lamb

IPA: ɫˈæm

noun

  • A young sheep.
  • (uncountable) The flesh of a lamb or sheep used as food.
  • (figuratively) A person who is meek, docile and easily led.
  • Lambskin.
  • A simple, unsophisticated person.
  • (finance, slang) One who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized.
  • (slang) A fan of American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer Mariah Carey (born 1969).
  • A surname from Middle English.
  • An unincorporated community in Craig Township, Switzerland County, Indiana, United States.
  • An extinct town in Marion County, Missouri, United States.
  • An islet (small island) in the Firth of Forth, East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5386).
  • (Christianity) Jesus; the Lamb of God
  • (slang) Alternative letter-case form of lamb (“a fan of Mariah Carey”). [A young sheep.]

verb

  • (intransitive) Of a sheep, to give birth.
  • (transitive or intransitive) To assist (sheep) to give birth.
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Examples of "lamb" in Sentences

  • "Did you ever see such a lamb, such a _lamb_ as he is when he's ill?"
  • For the outstanding characteristic of a lamb is his willingness to be led.
  • This part of the lamb is also cut into cubes for kebabs (brochetas) and stews (guisados.)
  • I always want to get the fish, but then I remember how good the lamb is there and I wus out.
  • "I don't see much difference," retorted Miss Dabstreak, "except that you say it _is_ lamb, and I say it is _lamb_.
  • 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
  • A little lamb, _lamb_, LAMB, and elaborating that point with anxious gravity, was to receive a practical demonstration of the eternal unfitness of things. "

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