definition of the word lamb

Old English lamb, from Germanic *lamboz-. Cognate with German Lamm, Dutch lam, Swedish lamm, Norwegian and Danish lam.

• IPA: /læm/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -æm

lamb (plural lambs)

1. A young sheep, of up to one year of age.
2. The flesh of a lamb used as food.
3. (figuratively) A person who is meek, docile and easily led.

• lamb to the slaughter/like a lamb to the slaughter/come like a lamb to the slaughter
• lamblike

Definition from Wiktionary Content avaible with GNU Free Documentation License

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