lamb

¹lamb

noun \ˈlam\

Definition of LAMB

1

a : a young sheep; especially : one that is less than one year old or without permanent teeth b : the young of various animals (as the smaller antelopes) other than sheep

2

a : a gentle or weak person b : dear, pet c : a person easily cheated or deceived especially in trading securities

3

a : the flesh of a lamb used as food b : lambskin

— lamb·like \-ˌlīk\ adjective

— lamby \ˈla-mē\ adjective

Examples of LAMB

1. She's as gentle as a lamb.
2. <the new guys at football camp were lambs who hardly knew what awaited them>

Illustration of LAMB

Origin of LAMB

Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German lamb lamb

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to LAMB

Synonyms: angel, dove, innocent, sheep

Antonyms: wolf

Related Words: babe, colt, cub, fledgling, greenhorn, ingenue (or ingénue), naïf (or naif), newbie, tenderfoot, virgin; cherub, saint; mollycoddle, sissy, softy (or softie), weakling, wimp; dupe, pigeon, sap, sucker

Near Antonyms: bully, roughneck, rowdy, tough; beast, boor, cad, churl, clown, creep, cretin, cur, heel, jerk, joker, louse, lout, slob; shark, skunk, snake, stinker; devil, knave, miscreant, no-good, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, scalawag (or scallywag), scamp, scoundrel, varlet, villain

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Rhymes with LAMB

bam, cam, clam, cram, dam, damn, drachm, dram, DRAM, flam, gam, gram, ham, Ham, jam, jamb, lam, ma'am, pram, ram, RAM, Sam, SAM, scam, scram, sham, slam, spam, tam, tram, wham, yam