Definitions for lamblæm
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
lamblæm(n.)
a young sheep.
Category: Animal Husbandry
the meat of a young sheep.
a person who is gentle or innocent.
a person who is easily outsmarted.
the Lamb, Christ.
(v.i.)to give birth to a lamb.
Origin of lamb:
bef. 900; ME, OE, c. OS, OHG, ON, Go lamb
Lamblæm(n.)
Charles (“Elia”), 1775–1834, English essayist and critic.
Category: Biography
Willis E(ugene), Jr., born 1913, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1955.
Category: Biography
Princeton's WordNet
lamb(noun)
young sheep
Lamb, Charles Lamb, Elia(noun)
English essayist (1775-1834)
lamb(noun)
a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)
lamb, dear(noun)
a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
lamb(verb)
the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food
lamb(verb)
give birth to a lamb
"the ewe lambed"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
lamb(noun)æm
a young sheep or the meat from this animal
roast lamb
Wiktionary
lamb(Noun)
A young sheep, of up to one year of age.
lamb(Noun)
The flesh of a lamb used as food.
lamb(Noun)
A person who is meek, docile and easily led.
lamb(Verb)
Of a sheep, to give birth.
lamb(Verb)
To assist (sheep) to give birth.
The shepherd was up all night, lambing her young ewes.
Origin: lamb, from lambaz (compare Dutch lam, German Lamm, Swedish lamm), from h₁l̥h₁onbʰos (compare Scottish Gaelic lon ‘elk’, Ancient Greek ‘red deer’), enlargement of . More at elk.
Webster Dictionary
Lamb(noun)
the young of the sheep
Lamb(noun)
any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb
Lamb(noun)
a simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized
Lamb(verb)
to bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep
Translations for lamb
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
- lamAfrikaans

- حَمَلArabic

- агнеBulgarian

- cordeiroPortuguese (BR)

- jehněCzech

- das LammGerman

- lamDanish

- αρνάκιGreek

- corderoSpanish

- (lamba)tallEstonian

- برهFarsi

- karitsaFinnish

- agneauFrench

- טָלֶהHebrew

- मेमनाHindi

- janjeCroatian

- bárányHungarian

- anak dombaIndonesian

- lambIcelandic

- agnelloItalian

- 子羊Japanese

- 어린 양Korean

- ėriukas, avinėlis, avytėLithuanian

- jērsLatvian

- anak biri-biriMalay

- lamDutch

- lamNorwegian

- jagnięPolish

- برهPersian

- ورۍPashto

- cordeiroPortuguese

- mielRomanian

- ягнёнокRussian

- jahňaSlovak

- jagnjeSlovenian

- jagnjeSerbian

- lammSwedish

- ลูกแกะThai

- kuzuTurkish

- 羔羊Chinese (Trad.)

- ягня, баранчикUkrainian

- بھیڑ کا بچہUrdu

- con cừuVietnamese

- 羔羊Chinese (Simp.)

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