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Lamb

//læm// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Middle English. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Jesus; the Lamb of God

    "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 them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death."

  3. 3
    An unincorporated community in Craig Township, Switzerland County, Indiana, United States. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    The constellation and zodiacal sign Aries.

    "The Fish, His Church in union bound; The Lamb, once slain, but now enthroned; The Bull the victory shall gain; The Twins, Divine and human reign."

  5. 5
    An extinct town in Marion County, Missouri, United States. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    An islet (small island) in the Firth of Forth, East Lothian council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5386). countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 1
    A young sheep. countable, uncountable

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

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of lamb (“a fan of Mariah Carey”). alt-of, slang

    "Mariah Carey’s memoir opens with the great line: “I refuse to acknowledge time, famously so.” As if to establish the rules of the book, then add, with a toss of hair, but you knew that. Most readers of The Meaning of Mariah Carey, which the record-smashing songstress wrote with Michaela Angela Davis, probably already did know that (and are happy to stick to Mariah’s anti-schedule), but there’s plenty in the 337-page volume that will surprise even the most devoted Lambs."

  3. 3
    young sheep wordnet
  4. 4
    A young goat; a kid. countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "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:”"

  5. 5
    the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food wordnet
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  1. 6
    The flesh of a lamb used as food; (sometimes loosely) the flesh of a sheep of any age used as food. uncountable
  2. 7
    a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child) wordnet
  3. 8
    A person who is meek, docile, and easily led. countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "Near-synonym: sheep"

  4. 9
    a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters) wordnet
  5. 10
    Lambskin. countable, uncountable

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

  6. 11
    A simple, unsophisticated person. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    One who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized. countable, slang, uncountable
  8. 13
    A fan of American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer Mariah Carey (born 1969). countable, slang, uncountable

    "Part of me revels in the campiness of Mariah’s butterfly metaphors and puppies-and-kittens existence. […] But I also genuinely love her music, including this album. I’m one of her lambs."

Verb
  1. 1
    Of a sheep, to give birth. intransitive
  2. 2
    give birth to a lamb wordnet
  3. 3
    To assist (sheep) to give birth. intransitive, transitive

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English lamb, from Old English lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos, enlargement of *h₁elh₁én, ultimately from *h₁el-. See also Dutch lam, German Lamm, Bavarian Lamperl, Danish lam, Swedish lamm, Finnish lammas, Scottish Gaelic lon (“elk”), Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “red deer”). More at elk.

Etymology 2

From Middle English lamb, from Old English lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos, enlargement of *h₁elh₁én, ultimately from *h₁el-. See also Dutch lam, German Lamm, Bavarian Lamperl, Danish lam, Swedish lamm, Finnish lammas, Scottish Gaelic lon (“elk”), Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “red deer”). More at elk.

Etymology 3

1. From Middle English lamb as a nickname. 2. From a short form of Lambert. 3. Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Luain. 4. Possibly also a translation of French agneau.

Etymology 4

See Lamb of God. See also lamb.

Etymology 5

See lamb.

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