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noun \ˈlam\

: a young sheep

: the meat of a lamb

: an innocent, weak, or gentle person

Full Definition of LAMB

1

a :  a young sheep; especially :  one that is less than one year old or without permanent teeth

b :  the young of various animals (as the smaller antelopes) other than sheep

2

a :  a gentle or weak person

b :  dear, pet

c :  a person easily cheated or deceived especially in trading securities

3

a :  the flesh of a lamb used as food

b :  lambskin

— lamb·like \-ˌlīk\ adjective

— lamby \ˈla-mē\ adjective

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Examples of LAMB

1. She's as gentle as a lamb.
2. <the new guys at football camp were lambs who hardly knew what awaited them>

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Origin of LAMB

Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German lamb lamb

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to LAMB

Synonyms

angel, dove, innocent, sheep

Antonyms

wolf

Related Words

babe, colt, cub, fledgling, greenhorn, ingenue (or ingénue), naïf (or naif), newbie, tenderfoot, virgin; cherub, saint; mollycoddle, sissy, softy (or softie), weakling, wimp; dupe, pigeon, sap, sucker

Near Antonyms

bully, roughneck, rowdy, tough; beast, boor, cad, churl, clown, creep, cretin, cur, heel, jerk, joker, louse, lout, slob; shark, skunk, snake, stinker; devil, knave, miscreant, no-good, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, scalawag (or scallywag), scamp, scoundrel, varlet, villain

Rhymes with LAMB

bam, cam, clam, cram, dam, damn, drachm, dram, DRAM, flam, gam, gram, ham, Ham, jam, jamb, lam, ma'am, pram, ram, RAM, Sam, SAM, scam, scram, sham, slam, spam, tam, tram, wham, yam

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verb

of a sheep : to give birth to a lamb

Full Definition of LAMB

intransitive verb

:  to bring forth a lamb

transitive verb

1

:  to bring forth (a lamb)

2

:  to tend (ewes) at lambing time

— lamb·er \ˈla-mər\ noun

Examples of LAMB

1. The ewes will lamb soon.

First Known Use of LAMB

1611

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Charles 1775–1834 pseud. Elia \ˈe-lē-ə, commonly ˈē-\ Eng. essayist & critic

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William 1779–1848 2d Viscount Melbourne Eng. statesman

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Willis Eugene 1913–2008 Am. physicist