lamb

Speech parts

1. lamb - Noun

2. lamb - Verb

3. Lamb - Proper noun

Meaning

The young of the sheep.

Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb.

A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.

To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dear angel virgin babe mark sap pigeon gull ewe patsy darling young child love sheep

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Antonyms

oracle Dracula captain maestro head director

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Hypernyms

have bear birth meat deliver innocent

Hyponyms

hogg hog teg lambkin hogget Persian lamb

Phrases with the word

lamb of Tartary lamb's fry as gentle as a lamb as innocent as a lamb gentle as a lamb like a lamb to the slaughter

Derivatives

lambed lambing

Anagrams

balm ALBM blam BAML LBMA

Examples

Formerly a lamb was offered, a calf was offered. Christ is offered today...and he offers himself as priest in order that he may remit our sins: here in image, there in truth where, as our advocate, he intercedes for us before the Father. Ambrose

Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! John the Baptist

Envy, my son, wears herself away, and droops like a lamb under the influence of the evil eye. Jacopo Sannazaro

The Meek lamb sucks from two mothers. Bulgarian Proverb

You may preach ever so long to the wolf, he will nevertheless call for the lamb before night. Danish Proverb

A mild sheep is suck by every lamb. Italian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Lamaze Lamaze method Lamaze method of childbirth lamb chop Lamb County lamb curry