lamb

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see also: Lamb

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /læm/

Noun

lamb

1. A young sheep.
2. The flesh of a lamb or sheep used as food.
3. (figuratively) A person who is meek, docile and easily led.
4. A simple, unsophisticated person.
5. (finance, slang) One who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized.

Translations

• French: agneau, agnelle
• German: Lamm
• Italian: agnello, (newborn) agnellino, agnella
• Portuguese: anho, cordeiro
• Russian: ягнёнок
• Spanish: cordero

Translations

• French: agneau
• German: Lamm, Lammfleisch
• Italian: agnello
• Portuguese: cordeiro
• Russian: бара́нина
• Spanish: cordero, carne de cordero

Translations

• Portuguese: cordeiro
• Russian: овца́

Verb

lamb (lambs, present participle lambing; past and past participle lambed)

1. (intransitive) Of a sheep, to give birth.
2. (transitive or intransitive) To assist (sheep) to give birth.

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

Translations

• French: mettre bas

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Lamb

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Proper noun

1. Surname

Proper noun

1. (Christianity) Jesus; the Lamb of God
   • 1611, King James Bible, Revelation 12:10-11

     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.

Synonyms

• (Jesus) Paschal Lamb, Lamb of God, Agnus Dei

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