- lamb⇄expr. like a lamb,
a. meekly; timidly.
Ex. He accepted his defeat like a lamb.
b. easily fooled.
Ex. He was like a lamb in the hands of the swindlers, and they fleeced him of all his savings. - lamb⇄expr. the Lamb, Jesus Christ (in the Bible, John 1:29, 36).
Ex. So shows my soul before the Lamb, My spirit before Thee (Tennyson). - lamb⇄lamb, noun, verb.
- lamb⇄noun 1. a young sheep.
Ex. Mary had a little lamb.
2. meat from a lamb.
Ex. roast lamb.
3. lambskin.
4. (Figurative.) a young, innocent, or dear person.
Ex. The widow she cried over me and called me a poor lost lamb - lamb⇄v.i. to give birth to a lamb or lambs.
Ex. Lambing is always hazardous and is made more difficult by the uncertainty of the weather (Manchester Guardian Weekly). - lamb⇄v.t. to attend (ewes) which are lambing.