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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