Library / English Dictionary

LAMB

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Young sheep

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("lamb" is a kind of...):

young mammal (any immature mammal)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lamb"):

lambkin (a very young lamb)

baa-lamb (child's word for a sheep or lamb)

hog; hogg; hogget (a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared)

teg (two-year-old sheep)

Persian lamb (a karakul lamb)

Holonyms ("lamb" is a member of...):

genus Ovis; Ovis (sheep)

Derivation:

lamb (give birth to a lamb)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("lamb" is a kind of...):

meat (the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food)

Meronyms (parts of "lamb"):

cut of lamb (cut of meat from a lamb)

loin of lamb (meat from a loin of lamb)

Holonyms ("lamb" is a part of...):

domestic sheep; Ovis aries (any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin)

Derivation:

lamb (give birth to a lamb)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)

Synonyms:

dear; lamb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("lamb" is a kind of...):

inexperienced person; innocent (a person who lacks knowledge of evil)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("lamb" is a kind of...):

dupe; victim (a person who is tricked or swindled)

Sense 5

Meaning:

English essayist (1775-1834)

Synonyms:

Charles Lamb; Elia; Lamb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

essayist; litterateur (a writer of literary works)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give birth to a lamb

Example:

the ewe lambed

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "lamb" is one way to...):

bear; birth; deliver; give birth; have (cause to be born)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

lamb (young sheep)

lamb (the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food)

Credits

 Context examples: 

The sheep and lambs are bleating in the fields away behind me, and there is a clatter of a donkey's hoofs up the paved road below.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Six of the 70 study participants evaluated for unexplained frequent anaphylaxis tested positive for an allergy to galactose-α-1,3-galactose, or alpha-gal, a sugar molecule found in beef, pork, lamb and other red meats.

(NIAID scientists link cases of unexplained anaphylaxis to red meat allergy, National Institutes of Health)

But while he belied Arthur's description, and appeared a gentle lamb rather than a wild man, he was racking his brains for a course of action.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

My food is not that of man; I do not destroy the lamb and the kid to glut my appetite; acorns and berries afford me sufficient nourishment.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The findings are limited because data came from questionnaires that did not include certain types of meats (such as pork and lamb) and certain cooking methods (such as stewing and stir-frying).

(High Temp Grilled Meat May Raise Blood Pressure, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Adds David Lamb, lead author and a scientist at Swansea University Medical School, We know that giant viruses may be linked with some forms of pneumonia, so gaining a better understanding of them will help us develop ways of tackling those viruses.

(Surprising enzymes discovered in giant ocean viruses, National Science Foundation)

It resembles a lamb.

(Bedlington Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)

The primary findings also suggest that not all low-carbohydrate diets appear equal — eating more animal-based proteins and fats from foods like beef, lamb, pork, chicken and cheese instead of carbohydrate was associated with a greater risk of mortality.

(Moderate Carbohydrate Intake May be Best for Health, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Alternatively, you may have been dealing with a psycho landlord, or a roommate who ate up all your lamb chops and left you with no dinner and only an inch of milk (or almond milk) in the container for coffee.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

It was more than an hour after that I heard my mistress scream, and down I ran, to find her, poor lamb, just as she says, and him on the floor, with his blood and brains over the room.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)