lamb
Plural: lamber, lambren, lambs
Noun
- young sheep
- English essayist (1775-1834)
- a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)
- a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
- the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food
- A young sheep.
- A young goat; a kid.
- The flesh of a lamb or sheep used as food.
- A person who is meek, docile and easily led.
- Lambskin.
- A simple, unsophisticated person.
- One who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized.
- A fan of American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer Mariah Carey (born 1969).
Verb
Verb Forms: lambed, lambing, lambs
- To give birth to a lamb, a young sheep.
- give birth to a lamb
- "the ewe lambed"
- Of a sheep, to give birth.
- To assist (sheep) to give birth.
Examples
- If only the tiles would lamb a ’Z’ for my next big play!
- The shepherd was up all night, lambing her young ewes.
Origin / 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.
Scrabble Score: 8
lamb: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordlamb: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
lamb: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary