Lamb

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A young sheep, especially one that is not yet weaned.
  • noun. The flesh of a young sheep used as meat.
  • noun. Lambskin.
  • noun. A sweet, mild-mannered person; a dear.
  • noun. One who can be duped or cheated especially in financial matters.
  • noun. Jesus.
  • intransitive verb. To give birth to a young sheep.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To bring forth young, as sheep.
  • noun. A young animal of the sheep kind; a young sheep.
  • noun. A person gentle or innocent as a lamb.
  • noun. Hence One easily beguiled or fleeced; an inexperienced speculator who is deceived into making losing investments.
  • noun. 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)
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • intransitive verb. To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep.
  • noun. The young of the sheep.
  • noun. Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.
  • noun. A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.
  • noun. the Jesus Christ, in allusion to the paschal lamb.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. an annual plant with small obovate leaves (Valerianella olitoria), often used as a salad; corn salad.
  • noun. a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit, for making curved grooves.
  • noun. Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; -- probably from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to lamb's wool.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A young sheep, of up to one year of age.
  • noun. The flesh of a lamb used as food.
  • noun. A person who is meek, docile and easily led.
  • verb. Of a sheep, to give birth.
  • verb. To assist (sheep) to give birth.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
  • verb. give birth to a lamb
  • noun. young sheep
  • noun. English essayist (1775-1834)
  • noun. a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)
  • noun. the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food
  • Word Usage
    ""Did you ever see such a lamb, such a _lamb_ as he is when he's ill?""
    cross-reference
    Equivalent
    the lamb  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bear  birth  deliver  dupe  essayist  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Abram  Am  Cam  Dam  Durham  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    calve  chicken  deer  fowl  goose  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    agneau  angel  babe  baby  baby-doll  
    verb-form
    lambed  lambing  lambs