'Lamb' definitions:

Definition of 'lamb'

(from WordNet)
noun
Young sheep
noun
English essayist (1775-1834) [syn: Lamb, Charles Lamb, Elia]
noun
A person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)
noun
A sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child) [syn: lamb, dear]
noun
The flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food
verb
Give birth to a lamb; "the ewe lambed"

Definition of 'Lamb'

From: GCIDE
  • Lamb \Lamb\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lambed; p. pr. & vb. n. Lambing.] To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Lamb'

From: GCIDE
  • Lamb \Lamb\, n. [AS. lamb; akin to D. & Dan. lam, G. & Sw. lamm, OS., Goth., & Icel. lamb.]
  • 1. (Zool.) The young of the sheep. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized. [1913 Webster]
  • Lamb of God, The Lamb (Script.), the Jesus Christ, in allusion to the paschal lamb. [1913 Webster]
  • The twelve apostles of the Lamb. --Rev. xxi. 14. [1913 Webster]
  • Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. --John i. 29.
  • Lamb's lettuce (Bot.), an annual plant with small obovate leaves (Valerianella olitoria), often used as a salad; corn salad. [Written also lamb lettuce.]
  • Lamb's tongue, a carpenter's plane with a deep narrow bit, for making curved grooves. --Knight.
  • Lamb's wool. (a) The wool of a lamb. (b) Ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples; -- probably from the resemblance of the pulp of roasted apples to lamb's wool. [Obs.] --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'lamb'

From: Easton
  • Lamb
  • Heb. kebes, a male lamb from the first to the third year. Offered daily at the morning and the evening sacrifice (Ex. 29:38-42), on the Sabbath day (Num. 28:9), at the feast of the New Moon (28:11), of Trumpets (29:2), of Tabernacles (13-40), of Pentecost (Lev. 23:18-20), and of the Passover (Ex. 12:5), and on many other occasions (1 Chr. 29:21; 2 Chr. 29:21; Lev. 9:3; 14:10-25).
  • Heb. taleh, a young sucking lamb (1 Sam. 7:9; Isa. 65:25). In the symbolical language of Scripture the lamb is the type of meekness and innocence (Isa. 11:6; 65:25; Luke 10:3; John 21:15).
  • The lamb was a symbol of Christ (Gen. 4:4; Ex. 12:3; 29:38; Isa. 16:1; 53:7; John 1:36; Rev. 13:8).
  • Christ is called the Lamb of God (John 1:29, 36), as the great sacrifice of which the former sacrifices were only types (Num. 6:12; Lev. 14:12-17; Isa. 53:7; 1 Cor. 5:7).

Synonyms of 'lamb'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Lamb -- U.S. County in Texas

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Lamb -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000) :
14709
Housing Units (2000) :
6294
Land area (2000) :
1016.212703 sq. miles (2631.978707 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
1.517990 sq. miles (3.931575 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1017.730693 sq. miles (2635.910282 sq. km)
Located within :
Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location :
34.057561 N, 102.357212 W

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