What does lamb mean?
Definitions for lamb
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This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word lamb.
Princeton's WordNet
lambnoun
young sheep
Lamb, Charles Lamb, Elianoun
English essayist (1775-1834)
lambnoun
a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)
lamb, dearnoun
a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
lambverb
the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food
lambverb
give birth to a lamb
"the ewe lambed"
Wiktionary
lambnoun
A young sheep, of up to one year of age.
lambnoun
The flesh of a lamb used as food.
lambnoun
A person who is meek, docile and easily led.
lambverb
Of a sheep, to give birth.
lambverb
To assist (sheep) to give birth.
The shepherd was up all night, lambing her young ewes.
Etymology: 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.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
LAMBnoun
Etymology: lamb, Gothick and Saxon.
I’m young; but something
You may deserve of him through me, and wisdom,
To offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb,
T’ appease an angry god. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.The lamb, thy riot dooms to bleed to day,
Had he thy knowledge would he skip and play? Alexander Pope.Thou Lamb of God that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Common Prayer.
ChatGPT
lamb
A lamb is a young sheep, typically under one year old. It can also refer to the meat of such young sheep. In a broader sense, the term 'lamb' is often used as a symbol of gentleness or innocence in literary or religious contexts.
Webster Dictionary
Lambnoun
the young of the sheep
Lambnoun
any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb
Lambnoun
a simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized
Lambverb
to bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep
Etymology: [AS. lamb; akin to D. & Dan. lam, G. & Sw. lamm, OS., Goth., & Icel. lamb.]
Wikidata
Lamb
Lamb is an electronic music duo from Manchester, England, whose music is influenced by trip hop and drum and bass. The duo consists of producer Andy Barlow, who also produces under the pseudonym Hipoptimist, and singer-songwriter Lou Rhodes. They achieved commercial success with two hit singles "Górecki" and "Gabriel".
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Lamb
lam, n. the young of a sheep: the flesh of the young sheep: one innocent and gentle as a lamb: the Saviour of the world.—v.i. to bring forth young, as sheep.—ns. Lamb′-ale, a feast at the time of lamb-shearing; Lamb′kin, Lamb′ling, Lamb′ie (Scot.), a little lamb.—adj. Lamb′-like, like a lamb: gentle.—ns. Lamb′skin, the skin of a lamb dressed with the wool on, for mats, &c.: the skin of a lamb dressed for gloves: a kind of woollen cloth resembling this; Lamb's′-lett′uce (same as Corn-salad); Lamb's′-wool, fine wool: a wholesome old English beverage composed of ale and the pulp of roasted apples, with sugar and spices.—The Lamb, Lamb of God, the Saviour, typified by the paschal lamb. [A.S. lamb; Ger. lamm, Dut. lam.]
Editors Contribution
lamb
A young sheep.
The lamb sprang across the field.
Submitted by MaryC on December 21, 2019
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
LAMB
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lamb is ranked #561 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Lamb surname appeared 59,913 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 20 would have the surname Lamb.
86.1% or 51,585 total occurrences were White.
8.6% or 5,165 total occurrences were Black.
2.2% or 1,372 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.7% or 1,036 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.7% or 419 total occurrences were Asian.
0.5% or 324 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'lamb' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4329
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'lamb' in Nouns Frequency: #2204
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Anagrams for lamb »
balm
blam
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of lamb in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of lamb in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of lamb in a Sentence
I struggle to see the way that people can wave a banner of Christianity and still employ the language of violence, and even a lot of the imagery that I've seen used will reference Jesus as being a lion, a lion of the tribe of Judah, but one of the things that I recognize in the New Testament is that every time that we expect Jesus to show up as a lion, he shows up as a lamb.
In propaganda since 2014, The Donbas has become a sacrificial lamb in Russian narratives, it's the place where New Russia have cultivated a cult of victimhood. They've managed to turn their own fomenting of a war into a narrative of victimhood at the hands of Ukrainian nationalists.
One owner of a processing plant told us they export dog skin as lamb skin.
We are absolutely hoping for a Lamb like win, that is what we are looking for. Greg Clark is the model.
We are what I call the' sacrificial lamb' for the bigger areas, in my opinion, look somewhere else -- we need to be able to sustain ourselves.
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Translations for lamb
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- حملArabic
- quzuAzerbaijani
- ягня́, бара́нчыкBelarusian
- а́гнеBulgarian
- oanBreton
- xai, anyell, corderCatalan, Valencian
- beránek, jehněčí, jehněCzech
- агнѧ, агньцьOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- oen, [[cig]] [[oen]]Welsh
- lamDanish
- Lamm, LammfleischGerman
- αρνί, αμνόςGreek
- ŝafido, ŝafidaĵoEsperanto
- carne de cordero, corderoSpanish
- tallEstonian
- arkume, bildotsBasque
- برهPersian
- lammas, karitsa, karitsanliha, karitsoidaFinnish
- lambFaroese
- agneau, agnelleFrench
- lammeWestern Frisian
- uaineoil, uanIrish
- feòil-uain, uanScottish Gaelic
- eaynManx
- טָלֶהHebrew
- बर्रा, मेमनाHindi
- bárányHungarian
- գառArmenian
- anak dombaIndonesian
- mutonyunokarno, mutonyunulo, mutonyunino, mutonyunoIdo
- lambakjöt, lambIcelandic
- agnella, agnello, agnellinoItalian
- כבשHebrew
- ラム, 小羊, 子羊, 羊肉Japanese
- ბატკანი, ბატკნის ხორციGeorgian
- 양고기Korean
- بهرخ, گۆشتی بهرخKurdish
- onCornish
- agnus, agnellusLatin
- jērsLatvian
- ја́гнеMacedonian
- хургаMongolian
- ħarufMaltese
- သိုးသား, သိုးကလေးBurmese
- lammekjøttNorwegian
- lam, lamsvlees, lammetje, lammerenDutch
- lammekjøtt, lammekjøtNorwegian Nynorsk
- lamNorwegian
- dibé yázhíNavajo, Navaho
- anhèla, anhèlOccitan
- jagnięcina, jagnię, baranekPolish
- cordeiro, anhoPortuguese
- agnè, tschutRomansh
- mia, miel, mielușel, mioarăRomanian
- а́гнец, ягнёнок, овца́, бара́нина, ове́чка, ягня́тина, бара́шекRussian
- angione, anzoneSardinian
- jagnje, јагње, јагњетина, jagnjetina, janje, јањеSerbo-Croatian
- jahňa, baránokSlovak
- jagnjetina, jágnjeSlovene
- sheleg, qengjAlbanian
- lamm, lammköttSwedish
- kuzuTurkish
- پاقلانUyghur, Uighur
- бара́нчик, ягня́Ukrainian
- میمنےUrdu
- cừu con, cừu non, cừuVietnamese
- jipülamit, sugajipül, liäm, jijipül, sugajijipül, jipül, jipülil, hijipül, sugahijipül, smajipVolapük
- bedot, agneaWalloon
- mboteWolof
- 羊肉Chinese
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