lamb

noun

/læm/

Idioms

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[countable] a young sheep see also baa-lambTopics Animalsa2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- newborn
- little
- sacrificial
- …
verb + lamb
- kill
- slaughter
- sacrifice
- …
lamb + verb
- bleat
- frolic
- gambol
- …
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[uncountable] meat from a young sheep
- a leg of lamb
- lamb chops
- the traffic in illegally slaughtered lamb
compare muttonTopics Fooda2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- spring
- ground
- minced
- …
lamb + noun
- chop
- cutlet
- shank
- …
phrases
- leg of lamb
- rack of lamb
- shoulder of lamb
- …
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[countable] (informal) used to describe or address somebody with love or sympathy
- You poor lamb!
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- gnarled
- gnash
- gnat
- gnaw
- gnome
- haute cuisine
- heir
- herb
- honour
- hors d’oeuvre
- hour
- knack
- knee
- kneel
- knife
- knight
- knit
- knob
- knock
- knot
- know
- knuckle
- psalm
- psephology
- psychic
- ptarmigan
- pterodactyl
- psychology
- wrangle
- wrap
- wreath
- wreck
- wrench
- wrestle
- wriggle
- wring
- write
- wrong
- bomb
- climb
- crumb
- doubt
- lamb
- limb
- ascent
- fascinate
- muscle
- scene
- scissors
- height
- right
- sleigh
- weight
- align
- campaign
- design
- foreign
- malign
- reign
- unfeigned
- balmy
- calm
- calf
- half
- yolk
- autumn
- column
- condemn
- damn
- hymn
- solemn
- bristle
- fasten
- listen
- mortgage
- soften
- thistle
- wrestle
- biscuit
- build
- circuit
- disguise
- guilty
- league
- rogue
- vague
- yacht
- answer
- sword
- two

Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lam and German Lamm.

Idioms

(like) a lamb/lambs to the slaughter

used to describe people who are going to do something dangerous without realizing itTopics Dangerc2

(you, etc.) may/might as well be hanged/hung for a sheep as (for) a lamb

(saying) if you are going to be punished for doing something wrong, whether it is a big or small thing, you may as well do the big thing

mutton dressed as lamb

(British English, informal, disapproving) used to describe a woman who is trying to look younger than she really is, especially by wearing clothes that are designed for young people

lamb

verb

/læm/

[intransitive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they lamb	/læm/ /læm/
he / she / it lambs	/læmz/ /læmz/
past simple lambed	/læmd/ /læmd/
past participle lambed	/læmd/ /læmd/
-ing form lambing	/ˈlæmɪŋ/ /ˈlæmɪŋ/

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(of a sheep) to give birth to a lamb
- She’s due to lamb in two weeks’ time.
Word OriginOld English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch lam and German Lamm.