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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (5)

1. young sheep;

2. English essayist (1775-1834);
[syn: Lamb, Charles Lamb, Elia]

3. a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters);

4. a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child);
[syn: lamb, dear]

5. the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food;


VERB (1)

1. give birth to a lamb;
- Example: "the ewe lambed"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lamb \Lamb\, n. [AS. lamb; akin to D. & Dan. lam, G. & Sw. lamm, OS., Goth., & Icel. lamb.] 1. (Zool.) The young of the sheep. [1913 Webster] 2. Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb. [1913 Webster] 3. A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized. [1913 Webster] Lamb of God, The Lamb (Script.), the Jesus Christ, in allusion to the paschal lamb. [1913 Webster] The twelve apostles of the Lamb. --Rev. xxi. 14. [1913 Webster] Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. --John i. 29. Lamb's lettuce (Bot.), an annual plant with small obovate leaves (Valerianella olitoria), often used as a salad; corn salad. [Written also lamb lettuce.] Lamb's tongue, a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit, for making curved grooves. --Knight. Lamb's wool. (a) The wool of a lamb. (b) Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; -- probably from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to lamb's wool. [Obs.] --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lamb \Lamb\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lambed; p. pr. & vb. n. Lambing.] To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lamb n 1: young sheep 2: English essayist (1775-1834) [syn: Lamb, Charles Lamb, Elia] 3: a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters) 4: a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child) [syn: lamb, dear] 5: the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food v 1: give birth to a lamb; "the ewe lambed"