Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A young sheep, especially one that is not yet weaned.
- noun The flesh of a young sheep used as meat.
- noun Lambskin.
- noun A sweet, mild-mannered person; a dear.
- noun One who can be duped or cheated especially in financial matters.
- noun Christianity Jesus.
- intransitive verb To give birth to a young sheep.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To bring forth young, as sheep.
- noun A young animal of the sheep kind; a young sheep.
- noun A person gentle or innocent as a lamb.
- noun Hence One easily beguiled or fleeced; an inexperienced speculator who is deceived into making losing investments.
- noun Ironically, a ruffian or bully: as, Kirke's lambs (a troop of British soldiers noted for their atrocities in suppressing Monmouth's rebellion in 1685)
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep.
- noun (Zoöl.) The young of the sheep.
- noun Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.
- noun A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.
- noun (Script.) the Jesus Christ, in allusion to the paschal lamb.
- noun (Bot.) an annual plant with small obovate leaves (
Valerianella olitoria ), often used as a salad; corn salad. - noun a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit, for making curved grooves.
- noun [Obs.] Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; -- probably from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to lamb's wool.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A young
sheep , of up to one year of age. - noun The
flesh of a lamb used as food. - noun figuratively A person who is meek, docile and easily led.
- verb intransitive Of a sheep, to give birth.
- verb transitive or intransitive To assist (sheep) to give birth.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
- verb give birth to a lamb
- noun young sheep
- noun English essayist (1775-1834)
- noun a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)
- noun the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"Did you ever see such a lamb, such a _lamb_ as he is when he's ill?"
Mr. Waddington of Wyck May Sinclair 1904
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A little lamb, _lamb_, LAMB, and elaborating that point with anxious gravity, was to receive a practical demonstration of the eternal unfitness of things. "
How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune Orison Swett Marden 1887
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"I don't see much difference," retorted Miss Dabstreak, "except that you say it _is_ lamb, and I say it is _lamb_.
Paul Patoff 1881
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This part of the lamb is also cut into cubes for kebabs (brochetas) and stews (guisados.)
A Guide to Mexican Butcher Shops Part II: Pork and Lamb 2008
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This part of the lamb is also cut into cubes for kebabs (brochetas) and stews (guisados.)
A Guide to Mexican Butcher Shops Part II: Pork and Lamb 2008
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This part of the lamb is also cut into cubes for kebabs (brochetas) and stews (guisados.)
A Guide to Mexican Butcher Shops Part II: Pork and Lamb 2008
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I always want to get the fish, but then I remember how good the lamb is there and I wus out.
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For the outstanding characteristic of a lamb is his willingness to be led.
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For the outstanding characteristic of a lamb is his willingness to be led.
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Of all the legal sacrifices he chooses to allude to the lambs that were offered, not only because a lamb is an emblem of meekness, and
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume V (Matthew to John) 1721
bilby commented on the word lamb
Little lamb,
Here I am;
Come and lick
My white neck;
Let me pull
Your soft wool;
Let me kiss
Your soft face:
Merrily, merrily, we welcome in the year.
- William Blake, 'Spring'.
November 3, 2008