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lamb
1[lam]
noun
a young sheep.
the meat of a young sheep.
a person who is gentle, meek, innocent, etc..
Their little daughter is such a lamb.
a person who is easily cheated or outsmarted, especially an inexperienced speculator.
the Lamb, Christ.
verb (used without object)
to give birth to a lamb.
Lamb
2[lam]
noun
Charles Elia, 1775–1834, English essayist and critic.
Harold A., 1892–1962, U.S. novelist.
Mary Ann, 1764–1847, English author who wrote in collaboration with her brother Charles Lamb.
William, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, 1779–1848, English statesman: prime minister 1834, 1835–41.
Willis E(ugene), Jr., 1913–2008, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1955.
lamb
1/ æ /
noun
the young of a sheep
the meat of a young sheep
a person, esp a child, who is innocent, meek, good, etc
a person easily deceived
without resistance
innocently
verb
Also: lamb down.(intr) (of a ewe) to give birth
(tr; used in the passive) (of a lamb) to be born
(intr) (of a shepherd) to tend the ewes and newborn lambs at lambing time
Lamb
2/ æ /
noun
Charles, pen name Elia. 1775–1834, English essayist and critic. He collaborated with his sister Mary on Tales from Shakespeare (1807). His other works include Specimens of English Dramatic Poets (1808) and the largely autobiographical essays collected in Essays of Elia (1823; 1833)
William. See (2nd Viscount) Melbourne 2
Willis Eugene. 1913–2008, US physicist. He detected the small difference in energy between two states of the hydrogen atom ( Lamb shift ). Nobel prize for physics 1955
Lamb
3/ æ /
noun
a title given to Christ in the New Testament
Other 51Թ Forms
- ˈˌ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of lamb1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
He keeps ordering — modest, comforting meals: two vegetable dishes, one lamb, garlic naan, chicken tikka.
The sheep stolen were all ewes in lamb, in an area which has seen the highest proportion of livestock theft in the UK between April 2024 and March 2025, the court heard.
Farmers say the birds have killed and injured lambs, sheep and calves, caused distress to both the animals and those caring for them, and significant financial losses.
He said it would help the livestock sector, specifically beef and lamb producers, as well as the seed potato industry which had suffered in recent years.
The number of people who had contracted a parasitic infection after attending calf and lamb feeding sessions at a farm in south Wales has risen to 81.
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