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lamb
1[ lam ]
noun
- a young sheep.
- the meat of a young sheep.
- a person who is gentle, meek, innocent, etc.:
Their little daughter is such a lamb.
- a person who is easily cheated or outsmarted, especially an inexperienced speculator.
- the Lamb, Christ.
verb (used without object)
- to give birth to a lamb.
Lamb
2[ lam ]
noun
- Charles Elia, 1775–1834, English essayist and critic.
- Harold A., 1892–1962, U.S. novelist.
- Mary Ann, 1764–1847, English author who wrote in collaboration with her brother Charles Lamb.
- William, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, 1779–1848, English statesman: prime minister 1834, 1835–41.
- Willis E(ugene), Jr., 1913–2008, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1955.
Lamb
1/ læm /
noun
- LambCharles17751834MEnglishWRITING: essayistWRITING: critic Charles, pen name Elia. 1775–1834, English essayist and critic. He collaborated with his sister Mary on Tales from Shakespeare (1807). His other works include Specimens of English Dramatic Poets (1808) and the largely autobiographical essays collected in Essays of Elia (1823; 1833)
- William. See (2nd Viscount) Melbourne 2
- LambWillis Eugene19132008MUSSCIENCE: physicist Willis Eugene. 1913–2008, US physicist. He detected the small difference in energy between two states of the hydrogen atom ( Lamb shift ). Nobel prize for physics 1955
lamb
2/ læm /
noun
- the young of a sheep
- the meat of a young sheep
- a person, esp a child, who is innocent, meek, good, etc
- a person easily deceived
- like a lamb to the slaughter
- without resistance
- innocently
verb
- Alsolamb down intr (of a ewe) to give birth
- tr; used in the passive (of a lamb) to be born
- intr (of a shepherd) to tend the ewes and newborn lambs at lambing time
Lamb
3/ læm /
noun
- the Lamba title given to Christ in the New Testament
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Derived Forms
- ˈlambˌlike, adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lamb1
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Idioms and Phrases
see hanged for a sheep (as a lamb) ; in two shakes (of a lamb's tail) ; like a lamb to the slaughter .Discover More
Example Sentences
The freezer is filled with meat, sides of beef and large pieces of lamb.
In her white prom dress, Carrie is like a lamb to the slaughter, the blood besmirching her innocence.
I must have had lamb and potatoes 180 times since I have been here.
Families were sitting picnic-style, meals of lamb and rice on large plates, scooped up with the flat bread nan.
Even Garnet's gyro wrap is made with McLane farms seasoned lamb.
Young Lamb's big cigar has been out long ago; but he pulls hard at it, wholly unaware of the fact.
Young Lamb has already paid several visits to Mr. Levison's little table.
Lamb fills his case, and lights this the ne plus ultra of a soothing weed.
Lamb with shaking fingers places the required amount in front of him.
The perspiration stands on young Lamb's face; again his cigar goes out.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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