lamb Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun young sheep
  2. noun English essayist (1775-1834)
    Charles Lamb; Elia.
  3. noun a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)
  4. noun a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
    dear.
  5. noun the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food
  6. verb give birth to a lamb
    • the ewe lambed

WordNet

Lamb noun
Etymology
AS. lamb; akin to D. & Dan. lam, G. & Sw. lamm, OS., Goth., & Icel. lamb.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The young of the sheep.
  2. Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.
  3. A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.
    The twelve apostles of the Lamb. Rev. xxi. 14.
    Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John i. 29.
Lamb intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Lambed ; present participle & verbal noun Lambing
Definitions
  1. To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep.

Webster 1913