Lamb
noun
A young sheep.
The farmer has many lambs on his farm.
Often appears as...
- spring lamb
- lamb wool
noun
The meat of a young sheep.
I made a lamb stew for dinner.
Often appears as...
- leg of lamb
- lamb chops
noun
A person who is gentle, innocent, or easily led.
She was a lamb who followed her friends without question.
Often appears as...
- innocent as a lamb
- lamb to the slaughter
noun
A type of sweet bread shaped like a lamb traditionally made for Easter.
My grandmother always bakes a lamb for Easter.
Often appears as...
- easter lamb
- baked lamb
noun
Jesus Christ as the lamb of God; a representation of Jesus as a lamb in Christian iconography.
The priest spoke of Jesus as the lamb of God.
Often appears as...
- lamb of god
- sacrificial lamb
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Religious
noun
A young sheep.
The farmer has many lambs on his farm.
Often appears as...
- spring lamb
- lamb wool
noun
The meat of a young sheep.
I made a lamb stew for dinner.
Often appears as...
- leg of lamb
- lamb chops
noun
A person who is gentle, innocent, or easily led.
She was a lamb who followed her friends without question.
Often appears as...
- innocent as a lamb
- lamb to the slaughter
noun
A type of sweet bread shaped like a lamb traditionally made for Easter.
My grandmother always bakes a lamb for Easter.
Often appears as...
- easter lamb
- baked lamb
noun
Jesus Christ as the lamb of God; a representation of Jesus as a lamb in Christian iconography.
The priest spoke of Jesus as the lamb of God.
Often appears as...
- lamb of god
- sacrificial lamb
Usage tips
Formal
Religious
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Pro Tip 1/3Age Sensitive
Used for sheep under one year old. Older sheep are not called lambs.
The spring lambs were frolicking in the field.
Pro Tip 2/3Farm Animal
Often associated with pastoral scenes and farm life.
Children enjoy seeing lambs during farm visits.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbol of Innocence
Lambs often symbolize purity and innocence in literature and art.
The lamb in the painting represented innocence.
Pro Tip 1/3Age Sensitive
Used for sheep under one year old. Older sheep are not called lambs.
The spring lambs were frolicking in the field.
Pro Tip 2/3Farm Animal
Often associated with pastoral scenes and farm life.
Children enjoy seeing lambs during farm visits.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbol of Innocence
Lambs often symbolize purity and innocence in literature and art.
The lamb in the painting represented innocence.
Pro Tip 1/3Age Sensitive
Used for sheep under one year old. Older sheep are not called lambs.
The spring lambs were frolicking in the field.
Pro Tip 2/3Farm Animal
Often associated with pastoral scenes and farm life.
Children enjoy seeing lambs during farm visits.
Pro Tip 3/3Symbol of Innocence
Lambs often symbolize purity and innocence in literature and art.
The lamb in the painting represented innocence.
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Learning from dirty jobs...
They're two sides of the same coin, just like innovation and imitation, like risk and responsibility, like peripeteia and anagnorisis, like that poor little lamb, who I hope isn't quivering anymore, and like my time that's gone. It's been great talking to you. And get back to work, will you?
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Safari Live - Day 257 PIPE...
just said the same thing twice in different ways basically by using different words that's what's known as killing time so there's not very much space inside a female Impala also remember that once those Impala lambs are born they have to be able to keep up with the rest of the herd with
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A message of peace, hope...
little lambs it's a song which I wrote which was never released it was a demo and there's other songs like The Laughing Apple you know which again is extremely optimistic you know it says be out there as smile gum are you gonna get picked if you do that's it it's can you
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Mammoths resurrected and...
that there's now an artificial uterus in which they've grown a lamb to four weeks. That's halfway through its gestation period. So this stuff is moving right along. But why should we want a world where -- Picture a world where there are thousands of these things
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A day in the life of a...
instead, Boraqchin rolls up her sleeves, greases her arm and helps the ewe give birth to two new additions to the empire. Leaving the lambs and their mother, Boraqchin dashes back to the camp. Here the final touches have been put to packing,
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May Bsisu: The Arab...
world and that's where you know the essence of food is I'll tell you sort of the first time I I saw my mother and aunts cooking lamb a whole lamb it was a memory that I would never forget I was around eleven years old maybe and I saw
Video examples
Why Paul McCartney...
farm and we had sheep and they'd had lambs and it's the most beautiful time of the Lambs life they're sort of full of spirit and full of energy and we happened to be eating like a lamp we weren't vegetarian and so when we
Video examples
Leather and meat without...
from an animal, through a simple biopsy. The animal could be a cow, lamb, or even something more exotic. This process does no harm, and Daisy the cow can live a happy life. We then isolate the skin cells
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Abe Davis: New video...
But ridiculous as this experiment looks, it was actually really important, because we were able to recover this sound. Mary had a little lamb! Little lamb! Little lamb! And this was really significant,
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Why Do Cats Hunt? PIPE Cats...
there's lambs in the field nearby so we never know when she brings things that are a third of her size back it does surprise me a
Video examples
Learning from dirty jobs...
They're two sides of the same coin, just like innovation and imitation, like risk and responsibility, like peripeteia and anagnorisis, like that poor little lamb, who I hope isn't quivering anymore, and like my time that's gone. It's been great talking to you. And get back to work, will you?
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 257 PIPE...
just said the same thing twice in different ways basically by using different words that's what's known as killing time so there's not very much space inside a female Impala also remember that once those Impala lambs are born they have to be able to keep up with the rest of the herd with
Video examples
A message of peace, hope...
little lambs it's a song which I wrote which was never released it was a demo and there's other songs like The Laughing Apple you know which again is extremely optimistic you know it says be out there as smile gum are you gonna get picked if you do that's it it's can you
Video examples
Mammoths resurrected and...
that there's now an artificial uterus in which they've grown a lamb to four weeks. That's halfway through its gestation period. So this stuff is moving right along. But why should we want a world where -- Picture a world where there are thousands of these things
Video examples
A day in the life of a...
instead, Boraqchin rolls up her sleeves, greases her arm and helps the ewe give birth to two new additions to the empire. Leaving the lambs and their mother, Boraqchin dashes back to the camp. Here the final touches have been put to packing,
Video examples
May Bsisu: The Arab...
world and that's where you know the essence of food is I'll tell you sort of the first time I I saw my mother and aunts cooking lamb a whole lamb it was a memory that I would never forget I was around eleven years old maybe and I saw
Video examples
Why Paul McCartney...
farm and we had sheep and they'd had lambs and it's the most beautiful time of the Lambs life they're sort of full of spirit and full of energy and we happened to be eating like a lamp we weren't vegetarian and so when we
Video examples
Leather and meat without...
from an animal, through a simple biopsy. The animal could be a cow, lamb, or even something more exotic. This process does no harm, and Daisy the cow can live a happy life. We then isolate the skin cells
Video examples
Abe Davis: New video...
But ridiculous as this experiment looks, it was actually really important, because we were able to recover this sound. Mary had a little lamb! Little lamb! Little lamb! And this was really significant,
Video examples
Why Do Cats Hunt? PIPE Cats...
there's lambs in the field nearby so we never know when she brings things that are a third of her size back it does surprise me a
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Juliet Stevenson
English Actress
It is intensely frustrating. The longer you live, the more interesting life gets, and yet many of the parts involve carrying trays and putting lamb chops down in front of the leading man.
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Johnny Giles
Irish Footballer
I was a creative player, but I got some bad injuries early on and I decided that if this was a jungle we were playing in then it's better to be a lion than a lamb.
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Evelyn Lauder
Austrian Businessman
I believe in nonfat. I gain two pounds when I eat a lamb chop.
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George Chapman
English Poet
An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.
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Brittany Daniel
American Actress
It's kind of like Silence of the lambs meets Boogey Nights.
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Jessica Raine
British Actress
My fondest memories are of watching lambs being delivered.
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Tim Henman
British Tennis Player
I love a rack of lamb with a good bottle of red wine.
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Howard E. Koch
American Playwright
You might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb.
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Isaiah Berlin
Russian Philosopher
Liberty for wolves is death to the lambs.
Quote examples
Mukul Dev
Indian Actor
Lamb chops is my favourite.
Quote examples
Juliet Stevenson
English Actress
It is intensely frustrating. The longer you live, the more interesting life gets, and yet many of the parts involve carrying trays and putting lamb chops down in front of the leading man.
Quote examples
Johnny Giles
Irish Footballer
I was a creative player, but I got some bad injuries early on and I decided that if this was a jungle we were playing in then it's better to be a lion than a lamb.
Quote examples
Evelyn Lauder
Austrian Businessman
I believe in nonfat. I gain two pounds when I eat a lamb chop.
Quote examples
George Chapman
English Poet
An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.
Quote examples
Brittany Daniel
American Actress
It's kind of like Silence of the lambs meets Boogey Nights.
Quote examples
Jessica Raine
British Actress
My fondest memories are of watching lambs being delivered.
Quote examples
Tim Henman
British Tennis Player
I love a rack of lamb with a good bottle of red wine.
Quote examples
Howard E. Koch
American Playwright
You might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb.
Quote examples
Isaiah Berlin
Russian Philosopher
Liberty for wolves is death to the lambs.
Quote examples
Mukul Dev
Indian Actor
Lamb chops is my favourite.
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