Noun
She's as gentle as a lamb.
the new guys at football camp were lambs who hardly knew what awaited them Verb
The ewes will lamb soon.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
There’s nothing worse than shelling out big bucks for a fat rib eye or a bunch of lamb chops only to accidentally overcook or undercook them.—Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 16 July 2024 Dig in: The menu features lamb smashburgers and lamb carnitas, along with cauliflower and mushroom tacos.—Monica Eng, Axios, 11 July 2024
Verb
Electric fences can keep bears, wolves and coyotes out of calving and lambing pastures.—Ben Long, The Denver Post, 13 Feb. 2024 As Rona tends to the farming demands of lambing season, reminders of her raucous drunken days in London rupture her thoughts like shards of glass, with the thumping techno music that accompanies many of those memories pounding away in her headphones.—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019 See all Example Sentences for lamb
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German lamb lamb
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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