lamb

Meaning

Noun

1. A young sheep.
2. (obsolete) A young goat; a kid.
3. The flesh of a lamb or sheep used as food.
4. A person who is meek, docile and easily led.
5. Lambskin.
6. A simple, unsophisticated person.
7. (slang) One who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized.
8. (slang) 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.

Synonyms

sheep

🐑

kid

🧒

lambkin

mutton

dear

goat

🐐

yeanling

spring lamb

beef

ewe

ram

🐏

baby lamb

lambskin

young sheep

scur

baa-lamb

cosset

etc.

ewes

mouton

ovine

simpleton

yean

small sheep

disbudding

longwool

sheepy

Pronounced as (IPA)

/læm/

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.