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