lamb
A young sheep; especially, one younger than nine months.
Example
“Mary had a little lamb, its fleece as white as snow.”
Other meanings
The flesh of a lamb used as food; the flesh of a sheep of any age used as food.
A person who is meek, docile and easily led.
A kind of
- young mammal
Related words
- lamb's cress
- lambfold
- lambhood
- lambsfoot
- lambsquarters
- lamb down
- beaver lamb
- ewe lamb
- house lamb
- in-lamb
- Persian lamb
- innocent as a lamb
Word history
From Old English "lamb".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “lamb” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.