noun / verb
lamb
LAM/læm/
A young sheep, including when used for meat.
The young lamb stands alone in the pasture with fresh fleece.
Etymology
Old English lamb already named a young sheep, so the modern animal sense preserves its inherited meaning. The word has relatives throughout Germanic, but no certain cognates beyond that family.
In context
your lamb shall be without blemish a male a year old you may take it from the sheep or from the goats
More examples
- We roast lamb with garlic and rosemary for dinner.
- Most of our ewes lamb in early spring.
- Despite his gruff voice, he's a lamb with the children.
Forms
lamb · lambs · lambed · lambing