n. | 1. | (Zool.) The young of the sheep. | |||
2. | Any person who is as innocent or gentle as a lamb. | ||||
3. | A simple, unsophisticated person; in the cant of the Stock Exchange, one who ignorantly speculates and is victimized.
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v. i. | 1. | To bring forth a lamb or lambs, as sheep. |
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2. | Lamb - English essayist (1775-1834) Synonyms: Charles Lamb, Elia | |
3. | lamb - a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters) | |
4. | lamb - a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child) Synonyms: dear | |
5. | lamb - the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food | |
Verb | 1. | lamb - give birth to a lamb; "the ewe lambed" |
LAMB. A ram, sheep or ewe, under the age of one year. 4 Car. & P. 216; S. C. 19 Eng. Com. Law Rep. 351.
To see a lamb in your dream, denotes that you will have many companions. Consider also the metaphor "as gentle as a lamb". Lambs are representative of all that is pure and innocent. To dream that you are holding a lamb in your arms, signifies that you will rise to a position of wealth through hard work and ethical means.agneau, angel, babe, baby, baby-doll, bairn, bellwether, birdling, breast of lamb, buttercup, calf, catling, cherub, chick, chickabiddy, chickling, chicky, child, child of nature, chit, colt, cub, darling, dear, deary, dogie, doll, dove, duck, duckling, dupe, ewe, ewe lamb, fawn, fledgling, foal, fryer, gigot, gosling, hick, hon, honey, honey bunch, honey child, infant, ingenue, innocent, jambe de mouton, jumbuck, kid, kit, kitten, lambkin, leg of lamb, leg of mutton, litter, little bugger, little fellow, little guy, little innocent, little one, little tad, little tot, lout, love, lover, mere child, mite, mouton, mutton, nest, nestling, newborn babe, nipper, noble savage, oaf, offspring, peewee, pet, petkins, piglet, pigling, polliwog, precious, precious heart, pullet, pup, puppy, ram, rube, saddle of mutton, shaver, sheep, shoat, simple soul, snookums, sugar, sweet, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetkins, sweets, tad, tadpole, teg, tot, tup, unsophisticate, weaner, wee tot, wether, whelp, yeanling, yokel