MUTTON DRESSED AS LAMB

Meaning of MUTTON DRESSED AS LAMB in English

( BrE , informal , disapproving ) used to describe a woman who is trying to look younger than she really is, especially by wearing clothes that are designed for young people

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

MUTTON DRESSED AS LAMB — see mutton
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUTTON DRESSED AS LAMB — see mutton
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MUTTON DRESSED AS LAMB — Noun. A woman who dresses in fashions usually associated with younger females. Derog.
Slang English vocab
MUTTON DRESSED AS LAMB — See ↑ YOUNG 8
Longman Activator English vocab
MUTTON DRESSED AS LAMB — n (sl) молодящаяся старуха
Dirty English-Russian vocab
MUTTON — carne agnin, agnine
English interlingue dictionary
MUTTON — noun Etymology: Middle English motoun, ~, sheep, from Anglo-French mutun ram, sheep, ~, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LAMB — I Live sheep before the age of one year, and the flesh of such animals. The flesh of the mature …
Английский словарь Британика
LAMB — I. ˈlam, ˈlaa(ə)m noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AS — I. əz, (ˈ)az adverb Etymology: Middle English as, alse, alswa, adverb & conjunction, from Old English alswā, ealswā, ælswā just …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MUTTON — ˈmət ə n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English motoun, from Old French moton, mouton ram, wether, agnel, of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DRESSED — adjective Etymology: from past participle of dress (I) of poultry : killed, bled, and more or less completely prepared for …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MUTTON — (n.) A loose woman; a prostitute.
Английский словарь Webster
MUTTON — (n.) The flesh of a sheep.
Английский словарь Webster
MUTTON — (n.) A sheep.
Английский словарь Webster
DRESSED — (imp. & p. p.) of Dress
Английский словарь Webster
DRESSED — ( imp. & p. p. ) of Dress
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MUTTON — mutton 1 — muttony , adj. /mut"n/ , n. the flesh of sheep, esp. full-grown or more mature sheep, used …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAMB — /lam/ , n. 1. a young sheep. 2. the meat of a young sheep. 3. a person who is gentle, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AS — as 1 /az/ ; unstressed /euhz/ , adv. 1. to the same degree, amount, or extent; similarly; equally: I don't …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DRESSED — adj. wearing clothes, wearing garments
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LAMB — n. family name; Charles Lamb (1775-1834) English essayist and poet who used the pen name "Elia", author of the children's …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
LAMB — I. ˈlam noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German lamb lamb Date: before 12th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MUTTON — noun Etymology: Middle English motoun, mutton, sheep, from Anglo-French mutun ram, sheep, mutton, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MUTTON — noun the flesh of a sheep. 2. mutton ·noun a loose woman; a prostitute. 3. mutton ·noun a sheep.
Webster English vocab
LAMB — noun the young of the sheep. 2. lamb ·vi to bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep. 3. lamb …
Webster English vocab
DRESSED — impf & ·p.p. of dress.
Webster English vocab
LAMB — [lamb] n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG lamb lamb] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a young sheep; esp: one that …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LAMB — live sheep before the age of one year, and the flesh of such animals. Mutton refers to the flesh of …
Britannica English vocabulary
MUTTON — mutton BrE AmE ˈmʌt ə n
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LAMB — lamb, Lamb BrE AmE læm (= lam) ▷ lambed læmd ▷ lambing ˈlæm ɪŋ ▷ lambs, Lamb's læmz ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MUTTON — / ˈmʌtn; NAmE / noun [ U ] meat from a fully grown sheep —compare lamb • IDIOMS - mutton …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAMB — / læm; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a young sheep 2. [ U ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DRESSED — / drest; NAmE / adjective [ not before noun ] 1. wearing clothes and not naked or wearing clothes for …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AS — / əz; NAmE ; strong form æz/ preposition , adverb , conjunction ■ preposition 1. used to describe sb/sth appearing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUTTON — mut ‧ ton /ˈmʌtn/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: moton '(male) sheep' ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LAMB — I. lamb 1 S3 /læm/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ] 1 . [countable] a young sheep 2 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LAMB — Lamb, Charles BrE AmE (1775–1834) a British writer of ↑ essay s , who worked with his sister Mary Lamb …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DRESSED — dressed /drest/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ dress , ↑ dresser , ↑ dressing ; adjective …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AS — I. as 1 S1 W1 /əz; strong æz/ BrE AmE preposition , adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: eallswa …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MUTTON — n. 1 the flesh of sheep used for food. 2 joc. a sheep. ømutton-bird Austral. 1 any bird of the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LAMB — n. & v. --n. 1 a young sheep. 2 the flesh of a lamb as food. 3 a mild or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AS — adv., conj., & pron. --adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or implied) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
MUTTON — n. 1 the flesh of sheep used for food. 2 joc. a sheep. mutton-bird Austral. 1 any bird of the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LAMB — n. & v. n. 1 a young sheep. 2 the flesh of a lamb as food. 3 a mild or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AS — adv., conj., & pron. adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or implied) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MUTTON — n.1 the flesh of sheep used for food. 2 joc. a sheep. Phrases and idioms: mutton-bird Austral. 1. any bird …
Oxford English vocab
LAMB — n. & v. --n. 1. a young sheep. 2 the flesh of a lamb as food. 3 a mild or …
Oxford English vocab
AS — 1. adv., conj., & pron. --adv. & conj. (adv. as antecedent in main sentence; conj. in relative clause expressed or …
Oxford English vocab
AS — I. CONJUNCTION AND PREPOSITION USES /əz, STRONG æz/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUTTON — 1. Mutton is meat from an adult sheep that is eaten as food. ...a leg of mutton. ...mutton stew. N-UNCOUNT …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAMB — ( lambs) 1. A lamb is a young sheep. N-COUNT • Lamb is the flesh of a lamb eaten as …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DRESSED — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you are dressed , you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MUTTON — 1. Mutton is meat from an adult sheep that is eaten as food. ...a leg of ~. ...~ stew. N-UNCOUNT …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DRESSED — Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you are ~, you are …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
MUTTON — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES mutton chop whiskers COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN broth ▪ It is better than mutton …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LAMB — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES pork/lamb chop ▪ a grilled pork/lamb chop COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE little ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DRESSED — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES be dressed in … clothes ▪ The man was dressed in ordinary clothes. casually dressed …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MUTTON — [noun] [U] - the meat from an adult sheep eaten as fooda shoulder of muttonmutton stewYou rarely see mutton sold …
Cambridge English vocab
DRESSED — [adjective] [not gradable]Is the salad dressed (with anything)?Dressed crab is a dish in which the crab meat has been specially …
Cambridge English vocab
LAMB — n. lamb's ears lamb's ear Lamb Charles Melbourne of Kilmore William Lamb 2nd Viscount
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LAMB — n. Live sheep before the age of one year, and the flesh of such animals. The flesh of the mature …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MUTTON — Synonyms and related words : agneau, bellwether, breast of lamb, ewe, ewe lamb, gigot, jambe de mouton, jumbuck, lamb, lambkin, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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