lamb

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/læm/

noun 6name 6verb 2

Collocations

(noun.) young sheep

ADJ

newborn | orphaned

sacrificial

The junior employee became a sacrificial lamb when the project failed.

VERB + LAMB

fatten

kill, slaughter

The farmer had to slaughter several lambs before winter arrived.

LAMB + VERB

bleat | frolic, gambol

(noun.) meat

ADJ

spring | curried, grilled, minced, roast

LAMB + NOUN

chop, cutlet | casserole, curry, stew

PHRASES

breast/leg/neck/rack/shoulder of lamb

Definitions

noun

A young sheep.

Mary had a little lamb, its fleece as white as snow.

A young goat; a kid.

The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, Exodus 12:5: “Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:”

The flesh of a lamb used as food; (sometimes loosely) the flesh of a sheep of any age used as food.

A person who is meek, docile, and easily led.

Near-synonym: sheep

Lambskin.

They were as alike as prisoners, dressed in black silk waists and fitted skirts, with shawls of crimped black lamb across their shoulders.

verb

Of a sheep, to give birth.

To assist (sheep) to give birth.

The shepherd was up all night, lambing her young ewes.

name

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).

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Synonyms

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

dear

noun — English essayist (1775-1834)

elia

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

one may as well hang for a sheep as a lamb

If one is going to commit a sin, it may as well be a major one as a minor one.

March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb

The weather in the Northern Hemisphere tends to be unpleasant at the start of March but pleasant at the end.

in like a lion, out like a lamb

Synonym of March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.

gentle as a lamb

Very caring and calm.

Example Bank

Mary had a little lamb, its fleece as white as snow.

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Near-synonym: sheep

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The shepherd was up all night, lambing her young ewes.

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And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused the

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(See St. Paul's epistles, and the early Fathers.) And we have the expression "washed in the blood of the Lamb" adopted into the Christian Church.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, lamb is marked as obsolete, figuratively, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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