1808) and the largely autobiographical essays collected in Essays of Elia (1823; 1833)
- William. See (2nd Viscount) Melbourne 2
- LambWillis Eugene19132008MUSSCIENCE: physicist Willis Eugene. 1913–2008, US physicist. He detected the small difference in energy between two states of the hydrogen atom ( Lamb shift ). Nobel prize for physics 1955
Derived Forms
- ˈˌ, adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of lamb1
Idioms and Phrases
see hanged for a sheep (as a lamb) ; in two shakes (of a lamb's tail) ; like a lamb to the slaughter .Example Sentences
Pork, beef, lamb, mutton, goat, venison and any other products made from these meats - such as sausages - from the EU have been banned.
All along this street you can get potatoes with spicy sauce, lamb skewers, fresh orange juice and the traditional clothing of the Naxi people.
The favorite at 2-1 is Irish stew, that hearty concoction of lamb, potatoes and vegetable.
It's a beef and arable farm, with a few lambs and pigs for their meat business selling to local customers.
The lambs of the affected ewe tested negative for bird flu, the spokesperson added.
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