lamb

🇺🇸 /læm/ 🇬🇧 /læm/
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noun
R

a baby sheep

The little lamb followed its mother in the field.

R

meat from a young sheep

We cooked a delicious lamb for dinner.

R

a term of affection for someone gentle or innocent

Don't worry, my little lamb, everything will be fine.

verb
R

to give birth to a baby sheep

The ewe will lamb in the spring.

translation

n. a baby sheep; meat from a young sheep; a term of affection for someone gentle or innocent
v. to give birth to a baby sheep

Word Forms

Plural lambs
Progressive lambing
Past lambed
3rd Present lambs
Perfect lambed