Lamb
Lamb, Charles
(1775–1834) a British writer of essays, who worked with his sister Mary Lamb (1764–1847) on Tales from Shakespeare, a book for children that tells the stories of Shakespeare’s plays in simple language
Lamb, Charles
(1775–1834) a British writer of essays, who worked with his sister Mary Lamb (1764–1847) on Tales from Shakespeare, a book for children that tells the stories of Shakespeare’s plays in simple language
lamb
lamb1 S3 /læm/ noun
[countable] a young sheep
2. [uncountable] the meat of a young sheep ⇨ mutton:
roast lamb
a leg of lamb
lamb chop/cutlet/stew etc
3. [countable] spoken used to talk to or talk about someone who is gentle and lovable, especially a child:
Ben’s asleep now, the little lamb.
4. like a lamb to the slaughter used when someone is going to do something dangerous, but they do not realize it or have no choice
5. like a lamb quietly and without any argument:
Suzie went off to school like a lamb today.
⇨ mutton dressed as lamb at mutton(2)
lamb2 verb [intransitive]
to give birth to lambs:
The ewes are lambing this week.
—lambing noun [uncountable]:
the lambing season
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noun Language: Old English
1. [countable] a young sheep
2. [uncountable] the meat of a young sheep ⇨ mutton:
lamb chop/cutlet/stew etc
3. [countable] spoken used to talk to or talk about someone who is gentle and lovable, especially a child:
4. like a lamb to the slaughter used when someone is going to do something dangerous, but they do not realize it or have no choice
5. like a lamb quietly and without any argument:
⇨ mutton dressed as lamb at mutton(2)
| II |
verb [intransitive]to give birth to lambs:
—lambing noun [uncountable]: