noun
lamb
LAM
noun
1
A young sheep.
"The lambs were still wobbly on their legs, only a day old."
"Farmers check the fields at dawn during lambing season."
2
The meat of a young sheep, eaten as food.
"We had roast lamb with mint sauce for Sunday dinner."
3
A gentle, innocent, or easily-led person.
"He's a real lamb — he'd never say a harsh word to anyone."
verb
1
Of a sheep, to give birth.
"The ewes are due to lamb any day now."
How to Use Lamb
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA baby sheep, or the meat from one — also used affectionately for someone innocent or gentle.
Common pairings
spring lamb
lamb chop
gentle as a lamb
lambing season
Word Forms
lambed past tense, lambs plural, lamber plural, lambren plural, Lambs plural, lambs singular
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Etymology
From Old English lamb, an ancient Germanic word shared across most northern European languages.