EGAVE

lamb

About 6.68 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A young sheep; especially, one younger than nine months.
    Mary had a little lamb, its fleece as white as snow.
  2. noun A young goat; a kid.
  3. noun The flesh of a lamb used as food; the flesh of a sheep of any age used as food.
  4. noun A person who is meek, docile, and easily led.
  5. noun Lambskin.
  6. noun A simple, unsophisticated person.
  7. noun One who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized.
  8. noun A fan of American singer, songwriter, actress, and record producer Mariah Carey (born 1969).

Similar words

dear yean ewe ovine sheep sheepmeat mutton kitten doe brisket

Often followed by

of and is was in to chops with that

Word family

Charles Lamb Elia Lamb William Lamb Willis Eugene Lamb lambed lamber lambers lambing lamblike

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