LAMB


Meaning of LAMB in English

n. & v.

--n.

1. a young sheep.

2 the flesh of a lamb as food.

3 a mild or gentle person, esp. a young child.

--v.

1. a tr. (in passive) (of a lamb) be born. b intr. (of a ewe) give birth to lambs.

2 tr. tend (lambing ewes).

Phrases and idioms:

The Lamb (or The Lamb of God) a name for Christ (see John 1:29) (cf. AGNUS DEI). lamb's fry lamb's testicles or other offal as food. lamb's lettuce a plant, Valerianella locusta, used in salad. lamb's-tails catkins from the hazel tree. like a lamb meekly, obediently.

Derivatives:

lamber n. lambhood n. lambkin n. lamblike adj.

Etymology: OE lamb f. Gmc

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.