Lamb

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A young sheep, especially one that is not yet weaned.
  • n. The flesh of a young sheep used as meat.
  • n. Lambskin.
  • n. A sweet, mild-mannered person; a dear.
  • n. One who can be duped or cheated especially in financial matters.
  • n. Christianity Jesus.
  • verb-intransitive. To give birth to a young sheep.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A young sheep, of up to one year of age.
  • n. The flesh of a lamb used as food.
  • n. A person who is meek, docile and easily led.
  • v. Of a sheep, to give birth.
  • v. To assist (sheep) to give birth.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The young of the sheep.
  • n. Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.
  • n. A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.
  • verb-intransitive. To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A young animal of the sheep kind; a young sheep.
  • n. A person gentle or innocent as a lamb.
  • n. Hence One easily beguiled or fleeced; an inexperienced speculator who is deceived into making losing investments.
  • n. Ironically, a ruffian or bully: as, Kirke's lambs (a troop of British soldiers noted for their atrocities in suppressing Monmouth's rebellion in 1685)
  • To bring forth young, as sheep.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
  • v. give birth to a lamb
  • n. young sheep
  • n. English essayist (1775-1834)
  • n. a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)
  • n. the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food
  • Equivalent
    the lamb   
    Verb Form
    lambed    lambing    lambs   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    innocent    inexperienced person    bear    give birth    birth    have    deliver    litterateur    essayist    victim   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    offspring    sheep    yeanling    eanling    yearling    lambling    lambkin    cade    cosset   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Abram    Am    Cam    Dam    Durham    Graeme    Graham    Ham    Hamm    Madame   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    mutton    sheep    chicken    venison    rabbit    fowl    deer    veal    goose    steak