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lamb
a young sheep; a person who is gentle or innocent; a person who is easily cheated
Not to be confused with:
lam – a hasty escape; fleeing or hiding from the law: on the lam
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lamb
(lăm)n.
1.
a. A young sheep, especially one that is not yet weaned.
b. The flesh of a young sheep used as meat.
c. Lambskin.
2. A sweet, mild-mannered person; a dear.
3. One who can be duped or cheated especially in financial matters.
4. Lamb Christianity Jesus.
intr.v. lambed, lamb·ing, lambs
To give birth to a young sheep.
[Middle English, from Old English.]
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lamb
(læm)n
1. (Animals) the young of a sheep
2. (Cookery) the meat of a young sheep
3. a person, esp a child, who is innocent, meek, good, etc
4. a person easily deceived
5. like a lamb to the slaughter
a. without resistance
b. innocently
vb
6. (Agriculture) (intr) Also: lamb down (of a ewe) to give birth
7. (Agriculture) (tr; used in the passive) (of a lamb) to be born
8. (Agriculture) (intr) (of a shepherd) to tend the ewes and newborn lambs at lambing time
[Old English lamb, from Germanic; compare German Lamm, Old High German and Old Norse lamb]
ˈlambˌlike adj
Lamb
(læm)n
(Bible) the Lamb a title given to Christ in the New Testament
Lamb
(læm)n
1. (Biography) 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)
2. (Biography) William. See (2nd Viscount) Melbourne2
3. (Biography) 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
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
lamb
(læm)n.
1. a young sheep.
2. the meat of a young sheep.
3. a person who is gentle or innocent.
4. a person who is easily outsmarted.
5. the Lamb, Christ.
v.i. 6. to give birth to a lamb.
[before 900; Middle English, Old English, c. Old Saxon, Old High German, Old Norse, Gothic lamb]
Lamb
(læm)n.
1. Charles ( “Elia” ), 1775–1834, English essayist and critic.
2. Willis E(ugene), Jr., born 1913, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1955.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
lamb
- lamb - In Gothic times, lamb was used for "adult sheep" as well as "baby sheep."
- rack of lamb - A roast of the rib section of lamb.
- shepherd's pie - Got its name from the meat it originally contained—lamb or mutton.
- white meat - The pale meat of poultry, rabbit, or veal; red meat is from beef or lamb.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
sheep
– lamb1. 'sheep'
A sheep is a farm animal with a thick woolly coat. The plural of sheep is sheep.
The farmer has six hundred sheep.
A flock of sheep was grazing on the hill.
2. 'lamb'
A lamb is a young sheep.
The field was full of little lambs.
The meat of a young sheep is called lamb. When it is used with this meaning, lamb is an uncountable noun.
For dinner, we had lamb and potatoes.
The meat of an adult sheep is called mutton, but this meat is less common in Britain and America than lamb. Don't use 'sheep' to refer to the meat of a sheep.
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lamb
Past participle: lambed
Gerund: lambing
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| Noun | 1. |  lamb - young sheep young mammal - any immature mammal genus Ovis, Ovis - sheep lambkin - a very young lamb baa-lamb - child's word for a sheep or lamb teg - two-year-old sheep Persian lamb - a karakul lamb |
| 2. |  Lamb - English essayist (1775-1834) | |
| 3. | lamb - a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters) | |
| 4. | lamb - a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child) inexperienced person, innocent - a person who lacks knowledge of evil | |
| 5. | lamb - the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food domestic sheep, Ovis aries - any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin meat - the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food cut of lamb - cut of meat from a lamb loin of lamb - meat from a loin of lamb | |
| Verb | 1. | lamb - give birth to a lamb; "the ewe lambed" |
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lamb
nounThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
حَمَلحَمْلٌخروفشَخْص وَديعلَحْم الحَمَل
агне
jehnějehněčíandílek
lamlammesteg
tall
karitsalammas
janje
báránydrága kincsem!
lamblambakjötsem er eins og lamb
子羊
어린양
agnus
angelėlisavinėlisavytėėrenaėriena
jēra gaļajēriņšjērsmīļumiņš
miel
anjelikjahňajahňacina
jagnjejagnjetina
lammlammkött
แกะ
kuzukuzu etikuzu gibi kimse
ягня
thịt cừu
lamb
[læm]A. N (= animal) → cordero m; (older) → borrego m; (= meat) → (carne f de) cordero m
the Lamb of God → el Cordero de Dios
my poor lamb! → ¡pobrecito!
he surrendered like a lamb → no ofreció la menor resistencia
he took it like a lamb → ni siquiera rechistó
to go like a lamb to the slaughter → ir como borrego al matadero
the Lamb of God → el Cordero de Dios
my poor lamb! → ¡pobrecito!
he surrendered like a lamb → no ofreció la menor resistencia
he took it like a lamb → ni siquiera rechistó
to go like a lamb to the slaughter → ir como borrego al matadero
B. VI → parir
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
lamb
n
(= young sheep) → Lamm nt
(= meat) → Lamm(fleisch) nt
(= person) → Engel m; the little lambs (children) → die lieben Kleinen; you poor lamb! → du armes Lämmchen!; she took it like a lamb → sie ertrug es geduldig wie ein Lamm; he followed her like a lamb → er folgte ihr wie ein Lamm; like a lamb to the slaughter → wie das Lamm zur Schlachtbank, wie ein Opferlamm
lamb
:lamb chop
n → Lammkotelett nt
lambskin
n → Lammfell nt
lamb’s lettuce
n → Feldsalat m
lamb’s tail
n (Bot) → Haselkätzchen nt
lambswool
n → Lammwolle f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
lamb
[læm]1. n (animal, meat) → agnello
my poor lamb! → oh, povero tesoro!
he took it like a lamb → ha accettato docilmente
Lamb of God → Agnello di Dio
my poor lamb! → oh, povero tesoro!
he took it like a lamb → ha accettato docilmente
Lamb of God → Agnello di Dio
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
lamb
(lӕm) noun1. a young sheep. The ewe has had three lambs.
2. its flesh eaten as food. a roast leg of lamb.
3. a lovable or gentle person, usually a child.
ˈlambskin noun, adjective (of) the skin of a lamb with the wool left on it. a lambskin coat.
ˈlambswool (ˈlӕmz-) noun, adjective (of) a fine type of wool obtained from a lamb. a lambswool sweater.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
lamb
→ حَمْلٌ jehně lam Lamm αρνί cordero karitsa agneau janje agnello 子羊 어린양 lam lam baran cordeiro ягненок lamm แกะ kuzu thịt cừu 小羊Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
lamb
n. cordero-a, oveja, borrego-a.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
lamb
n (meat) carne f de cordero, cordero; lamb’s wool lana de ovejaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.