LAMB

lamb

(noun) young sheep

lamb

(noun) the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food

lamb, dear

(noun) a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)

lamb

(noun) a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)

Lamb, Charles Lamb, Elia

(noun) English essayist (1775-1834)

lamb

(verb) give birth to a lamb; “the ewe lambed”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Proper noun

Lamb

A surname.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Lamb

(Christianity) Jesus; the Lamb of God

Synonyms

• (Jesus): Paschal Lamb, Lamb of God, Agnus Dei

Anagrams

• ALBM, BAML, LBMA, balm, blam

Etymology

Noun

lamb (plural lambs or lamber or lambren)

A young sheep.

The flesh of a lamb or sheep used as food.

(figuratively) A person who is meek, docile and easily led.

A simple, unsophisticated person.

(finance, slang) One who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized.

Synonyms

• sheepling

Verb

lamb (third-person singular simple present lambs, present participle lambing, simple past and past participle lambed)

(intransitive) Of a sheep, to give birth.

(transitive or intransitive) To assist (sheep) to give birth.

Anagrams

• ALBM, BAML, LBMA, balm, blam

Source: Wiktionary

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Lamb, n. Etym: [AS. lamb; akin to D. & Dan. lam, G. & Sw. lamm, OS., Goth., & Icel. lamb.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The young of the sheep.

2. Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.

3. A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized. Lamb of God, The Lamb (Script.), the Jesus Christ, in allusion to the paschal lamb. The twelve apostles of the Lamb. Rev. xxi. 14. Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John i. 29.

– Lamb's lettuce (Bot.), an annual plant with small obovate leaves (Valerianella olitoria), often used as a salad; corn salad. [Written also lamb lettuce.] -- Lamb's tongue, a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit, for making curved grooves. Knight.

– Lamb's wool. (a) The wool of a lamb. (b) Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; -- probably from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to lamb's wool. [Obs.] Goldsmith.

Lamb, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lambed; p. pr. & vb. n. Lambing.]

Definition: To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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