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lamb

Pronunciation: /ˈlæm/

The English word “lamb” has 10 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A young sheep; especially, one younger than nine months.
  2. A young goat; a kid.
  3. The flesh of a lamb used as food; (sometimes loosely) the flesh of a sheep of any age used as food.
  4. A person who is meek, docile, and easily led.
  5. Lambskin.
  6. A simple, unsophisticated person.
  7. One who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized.
  8. A fan of American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer Mariah Carey (born 1969).

verb

  1. Of a sheep, to give birth.
  2. To assist (sheep) to give birth.

Etymology

From Middle English lamb, from Old English lamb, from Proto-West Germanic *lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz, probably from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos, enlargement of *h₁elh₁én, ultimately from *h₁el-. See also Dutch lam, German Lamm, Bavarian Lamperl, Danish lam, Swedish lamm, Finnish lammas, Scottish Gaelic lon (“elk”), Ancient Greek ἔλαφος (élaphos, “red deer”). More at elk.

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