lamb

Meanings

Noun

• A young sheep.
• The flesh of a lamb or sheep used as food.
• A person who is meek, docile and easily led.
• A simple, unsophisticated person.
• One who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized.

Verb

• Of a sheep, to give birth.
• To assist (sheep) to give birth.

Related

Similar words

• sheepling

Origin

• From Middle English lamb, from Old English lamb, from Proto-Germanic *lambaz (compare Dutch lam, German Lamm, Swedish lamm, Finnish lammas), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₁onbʰos (compare Scottish Gaelic lon ("elk"), Ancient Greek ἔλαφος ("red deer")), enlargement of *h₁elh₁én. More at elk.